Public Communication Exam 1

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According to your textbook, the best way to practice a speech is to look silently over your notes until you think you know the speech well enough to deliver it to the class

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According to your textbook, the best way to prepare to give your first speech is to memorize and deliver it word for word

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As your textbook explains, Wikipedia is usually the only source you need when researching your speeches

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As your textbook explains, focusing on a speaker's delivery and personal appearance is an excellent way to strengthen your listening skills

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As your textbook explains, the speaker's message consists only of what the speaker says with language

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As your textbook explains, when you locate an abstract of a magazine article, you should feel free to cite the article in your speech on the basis of the abstract alone

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Audience analysis and adaptation affect all aspects of speech-making except for the delivery of the speech itself

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Critical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a speech

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Extemporaneous delivery means delivering a speech "off the cuff", with no advance preporation

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If you were showing statistical trends in a speech, the best visual aid to use would probably be a pie graph

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In more circumstances, you should keep your visual aids on display throughout your speech

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In topical order, the main points proceed from top to bottom, right to left, and front to back, east to west, or some similar route

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It is important to keep your audience in mind as you formulate the specific purpose for your speech

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It is important to maintain strong eye contact with your audience when preventing a visual aid

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It is necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source whether the speaker us paraphrasing or quoting verbatim

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One of the most common mistakes students make on their first speech is trying to cover too much

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Speeches arranged in chronological order follow a time pattern

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The aim of successful speech-making is to gain a desired response from listeners even if the speaker must compromise his or her beliefs to do so

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The difference between informing and persuading is like the difference between teaching and advocating

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The speaking outline is essentially a manuscript of your speech

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The topical method of speech organization follows a time pattern

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To inform my audience how to to grow an indoor herb garden is a specific purpose statement

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Using jargon in an informative speech is useful since it demonstrates your expertise on the topic

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When giving an informative speech, you should think about ways to relate your topic to the audience in the body of the speech as well as in the introduction

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When taking research notes, it is important to distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas

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"The three most distinctive traits of Chow Chows are their black tongues, their thick coats, and their manes" us ab example if a well-rounded idea for a speech

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"To inform my audience how to build a bird house and about the migratory patterns of birds" is an example of an effective specific purpose statement for a speech

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A rhetorical question is a question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud

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A speaker's frame of reference and a listener's frame of reference will never be exactly the same

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A visual aid is only as useful as the explanation that goes with it

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According to your textbook, it is usually best to prepare the body of the speech before the introduction

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Each main point in the body of your first speech should cover a single aspect of the topic

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Establishing goodwill is more likely to be necessary in the introduction of a persuasive speech than in the introduction of an informative speech

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Every speech contains two messages-the one sent and the one recieved

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Experts advise that you can use internet research to supplement, not to replace, library research

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Regardless of what other methods you use to gain attention, you should always relate the topic to your audience in the introduction of a speech

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Research has shown that an average speaker who uses visual aid will come across as more credible and better prepared than a speaker who does not use visual aid

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Research has shown that visual aids can increase both the clarity and persuasiveness of a speaker's message

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Research shows that using personal terms such as you and your in an informative speech can increase listeners' understanding of the speaker's ideas

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Some nervousness before you speak is beneficial

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Sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards and guidelines

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Speech making becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases

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The most effective order for the main points of a speech depends upon the topic, the specific purpose, and the audience

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Using the power of visualization to control stage freight means that you should approach your speech as a performance in which the audience is looking for perfection

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Using visual aids can help a speaker combat stage freight

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When you construct an audience-analysis questionnaire, scale questions are especially useful for getting at the strength of a respondent's attitude

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When you listen to the campaign speech of a political candidate for the purpose of accepting or rejecting the speaker's message, you are engaged in critical thinking

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You can almost always count on the reliability of internet research materials found through major search engines such as Google and Bing

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You can improve your own speeches by listening carefully to the speeches of other people

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Your most important task before conducting a research interview is to work out the questions you will ask during the interview

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A lawyer urging a jury to acquit her client is an example of informative speaking

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When you are going to give an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material at the beginning of the speech

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If you use a tape recorder or a digital recorder in a research interview, you should keep it a secret from the person being interviewed

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Like magazine and journal articles, most documents posted on the internet have been subjected to close editorial review

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Listening is a passive process, while critical thinking is an active process

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Most of the nervousness a speaker feels internally is usually not visible to the audience

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One of the major obstacles to listening effectively is that the brain can process many more words than be spoken in a minute

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When it is your turn to speak,you should hurry to the front of the room and start talking immediately so you don't lose the audience's attention

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You should usually avoid drawing on your personal knowledge or experience when choosing a speech topic

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the aim of an ethical speaker is to accomplish her or his goals by any means necessary

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According to your textbook, opening your speech with a strong introduction is a way to boost your confidence

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According to your textbook, the three major criteria against which to test documents located on the internet are authorship, sponsorship, and recency

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Active listeners give their undivided attention to the speaker in a genuine effort to understand her or his point of view

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As your textbook states, colorful or descriptive language is an effective way to generate audience interest in an introductory speech

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Audience size, the physical setting for the speech, and the audience's disposition toward the topic, the speaker, and the occasion are all the elements of situational audience analysis

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For your first speech, your textbook recommends trying to end on a clever or thought-provoking note

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Global plagiarism occurs when a speaker takes material from several different sources and presents it as his or her own

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How well a speech is organized affects how listeners view the speaker's competence and trustworthiness

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If the specific purpose of your informative speech is to recount the history of an event, you will usually arrange the speech in chronological order

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If you cannot identify the author of a document on the web, you should try to determine the sponsorship organization for the document

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In the most common system of outlining, main points are identified by Roman Numerals and sub-points by capital letters

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Incremental plagiarism occurs when a speaker uses quotations or paraphrases without citing the sources of the statement

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Informative speeches about concepts are usually arranged in spatial order

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No matter what the occasion, listeners will have fairly definite expectations about the kinds of speeches appropriate for the occasion

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Referring back to the introduction in your conclusion is a good what to give the speech psychology unity

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