Public Speaking Final

Which is the start of a hypothetical narrative?

"What if you found yourself in this situation? Your best friend and you are eating lunch at ...."

Which is most concrete?

- Appliances - Kitchen furnishings - Oven ---------General Electric Model 4700 Microwave

Which of the following are true about the difference between perception and attention?

- Attention is "the allocation of limited resources," saying that we cannot give attention to many things at once. - Perception is not the same as sensing or taking in sensory impulses. Attention is basically focus. - Although people's perceptions can differ, attention is even more individual and often due to choice. All of these are true.

Tanya wanted to use a flip chart for her speech on the flaws in capital punishment laws. What should she be concerned about?

- Because it does not look as professional as slides, it may lessen her credibility. - Flip charts are for interactive speeches, and hers is not interactive. - Flip charts are for interactive speeches, and hers is not interactive. - She will need an easel. All of the above.

Which of the following statements is true about supporting materials?

- They should be placed in the introduction, conclusion, and transitions. - They only need citations in persuasion speeches. - The speaker needs to start thinking about them after organizing the speech. None of the above are correct

The difference between a simile and metaphor is that

- a simile uses "like" or "as" and metaphors do not - metaphors are more direct comparisons and therefore generally more powerful

Posters are not good presentation aides because

- they can be affected by bad weather on the way to the presentation - they are often not large enough for the audience to see - they do not look as if the speaker took enough time to prepare All of the above.

Using another person as a visual aid is effective if

- you ask the person's permission ahead of time - you only touch them minimally or only as necessary it is helpful to the speech - the person is dressed appropriately - All of the above

Which of these numbers is the mode for this series of numbers: 100, 150, 200, 150, 175, 160, 150, 225, 250.

150

The text on slides should probably not go smaller than

22 point font

Which is an example of a primary source?

A journalist interviewing veterans back from the Middle East.

If you were giving a speech about how climate change is affecting sea levels around the world, which would be the most useful?

A map of the world

This is a portion from Dr. King's I Have a Dream Speech. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." This portion uses which rhetorical devices?

Antithesis

What is not a common error in presentation aids?

Being concerned that the technology may not work correctly.

What type of informative speech topic is a speech with the specific purpose: "To explain to my classmates the life of Mother Teresa"?

Biography

The following definition, "Diabetes is a disease affecting the endocrine system," is an example of

Classification and differentiation

A speech with the specific purpose: "To explain to my audience the evidence supporting that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy in a conspiracy" is a viable informative speech topic.

False

According to the textbook, fear appeals are ineffective except in extreme situations, when the audience is particularly hostile.

False

Attention is the audience members' responsibility and not something the speaker can directly affect.

False

By their very nature, facts do not need citation when used to prove a point.

False

Hand gestures are out of place in public speaking and should be avoided.

False

Learning from other public speakers, and emulating their techniques, is unethical.

False

Models, such as the ones about communication, are powerful as presentation aids because of their detail and fine points.

False

One of the most important aspects of using presentation aids is that well-designed ones are self-contained and can explain themselves.

False

One reason to use presentation aids is that they speak for themselves and take away the need for explanation.

False

Presentation aids refer only to our senses of sight and hearing.

False

Public speaking is an activity about which you should feel urgency to communicate your message, so waiting until a day or two before the speech is a good idea to achieve a spontaneous, natural feel.

False

Well-practiced delivery can make up for gaps in preparation and content.

False

When the text says, "timing is everything," it is referring to your comedic timing in using humor.

False

When using PowerPoint and changing slides, you do not need verbal transitions.

False

Which of the following is a type of narrative discussed in the text and useful for speeches?

Historical

Which central idea statement is the strongest?

In today's market, a consumer can purchase three types of life insurance: level term, decreasing term, and whole life.

Finish the equation: blank plus blank equals Persuasion.

Information + Change = Persuasion

"After a serviceman or woman leaves the military, he or she must find a use for the MOS." This is an example of

Jargon

The reason to use graphs in your speech is that

Like other presentation aids, they help retention and clarity

Which of these statements is true about listening?

Listening involves making an effort to process and retain information.

Is this a strong specific purpose statement? To inform my classmates about the superiority of MacBooks over Windows laptops.

No

Which statement is true about listening, according to textbook?

Our preparation beforehand influences our listening ability.

The 7X7 rule means that

PowerPoint slides should limit the number of rows of text and length of words to 7x7

Which is an appropriate suggestion for using humor?

Practice the humor and test it out on others.

Which of these tactics would best incorporate planned redundancy into your speech?

