Speech Final
Which of the following is not a characteristic of good bodily action?
It has no nonverbal connection to public speaking
In the Response Process, responses are the overt behaviors stemming from external signals, which are often referred to as feedback.
False
When did congress declare it illegal to urge the violent overthrow of the Federal Government.
1940
_____ is an essential factor in lively, communicative speaking for both speaker and listener.
Action
When the audience is hostile to your ideas, which of the following should you do?
All of the above (absolute candor, indirectness, courtesy)
Optimum pitch is the pitch at which the speaker's voice functions best; aim for 200Hz.
True
A speech writer usually goes back only three years for contemporary supporting material.
False
To identify unoriginal ideas to the audience, a script could be used to any of the following except:
"My thought is..."
The average person speaks _____ words per minute.
120-150
This is written as an infinitive phrase and begins with "To."
General Purpose
Which generation views every job as a contract?
Generation X
Which of the following approaches to Rhetorical Criticism falls under the Sociological Perspective?
Genetic Approach
A fun model for giving feedback on a presentation uses the "top bun" to praise the students, gives the student some meat or vegan for improvement, and finishes by praising the student with the "bottom bun." This model for feedback is known as the ______.
Hamburger Model
Which college set the first stage for rhetorical training in the early American colleges?
Harvard
This approach o=to studying communication assumes the world is subjective, arbitrary, and uncertain.
Interpretivist
Who coined the expression "bad hair day?"
Jane Pauley
A(n)_____ learner needs movement by being involved or watchingmovement and they appreciate bright colors.
Kinesics
Which is a function of the left brain?
Logic
_____ is sound production that takes place when the vocal folds in the larynx are vibrated by the breath stream.
Phonation
Which student of Socrates often criticized the Sophists, sometimes comparing their teaching to something like "cookbook recipe" methodology?
Plato
This is the technique of building questions into your speech?
Priming the Pump
"He was as proud as a peacock" is an example of which type of Dramatic Support?
Similies
What are the characteristics of an older audience?
They are more critical, less open, and prefer a less energetic delivery
Feedback should be _____and _____, identifying one or two areas for improvement with suggestions.
realistic/positive
For the conclusion you should aim for _____ percent of the speech
10
When writing your introduction you should aim for _____ percent of the speech.
15
Introductions and conclusions comprise about _____ percent of the total speech. They provide a first and final impressionof both the speaker and the speech.
25
Speakers can use how many different methods for delivering a speech?
5
When creating PowerPoint presentations, make sure slides have no more than _____ words per line; and no more than _____ lines per slide.
6;6
What is the optimal size for the number of members in a small group?
7-8 members
Which of the following is not a form of a tribute speech?
A speech of toasting
This type of listener is opinionated and guarded.
Acquiring
There are five steps in the process of persuasion as defined by Osborn and Osborn, which is not one of the five stages?
Affirmation
Which of the following should a speaker consider when selecting a topic for a sheech?
All of the above (audience, personal knowlege/interests,brainstorming, careful of toxic topics)
Which is not a variation of language?
All of the above ARE variations (accents, standard english, nonstandard)
"Hot is to cold as fire is to ice" would be an example of which type of Dramatic Support?
Analogies
Which of the following cannot be employed to help use up the extra thought speed vs.speech speed to prevent someone from daydreaming?
Ask the question, "Why am I listening to this speech"
Which of the following is not a positive audience feedback method?
Asking questions to challenge the speaker
These are convictions about what is right or wrong, true or false?
Beliefs
This individual knew that language would unify the people when they could understand each other and advocate for English to be that language.
Benjamin Franklin
Having a place to live and food to eat would fall under what area of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
Biological and Physical Needs
This means the right choice of words?
Brevity
Which of the following motions does not require a second?
Call for the orders of the day
These are speeches describing a cause-to-effect relationship between ideas.
Casual Pattern
This area can contain a lectern or no lectern and is usually the starting point for a presentation.
Center stage
This is the thesis of the speech?
Central idea
What is the third step in the introduction called?
Central idea
This order illistrates how a topic has developed over time.
Chronological
Which of the following is not one of the uses and advantages of presentation aids?
Complicate the message
Which type of listener is motivated by the desire to understand and requires a suspension of jusgement.
Comprehensive
Which is NOT one of the four types of speech apprehension?
