speech midterm

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against what?

A set of ethical standards or guidelines

Which of the following violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says?

Citing unusual cases as typical examples Juggling statistics Quoting out of context

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

Credibility

______ is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

Ethics

The central idea of a speech is usually formulated before the specific purpose.

False

While listening to a speech about gun control, Scott thought back to his experiences as an intern with the police department and decided that the speaker was knowledgeable about the subject. What was Scott doing?

Filtering the message through his frame of reference

Which of the following is likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

Focus on communicating rather than on being nervous Visualize yourself giving a strong speech Be thoroughly prepared for each speech

Gabrielle, a physiology major, waited until the last minute to begin preparing her persuasive speech. When her friend Ken learned that she was panicking over the assignment, he gave her the outline of a speech he had delivered in class the previous semester. Gabrielle used the speech and presented it as her own. Which of the following is true?

Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.

____________ is the audience's perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.

Goodwill

Which recommendation is a way to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

Work especially hard on your speech introduction.

Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.

active listening

A(n) ____________ example is a specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.

brief

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

central idea

Listening to understand the message of a speaker.

comprehensive listening

When a speaker uses a ____________ ending, the speech builds in force until it reaches a zenith of power and intensity.

crescendo

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

critical listening

A ____________ ending is a type of speech conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step by step to a dramatic final statement.

dissolve

when you advocate a highly unpopular position, it is particularly important to ____________ in the introduction of your speech.

establish goodwill toward the audience

Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy ______ responsibilities.

ethical

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

example

According to your textbook, a(n) ____________ example is a story, narrative, or anecdote developed at some length to illustrate a point.

extended

The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker are called ______.

feedback

The knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes through which each listener filters a message make up the listener's ______.

frame of reference

Even if your speech as a whole is ethical, you can still be guilty of ______ plagiarism if you fail to give credit for quotations, paraphrases, and other specific parts of the speech that are borrowed from other people.

incremental

According to your textbook, ______ is anything that impedes the communication of a message.

interference

As I shall explain next, solving the problem of groundwater contamination involves two steps: limiting new development and requiring builders to use more efficient septic systems.

internal preview

So far we have seen that Lyme disease is caused by the bite of deer ticks and that it continues to spread throughout the United States.

internal summary

An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.

key-word outline

When a speaker ______, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words.

paraphrases

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own is called ______ plagiarism.

patchwork

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, you are guilty of ______.

plagiarism

A ____________ identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.

preview statement

The ____________ is usually the last element of a speech introduction and provides a smooth lead-in to the body of the speech.

preview statement

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

referring to ideas in the introduction

As your textbook explains, even when you use other interest-arousing lures in a speech introduction, you should always ____________.

relate the topic to the audience

____________ order is a method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.

spatial

The ____________ is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

specific purpose statement

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

statistics

The three kinds of supporting materials discussed in your textbook are

statistics, examples, and testimony.

____________ organization involves putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.

strategic

The most effective order of main points in a speech depends on your

topic, purpose, and audience

Which organizational pattern would be most effective for arranging the main points of a speech with this specific purpose: "To inform my audience about the four major elements in a landscape painting"?

topical

____________ order results when you divide the speech topic into subtopics, each of which becomes a main point in the speech.

topical