Public Speaking Midterm Exam 1 chapters 1-10

Define an abstract

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author.

Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech? A) Ask family members or friends for feedback. B) Memorize the speech word for word. C) All of these answers are correct. D) Read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it. E) Both memorize the speech word for word and read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it.

A) Ask family members or friends for feedback

If you were giving a speech on the three layers of the sun, you would arrange the main points in _______________ order.

Spatial

What is the first thing you should do when delivering a speech in order to build rapport with the audience?

Take a relaxed yet upright posture, then arrange notes, then look at audience and smile

Define credibility and know where you should include it in your speeches.

The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic; included in the introduction

A speech explaining the steps involved in making tostones from beginning to end would be arranged in chronological order (T/F)

True

Taking notes on a speaker's key points and supporting material will help improve your listening ability and retention (T/F)

True

If you can't identify the author of a document on the Internet, your textbook recommends that you do what?

Try to determine the sponsoring organization for the document

Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation is called ______________.

Visualization

Define preview statement.

a statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body

Audience adaptation is an important factor when?

Before the speech during preparation and also during the speech

What are the two types of testimonies you are able to use in your speeches?

Expert Testimony and Peer Testimony

_______________ delivery involves practicing your speech until you know it very well without trying to memorize the exact wording you will use on the day of the speech

Extemporaneous

Because the Internet can be updated quickly, you can almost always assume that its fact and figures are inaccurate. (T/F)

False

It is never necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source when the speaker is paraphrasing. (T/F)

False

It is not important to keep your audience in mind as you formulate the specific purpose for your speech. (T/F)

False

Nervousness before you speak is usually not beneficial, is completely abnormal, and is only experienced by inexperienced speakers (T/F)

False

Note taking is usually not a barrier to effective listening (T/F)

False

Stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers.

False

The classroom is an artificial speaking situation in which you can overlook the attitudes and interests of your audience. (T/F)

False

The following main points are arranged in topical order: ⊚true⊚false I. The rise of the American film industry started with the age of silent movies from 1910 to 1930. II. The American film industry was at its peak during the Golden Age of Hollywood from 1930 to 1950. III. Since 1950 the American film industry has withstood the rise of television and the development of home video systems.

False

When arranged in topical order, the main points of a speech usually follow a time sequence.

False

When you give a speech, you should not try to have the same expressiveness in your voice as you have in ordinary conversation. (T/F)

False

When your general purpose is to inform, you act as a partisan or an advocate (T/F)

False

When your general purpose is to persuade, you act as a teacher or lecturer. (T/F)

False

Whenever you use a hypothetical example in a speech, it is usually not a good idea to follow it with statistics or testimony to show that the example is realistic (T/F)

False

Your introduction will have the greatest impact if you begin to speak the moment you reach the front of the room. (T/F)

False

What are the three kinds of plagiarism discussed in your textbook?

Global plagiarism: Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own. Patchwork plagiarism: stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own. Incremental plagiarism: Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.

What should you do if an Internet document identifies its author but says nothing about her or his qualifications?

Google them or research them

Know how to build oral citations

Identify: -The book, magazine, newspaper, or Web document you are citing -The author or sponsoring organization of the document -The author's qualifications with regard to the topic -The date on which the document was published, posted, or updated

The three most important factors to consider when determining an audience's disposition toward a speaker's topic are the audience's ______________, ______________, and ______________.

Interest, Knowledge, Attitude

Define critical listening.

Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.

Define comprehensive listening

Listening to understand the message of the speaker

Know the difference between mean, median, and mode.

Mean: average of the set Median: middle number of the set arranged highest to lowest Mode: number that occurs most frequently

A _______________ includes all the books or articles you find that look as if they might be useful in your speech

Preliminary Bibliography

When your body is producing extra ______________, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress, you may experience stage fright.

adrenaline

What does your textbook say about preparing an effective speech conclusion?

make sure conclusion is 5-10 percent of your speech

Are your classmates a real audience?

no, they are not a real audience

What do you do if you can't find the date on which a Web document was created or last modified?

search for another work whose recency you can verify

Know the three types of examples and be able to explain why they are particularly effective as supporting materials in speeches.