Content-based
Persuasive language used distinctive words. All of the following are appropriate except..
Don't be stuck in the mud
A(n)_____ audience requires speakers to present at least two sides of an issue and support it with evidence.
Educated
Of the five cultures that made up most of Ancient Africa, which was the one that we know of that had written language?
Egypt
The oversimplification of an issue into a choice of two solutions. "Either children stop playing violent video games or we will have an epidemic of violence in the community," is an example of what type of fallacy?
Either/Or
The ______ is merely an abridgment written like a syllogism based on probability used with audiences so as not to offend their knowledge of known information.
Enthymeme
Which is a proof that depends on the believability of the speaker?
Ethos
_____ is used to refer to a speaker's credibility or believability in character.
Ethos
These types of learners learn best by active listening and participating by touching and exploring during the presentation.
Experiential Learners
"Since my time is almost up... I don't have time to..." is a conclusion audiences love.
False
A maxim is a well-known short saying that reflects a culture's values.
False
A memorized outline has a weaker effect than a memorized mauscript speech.
False
A speech to problem-solve is defined as a speech where the audience must be presented with a problem and then presented with a clear solution.
False
An acceptance speech is an impromptu, often presented when given an award or a gift. Usually, it is done with prior notice to the receiver of theaward.
False
Audiences find new information easy to grasp.
False
Bias towards the speaker includes his/her appearance, culture, accent or dialect, point of view, experience, and attitude. This barrier can be overcome by being ego-centric.
False
Denotative meaning refers to the emotional response or personal thoughts connected to the meaning of a word.
False
Forgetting is a natural phenomenon, and it happens to only inexperienced speakers.
False
If we know and like the speaker, we are much more ready to accept his or her suggestions. If the speaker is not known, he or she must constantly be alert to the elimination of an unfavorable reputation.
False
If you forget something in the speech, always let the audience know you forgot by letting them in on the secret.
False
Language in a speech to inform should be clear, accurate, truthful, and unbiased. The speaker does not express their point of view covertly and is careful to write the speech so his or her own opinion is clearly visible.
False
Logos is involved with the right side of the brain.
False
MLA format uses "Refrences"
False
Molloy's Dress for Success books were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s but have no value in planning for professional dressing today.
False
Pitch reflects emotions, with low pitch reflecting fear or appeasement. High pitch can denote aggression.
False
Saying "you guys" is appropriate to say to a mixed gender audience.
False
Speakers are not being true to themselves by being flexible.
False
Speakers must make sure they follow copyright guidelines when delivering PowerPoint slides, when using pictures and videos, but not when using anything from web sites.
False
The Specific Purpose is the percise purpose of the communicated message.
False
The Way We Think is bases on the way human beings think and was written in 1901 by John Huey. He referred to it as reflective thinking.
False
The bigger the lie, the harder it is to believe.
False
The book lists two types of testimony :Personal Experience and Expert Opinion.
False
The goal of research is to gather supporting material so the information creates interest on the part of the audience. Supporting material does nothing to help a speaker capture and maintain an audience's attention.
False
The leaders in rhetoric in the ancient societies with writing were the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, around 300 B.C.
False
The less specific the Specific Purpose states exactly the desired response. The more organized and intelligent the preparation procedure.
False
There is no Actualization Step in the informative speech.
False
Vowels lend understandability to the speaking voice, whereas the constants give beauty and richness of quality.
False
When reading from a written manuscript, accountability is at its lowest.
False
When speaking to an audience who use peripheral route, some strategies are: rely on strong logical arguments, high levels of audience interest and motivation, valid substantive evidence and strong organization of content.
False
Which step of the introduction is given as a guide or road map to the audience to keep track of the major points of the speech?
Fourth
The purpose of this speech is to gain favorable acceptance of the speaker from the audience?
Goodwill speech
When designing the media around the audience, which of the following is not something a speaker takes into consideration?
How much are they paying me to create media aids?
Scholars divide special occasion speeches into three basic categories. Which of the following is not one of the three basic categories?
Impromptu
This type of suggestion is difficult to detect.
Indirect Suggestion
Which of of the following is NOT included in the Actualization Step of the information speech?
Introduce a New Main Idea
Which of the following is not a suggestion for effective microphone usage?
