COMM Exam 1 Part 1

Inform (CH11)

Make the audience aware of a phenomenon.

Numbers (CH10)

Raw quantitative data.

Elucidating Explanation (CH11)

An explanation that helps an audience understand the definition of a term and distinguish its essential characteristics from the associated characteristics that are only sometimes present in that which you are defining.

Quasi-scientific Explanation (CH11)

An explanation that helps the audience get an overall picture of a phenomenon and see relationships among the parts.

Forensic (CH10)

Arguments about what had happened.

A classmate is deciding between two topics and is comparing the amount of time they will need to invest in researching each one. Which question is your classmate likely answering about making a topic selection? A. Is the topic appropriate for this particular audience? B. Is the topic appropriate for me? C. Is the topic narrow enough? D. What topics are appropriate for the occasion? (CH10)

B. Is the topic appropriate for me?

Conveying enjoyment helps achieve which guideline for dialogic delivery? A. Achieve understanding, not agreement B. Maintain interest throughout your presentation C. Ask Clarifying Questions D. None of the above (CH11)

B. Maintain interest throughout your presentation

Since your audience is a group of students from your same university, part of your same major you conclude they have the same beliefs and attitudes as you and each other. This violates which suggestion for dialogic public speaking? A. Identify with the audience B. Respect differences C. Keep an open mind D. Strive for audience understanding (CH10

B. Respect differences

When explaining the map of the zoo for a class field trip, which pattern for organization will be most likely be used in the presentation? A. Chronological B. Spatial C. Cause-Effect D. Topical (CH11)

B. Spatial

Problem-Solution Pattern of Organization (CH11)

In an informative speech, used to organize a speech by first explaining a problem and then teaching the audience about the solution.

Peer Testimony (CH10)

Information that comes from someone who is in the same peer group as the audience; they are not necessarily an expert on the topic.

Expert Testimony (CH10)

Information that you obtain from someone who has conducted extensive research on the topic, has significant experience with the topic, or holds a position that lends credibility to his or her ideas on a subject matter.

Examples (CH10)

Instances that we use to help define or clarify concepts, draw attention to a particular feature of an experience, or elicit memories and emotions in our audience.

Statistics (CH10)

Quantitative reports that summarize and organize sets of numbers to make them easier to understand and visualize.

Deliberative (CH10)

Speeches about future actions that might be taken.

Epideictic (CH10)

Speeches that celebrate or commemorate events or people.

Semantic Differential Scale Questions (CH10)

Survey questions that ask participants to choose their position on a continuum between two polar opposites.

Likert Scale Questions (CH10)

Survey questions that provide statements and then ask respondents to circle a number that measures their level of agreement with the statement.

General Purpose (CH10)

The broad intent of what your speech should accomplish; the three types of general purposes are to inform, to persuade, and to commemorate.

Denotative Meaning (CH10)

The literal definition of a word or phrase that you might find in a dictionary.

Brainstorm (CH10)

The practice of creating a list of all the possible topics you can think of, beginning by writing down every possible idea that comes to mind, regardless of how good you think the idea is, and then afterward organizing or evaluating the ideas to help you make a decision about which to choose.

Connotative Meaning (CH10)

The way a word or phrase is used in a particular context, potentially as slang or with an implied value judgment.

Testimony (CH10)

The words of other people used to support your point.

Informant (CH10)

A contact person within the organization or group you can talk with to obtain information about the audience you will be speaking to.

Cause-Effect Pattern of Organization (CH11)

A variation on the chronological pattern of organization used to discuss the causes that led to a specific event or effect.

Concept Map (CH10)

A visual representation of all the potential areas you could cover in your speech that includes circles around topics and lines that connect related ideas; also known as a mind map.