1) Brief Examples: 2) Extended Examples: 3) Hypothetical Examples:

Know and be able to describe the four types of connectives

1) Transition: A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another. 2) Internal Preview: A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next 3) Internal Summary: A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point(s). 4) Signpost: A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.

What is the formula for building a specific purpose statement?

1) Write the Purpose Statement as a Full Infinitive Phrase, Not as a Fragment 2) Express Your Purpose as a Statement, Not as a Question 3) Avoid Figurative Language in Your Purpose Statement 4) Limit Your Purpose Statement to One Distinct Idea 5) Make Sure Your Specific Purpose Is Not Too Vague or General

Your textbook recommends __________ as the most effective method of note taking for listening to a speech. A) creating a key-word outline B) using the Harvard listening system C) making a full-sentence outline D) trying to write down everything a speaker says E) writing down a speaker's most interesting ideas

A) creating a key-word outline

According to your textbook, rather than trying to eliminate every trace of stage fright, you should aim at transforming it into A) positive nervousness. B) professional stage fright. C) performance anxiety. D) visualized adrenaline.

A) positive nervousness

When should you work out the exact wording of your introduction?

After finishing the body of your speech

Macie found several excellent sources for her informative speech. She pulled key information from them, blended those ideas into her own perspective, and cited her sources when she presented the speech. Which of the following statements best describes this situation? A) Macie is guilty of incremental plagiarism because she used quotations and paraphrases from other people in her speech. B) Macie is ethical because she did not copy her speech from a single source. C) Macie is ethical because she cited her sources and used them to develop her own slant on the topic. D) Macie is guilty of global plagiarism because she did not develop her speech entirely from her own knowledge and experience. E) Macie is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because she used ideas from several different sources in her speech

C) Macie is ethical because she cited her sources and used them to develop her own slant on the topic

According to your textbook, which of the following statements about speech conclusions is true? A) Ending a speech abruptly is an excellent way to reinforce the speaker's central idea. B) The last sentence of a speech should usually offer to answer questions from the audience. C) None of these answers are correct. D) All of these answers are correct. E) It is usually best to let a conclusion grow out of the inspiration of the moment

C) None of these answers are correct

After choosing a topic, what is the next step of speech preparation? A) analyzing the occasion B) writing the introduction C) determining the general purpose D) selecting the specific purpose E) phrasing the central idea

C) determining the general purpose

Main points that follow a time pattern are arranged in _______________ order

Chronological

Audience analysis is an important factor in which of the following? A) choosing supporting materials B) selecting a topic C) Both selecting a topic and choosing supporting materials D) organizing the speech E) All of these answers are correct.

E) All of these answers are correct

According to your textbook, people with inefficient note-taking skills usually suffer from which problem(s)? A) They don't know the difference between paraphrases and quotations. B) They don't know how to record what they listen for. C) They don't know what to listen for. D) All of these answers are correct. E) Both they don't know what to listen for and they don't know how to record what they listen for

E) Both they don't know what to listen for and they don't know how to record what they listen for

Which of the following is inappropriate in a speech to inform? A) explaining B) demonstrating C) reporting D) telling E) advocating

E) advocating

If the following connective were used before the third main point of an informative speech about charter schools, the speech would most likely be organized in __________ order. (Now that we have looked at the origins and the philosophy of charter schools, let's look at what they are accomplishing.) A) analytical B) consecutive C) technical D) developmental E) topical

E) topical

Be able to define and know the difference between egocentric and ethnocentric.

Egocentric: being concerned with one's own values, beliefs, well-being, etc. Ethnocentric: quality of believing that one's culture is superior than that of others