Let jewelry hang naturally and click on metal if necessary
_____ is the process of hearing sensation, interpreting the sound, and giving it meaning.
Listening
Aristotle's term _____ reveals a person to becompetent if they read, observe, use critical thinking, and analyze.
Logos
Who wrote institution Oratoria, emphasizing "the good man speaking well" urging those who would become great Orators to not only study the arts but also to develop a moral and good character?
Marcus Fabius Quintillanus
This speaker set out to challenge the religious establishment when he posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517?
Martin Luther
"Her voice is music to his ears," is an example of which figure of speech?
Mathphor
" There would have been enough food if the kids hadn't been such pigs" is an example of which type of Dramatic Support?
Metaphors
Which of the following charts and graphs shows peaks and comparisons?
Mountain Graph
This type of graph shows extreme variations?
Mountain graph
Which of the following is not a key point to keep in focus while developing the strategic research plan?
Once developed, no updates are necessary
Which of the following is an abstract word?
Patience
This type of appeal has three dimensions concerning the speaker: character, ability, and empathy for the audience?
Personal Proof
What the map or blueprint of the plan for the speech, conceived from the general purpose, specific purpose, and central idea?
Preparation Outline
These are used to give details in chronological order?
Principles of Narration
_____ is the type of question used to elaborate on a response.
Probing
A community-sponsored program to end texting and driving would be a sample of which organizational speech pattern?
Problem Solution Pattern
_____ is the culprit separating the student from practice sessions
Procrastionation
Which of the following is not a proposition in persuasive speaking?
Proposition of Coercion
Who were three of the Sophists who have contributed the most to Western rhetorical thought?
Protagoras, Gorgias, Isocrates
This is used to show things close in time or space.
Proximity
Who defined persuasion as "a nonviolent means of ethically influencing and motivating others through messages."
Raymond S. Ross
What does the listener do in the fourth stage of the listening process?
Remember the message
Which of the following is not one of the three sets of needs leaders follow?
Resolution
Rhetoric became a discipline of study in the 20th Century China due at least in part to the visit of which American president.
Richard Nixon
Which of these is not one of the specific areas a speaker analyzes the audience for?
Self-Centeredness
These make the audience pay close attention, such as in, "This cannot be overemphasized."
Signals
What is the second silent speech an audience sees?
Sitting
The Atkins Diet versus the South Beach Diet would be an example of which type of speech?
Speeches of Compare/Contrast
This is the stage of the Five Canons where the speaker develops their forms of support?
Stage III-Style
This is the stage of the Five Canons where blocking and cue notes are added?
Stage IV- Memory (Rehearsal Revision)
"More beautiful than a rose is love," is an example of which figure of speech?
Suspension
These help organize, summarize, and present detailed information?
Tables/Spreadsheets
"Don't you think?" is an example of...
Tag questions
Citing sources properly is the _____ requirement of ethical speaking.
Third
The human face can reflect how many number of expressions?
Thousands
_____ help the speaker move gracefully between ideas.
Transitions
"Aah" and "umh" are verbal symptoms of stage fright.
True
A rule for answering questions is to repeat or rephrase the question.
True
After developing a research plan, the next step would be to draft a rough outline for an extemporaneous speech.
True
An ethical consideration to take into account when creating and using electronic presentation aids is to make sure you do not digitally alter any materials.
True
An example of a thing a speaker could include in the closure of a speech would be to pose a rhetorical question.
True
As the reformation of the Christian Church began, its preaching had an influence on the European countries, causing a migration to the American colonies. Pilgrims from several backgrounds, seeking religious freedom, missionary activities, and economic gain were the first to tough on what is now American soil.
True
Brainstorming and mind mapping are considered topoi.
True
Connectives are words or phrases used to link ideas in a speech. They are used to connect ideas and to cohere or relate to each other.
True
During the Second Sophistic, free and open discussion and debate were often punished with prison or death until the Roman Empire fell in 410A.D. The sophistic climate put emphasis on style over content and fluorished until seriously challenged by Christians around 400A.D. with its most formidable opponent being St.Augustine.
True
For an extempore speech with notes, the speech is carefully researched and prepared, but the written preparation goes only as far as the outline.
True
For good vocal help, do not whisper.
True
If a speech is well-rehearsed, communication apprehension will not get blamed.
True
If an outline has more than three ranks, it is very detailed and usually prepared for a lenghty speech.
