Chapter 12 quiz

True

A highly interested and well-informed audience demands a compelling, knowledgeable, well- prepared speaker.

True

A purpose statement should be specific, achievable, and relevant.

specific, achievable, and relevant.

According to the text and class lecture. An effective purpose statement for a presentation will have the following characteristics:

True

According to your textbook, if you are not given a time limit, you should not speak longer than twenty minutes.

All of these are examples of plagiarism. Turning in someone else's work as your own. giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation. copying words or ideas from someone else's work without giving credit.

All of the following examples are considered forms of plagiarism except:

False

As long as you have changed a few words of someone else's work to make it sound more like your style of speaking you have avoided plagiarism.

True

Two presentations on the same topic can have very different purposes.

I want my audience to understand the research on the death penalty's relationship to the increase or decrease in crime.

Which of the following purposes would be appropriate for an informative presentation?

influence

Which of the following verbs is not an appropriate goal for an informative presentation?

speaking to present

Your textbook identifies four types of presentations. Which of the following types is not one of those types?