Which is a good idea when working on a cause-effect speech? A. Build your thesis around the cause or the effect, not both. B. Focus on one or two causes. C. Build your thesis on one cause and one effect. D. Use the chronological pattern or organization. (CH11)

A. Build your thesis around the cause or the effect, not both.

Using an elucidating explanation to help your audience understand difficult language, which is not a part of this process? A. Help the audience understand the term and how it applies to them. B. Use a common exemplar, or ideal example of the concept. C. Opportunity to identify correct examples and examples that are not correct. D. Give several examples of the term. (CH11)

A. Help the audience understand the term and how it applies to them.

In 2014, there were 833 reports of car burglary in the state of Texas. Which type of supporting evidence is this? A. Numbers B. Statistics C. Graphs D. Data (CH10)

A. Numbers

Which is the fastest way to obtain information about your audience? A. Surveys B. Interviews C. Contact an informant D. Prior observation (CH10)

C. Contact an informant

To give the audience deeper understanding of a phenomenon is synonymous with: A. Awareness B. Informing C. Explaining D. None of the above (CH11)

C. Explaining

Which should be avoided when using humor in a presentation? A. Open up with humor to capture the audience's attention. B. Make sure the humor does not distract from your topic. C. If your topic is boring, include at least five humorous jokes or stories. D. Make sure the type of humor can be easily understood by all audience members. (CH11)

C. If your topic is boring, include at least five humorous jokes or stories.

An Olympic-level runner says that Nike is the best shoe for the sport and is also sponsored by Nike. Which source evaluation criteria does this example bring into question? A. Is the source in a position to know the information? B. Is this source recent? C. Is this source biased? D. Is this source consistent with other sources? (CH10)

C. Is this source biased?

When giving a speech on high fashion, the speaker refers first to a leather jacket and then to a shift dress. This is an example of which guideline for keeping delivery dialogic? A. Achieve understanding, not agreement B. Maintain interest throughout your presentation C. Provide multiple examples D. None of the above (CH11)

C. Provide multiple examples

Demographics (CH10)

Categories of definable characteristics of groups of people, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, socioeconomic status, education level, and sexual orientation.

Which of the following is true about citing sources? A. It is ethical. B. It is honest. C. It creates an atmosphere where the audience is open to what you have to say. D. All of the above (CH11)

D. All of the above

Of Aristotle's five canons of rhetoric, which one is "the physical dimensions of speaking?" A. Invention B. Arrangement C. Style D. Delivery (CH10)

D. Delivery

You are preparing a speech on endangered species. One source says that Cheetahs are endangered and another source, published in the same year, says they are not. Which source evaluation criteria does this example bring into question? A. Is the source in a position to know the information? B. Is this source recent? C. Is this source biased? D. Is this source consistent with other sources? (CH10)

D. Is this source consistent with other sources?

Practicing which suggestion of dialogic speaking will prompt the audience to comment with feedback or ask questions? A. Identify with the audience B. Respect differences C. Keep an open mind D. Talk with, not at, your audience (CH10)

D. Talk with, not at, your audience

Which is not an element of transformative explanations? A. Acknowledge the lay theory understood by the audience. B. Explain why the audience's lay theory is plausible. C. Explain the theory and demonstrate its effectiveness. D. Tell them their lay theory is wrong and should never be considered. (CH11)

D. Tell them their lay theory is wrong and should never be considered.

The best man has chosen to tell the story about the bride and groom's one-night stand during his toast at their wedding. Which question did the speaker neglect to ask himself when making his topic selection? A. Is the topic appropriate for this particular audience? B. Is the topic appropriate for me? C. Is the topic narrow enough? D. What topics are appropriate for the occasion? (CH10)

D. What topics are appropriate for the occasion?

Which is not true about the topic of a speech? A. It usually dictates the organizational pattern B. The book discusses four types of topics C. Some topics may require you to invent your own organizational pattern D. Your topic determines the dialogic atmosphere (CH11)

D. Your topic determines the dialogic atmosphere

Explain (CH11)

Deepen the audience's understanding of a phenomenon.

An appropriate book source may include... A. History on a topic B. Background on a topic C. A fictional story that relates to the topic D. Research E. All of the above (CH10)

E. All of the above

Transformative Explanation (CH11)

Explanations that help audience members transform their everyday ideas about how something works into a more scientifically accurate understanding of the phenomenon.

Spatial Pattern of Organization (CH11)

Used to describe an object by explaining how parts physically relate to one another in a defined space.

Chronological Pattern of Organization (CH11)

Used to describe events or processes in the order that they occur in time, from earlier events to later events.

Topical Pattern of Organization (CH11)

Used to divide your speech into categories or subtopics.