True
If time becomes an issue, the lower ranks can be eliminated, without destroying the major ideas of a presenataion.
True
If you are a professional voice user, use monitors and amplification when possible.
True
If you have a sudden loss of voice, rest your voice for 1-3 days; if no improvement, seek evaluation.
True
Improvement of articulation requires persistent practice until new muscle habits are formed and become stronger than the old habits.
True
Induction uses specific to general reasoning; weakness-missing information.
True
Modern experimental studies have supported Aristotle's observations that the speaker's credibility (ethos) is formulated from an audience's perception that the speaker is competent, trustworthy, and dynamic.
True
Monochromatic colors gives a slimmer, leaner look.
True
Movement is done on diagonals and curves from center center.
True
Noise is the interference from factors that do not allow the message to be delivered or may distort the message.
True
On the back of the research card, put all the pertinent information about where the evidence or forms of support can be found. Depending on the information, consult the MLA Style Book or the APA Style Book.
True
One of the Oaths of a Public Speaker is: That I will endeavor to be well-informed about my subject before I form an opinion and make me speech.
True
People who feel like they have been heard are more willing to hear others.
True
Protagoras' critics followed the line of reasoning of many defense attorneys today, believing that his debate students were taught to make a weak case appear stronger.
True
Rhetorical Criticism and Speech Criticism were at one time considered synonymous.
True
SRX is when a speaker tells the audience what he or she is going to tell them, gives them the message, and repeats it in some form, and the audience remembers better.
True
Signposts are simple words or statements like traffic signs on the street helping an audience keep track of where the speaker is in the number of main points.
True
Spatial Pattern speeches describe direction or location, such as east to west, right to left, and top to bottom.
True
Speaking impromptu, off the cuff with little or no time for preparation is not a difficult task.
True
Standard pronunciation depends on two things: 1.) The speech sounds chosen to say a word 2.) The syllable or syllables chosen to accent in a word
True
Taking ideas from brainstorming and setting them up to form sub ideas is called brain mapping.
True
The English Language uses eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections.
True
The audience is given a small dose of persuasion to prepare them for greater exposure to stronger arguments is known as the inoculation principle.
True
The central idea can also be called a preposition.
True
The clever speaker can mold the audience with trigger words.
True
The five canons are the five major steps in the preparation and delivery of a speech as created by the classic writers on rhetoric, Aristotle to Quintillian.
True
The general purpose of the presentation states the purpose of the speech
True
The leaders should make sure differences of opinion are aired so the group does not use "groupthink" or follow the power leader's thoughts.
True
The momentary mood is the fleeting emotional response.
True
The satisfaction step should begin with criteria or conditions to be met.
True
The second type of plagiarism is when the speech writer presents the sequence of ideas, the arrangement of material,and the pattern of thought or structure of someone else as the writer's own.
True
The speaker uses internal citations to document the sources of quotes,forms of support, or evidence.
True
The speech though rate differential (120-150/500-600) may cause daydreaming
True
The speech to inform is a clear, objective, accurate, impartial, and interesting handling of a topic, concept, object, event, problem, person, or process.
True
The speech to persuade can inspire, convince, or call the audience to action.
True
The three major types of discussion are not mutually exclusive.
True
The use of index cards (4"x6" are referred) is one of the most popular forms of organizing evidence or forms of support because they are easily manipulated and can be sorted out to help support the issues, contentions,or arguments in a logical manner.
True
The visualization step could project the audience into the future.
True
Verbalized pauses such as "ah," "um" and "all right," fill up the airwaves, but do little to help the audience connect ideas.
True
When memorizing the extemporaneous speech use the whole method of memorization first.
True
When persuading an unresponsive audience, it is important to acknowledge the opposing points of view.
True
When speaking before a camera, stylize repetition, alliteration, and parallelism.
True
When using children as presentation aids, be aware they can steal the show.
True
Which of the following is NOT one of the simple rules for symbolization?
Use of superlative or conversational phrases
Allen H. Monroe suggested a three-step model for instruction, which of the following is NOT one of those steps?
Visualization
Which of the following steps is added to Monroe's Motivated Sequence for a Speech to Persuade?
Visualization Step
Stephen Toulmin, a British philosopher and rhetorican, developed a model to explain every day arguments. The model wass composed of three major elements....
claim, support, warrant