Previewing your points in your introduction, then reviewing them in the conclusion.

What type of informative speech topic is a speech with the specific purpose: "To explain to my classmates the sequence of steps in getting a tattoo"?

Processes

What is the main idea in this list? low numbers of vaccinations, obesity, lack of information on sexual transmitted infections, low birth weights in newborns

Public health issues for teenagers

Read the following scenario and then mark which statement(s) is/are a good critique for this conclusion. Mary concludes her speech this way: "In today's speech, we have seen that organ donation saves lives, does not cause problems for grieving families, and is free for the donor. There are a lot of other good reasons that I could get into, but that should be enough to convince you to sign a donor card, and I have pamphlets here with instructions on how to do that. As the bumper sticker says, 'Don't take your organs to heaven. Heaven knows we need them here.'"

She mentions other material she didn't discuss.

Eden wants to give a speech in her class about a subject she is very interested in: her band. This is her specific purpose statement: To inform my classmates why starting a band is a cool idea. Which of the following is a reasonable response to this specific purpose statement?

She needs to reword the specific purpose statement, making sure her content matches the "communication word" of her purpose.

The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy: "If we encourage elementary-school teachers to use hand-held devices in the classroom, the students will spend less time reading books. As a result, they will fall way behind in developing reading, writing, and thinking skills. Pretty soon we will have a generation of illiterates on our hands."

Slippery slop

Which is true about a fact?

Someone can cite who discovered the fact and how other authorities have supported it.

Which of these is a common error in speech introductions?

Speaking as one approaches the platform or lectern.

Which of the following statements best defines totalizing?

Taking one characteristic of a group or person and making that the sum of what that person or group is.

Which central idea statement is the strongest?

Thailand has three distinct regions, each with its own distinctive culture due to their unique ethnic and religious practices.

Persuasion means inducing audience members to change. What does that mean?

The audience must see the cost of change as less than the benefit of the change

Which of the following is not a barrier to listening?

The speaker's use of personal anecdotes.

Which is a good way to think about connectives?

They should look "backward" and "forward" in the speech.

Invention, an English version of a word used by the Roman scholars of rhetoric, comes from a Latin word that means

To discover

Benjamin wants to deliver an informative speech on his favorite topic, comics. Which specific purpose is probably best?

To explain to my classmates the evolution of Batman's character from his creation to the Dark Knight trilogy.

Chronological organization can be divided into two types: short-term and long-term.

True

Conclusions from inductive reasoning can be disproven by examples that contradict the pattern.

True

Figurative analogies would be a place where one would find faulty analogies.

True

Minimizing distance between the speaker and the audience is a way to influence the attention level of the audience in a positive way.

True

Most people find the easiest way to avoid cognitive dissonance is to avoid exposure to sources that cause it.

True

One of the important things to work on in practicing with an audience is eye contact.

True

One way that public speaking is similar to everyday conversation is that both are dependent on feedback.

True

One way that public speaking is similar to everyday conversation is that there is an exchange of messages about content, facts, and ideas and messages about the connection between the two people.

True

Supporting materials that clarifying are more useful for informative speeches, whereas those for probative are more useful for persuasive speeches.

True

The need for "chunking" is especially important in process-oriented or "demonstration speeches" because of the high number of steps that might be involved.

True

Tomas ends his speech with this example: "We have an opportunity today to affect our society in the same way that our grandparents and great-grandparents did, not by going to war against a foreign enemy attacking our shores, but by attacking the internal enemy of hunger and poverty that threatens us on the same way." True or False: Tomas is trying to inspire his audience with this statement.

True

How can movement or activity be applied as a factor of attention in a speech?

Use transitions to keep the sense of movement in the speech.

Which is true about attention as a psychological principle?

What we pay attention to is affected by past training or educational experiences.

The factor of attention "proximity" relates to which of the following?

Your audience sits close together and is not far from you as the speaker.

He found himself up a creek and had to change horses is an example of

cliché and mixed metaphor

The term "tone" applied to slides means

how the design used supports the attitude the speaker wants to convey

What type of informative speech topic is a speech with the specific purpose: "To explain to my classmates how the meanings of libel and slander are different in the United States and United Kingdom?"

ideas or concepts

Speeches that are given with little or no preparation, "spur of the moment" are called

impromptu

Jargon is

language used in a specialized field like medicine or the military

Works that are published on an ongoing, regular basis are called

periodicals

If you construct a survey in your class about your speech topic and get your classmates' opinions, that is

primary research

One of the problems with a small audience is

that the audience may feel that they can interrupt