Communications 100 Final Study Guide

Which of the following is the third step in Monroe's motivated sequence?

B) satisfaction

____________ are used in libraries to classify books and periodicals to indicate where they can be found on the shelves

Call numbers

____________ is the audience's perception of whether the speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.

Credibility

The name of the main speaker should usually be stated at the ____________ of a speech of introduction.

End

Because a speech of introduction focuses on the main speaker, there is little need to adapt to the audience.

False

Identify the flaw in the following specific purpose statement: "To persuade my audience that Congress should ban smoking in public places and increase spending for education."

It contains two unrelated ideas

_______________ is based on a person's use of voice and body rather than on the use of words.

Nonverbal communication

The main purpose of a speech of presentation is to:

are to inform, persuade, demonstrate, explain.

____________ is the name used by Aristotle for a speakers credibility.

ethos

A(n) ____________ is a specific case used to illustrate or represent a group of people, ideas, conditions, experiences, or the like.

example

____________ is the name used by Aristotle for a speaker's emotional appeal.

pathos

An excellent way to give your speech psychological unity is to conclude by...

referring to ideas in the introduction

Three kinds of search aids discussed in the chapter for finding documents on the Internet are

search engines, virtual libraries, and government resources

If you want to use a photograph as a visual aid for a speech, you should:

show the photograph to the audience by using PowerPoint

When using statistics in a speech, you should

-Round off complicated statistics. -Identify the sources of your statistics. -Use statistics sparingly.

In an informative speech, the speaker acts as:

A Teacher

Which of the following is an instance of informative speaking?

A counselor explaining the stages of grieving to people who have recently lost loved ones

The primary purpose of speechmaking is to

Gain a desired response from listeners.

Which of the following does your textbook discuss as major factors in demographic audience analysis?

Gender, age, group membership, and sexual orientation

When preparing a speaking outline, you should:

Give yourself cues for delivering the speech

Even though a speaking outline should be kept as brief as possible, you should usually write out quotations in full.

True

The ____________ is a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the main points of a speech.

central idea

Research has demonstrated that visual aids, when used well, can increase a speaker's:

clarity, confidence, credibility.

The primary aim of an informative speech is to:

convey knowledge or information

In a speaking outline, words such as "pause," "faster here," and "slow down" are ____________ that help a speaker remember how she or he wants to present key parts of the speech.

delivery cues

If you were delivering a speech about unemployment and wanted to show changes in the unemployment rate over the last decade, you should use a ____________ graph.

line

____________ is the name used by Aristotle for a speaker's logical appeal.

logos

When giving a speech of introduction, you should:

make sure your remarks about the main speaker are completely accurate

Research indicates that the impact of examples is greatly enhanced when they are followed by ____________ that show the examples are typical.

statistics

The ____________ audience is the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.

target