Speech Final

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T/F: The English language uses eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections.

True

T/F: The Satisfaction Step should begin with criteria or conditions to be met.

True

T/F: The Speech to Persuade can inspire, convince, or call the audience to action.

True

T/F: The Visualization Step could project the audience into the future.

True

T/F: Denotative meaning refers to the emotional response or personal thoughts connected to the meaning of a word.

False

T/F: The audience is given small doses of persuasion to prepare them for greater exposure to stronger arguments is known as the inoculation principle.

True

T/F: The clever speaker can mold the audience with trigger words.

True

T/F: The speaker uses internal citations to document the sources of quotes, forms of support, or evidence.

True

T/F: The speech to inform is a clear, objective, accurate, impartial, and interesting handling of a topic, concept, object, event, problem, person, or process.

True

T/F: A maxim is a well-known short saying that reflects a culture's values.

False

T/F: A memorized outline has a weaker effect than a memorized manuscript speech

False

T/F: Audiences find new information easy to grasp

False

For the conclusion you should aim for ____ percent of the speech.

10

When writing your introduction you should aim for _____ percent of the speech.

15

Introductions and conclusions comprise about _____ percent of the total speech. They provide a first and final impression of both the speaker and the speech.

25

There are five stages in the process of persuasion as defined by Osborn and Osborn, which is not one of the five stages?

Affirmation

Which is not a variation of language?

All of the above are variations of language

"Hot is to cold as fire is to ice" would be an example of which type of Dramatic Support?

Analogies

This means the right choice of words?

Brevity

T/F: "Since my time is almost up ... I don't have time to ..." is a conclusion audiences love.

False

These are speeches describing a cause-and-effect relationship between ideas.

Casual pattern

What is the third step in the Introduction called?

Central Idea

This order illustrates how a topic has developed over time.

Chronological

Stephen Toulmin, a British philosopher and rhetorician, developed a model to explain every day arguments. The model was composed of three major elements: the _____, the _____, and the _____.

Claim, Support, Warrant

Which of the following is not one of the uses and advantages of presentation aids?

Complicate the message

Persuasive language used distinctive words. All of the following are appropriate except:

Dont be a stuck in the mud

T/F: If we know and like the speaker, we are much more ready to accept his or her suggestions. If the speaker is not known, he or she must constantly be alert to the elimination of an unfavorable reputation.

False

T/F: If you forget something in the speech, always let the audience know you forgot by letting them in on the secret.

False

T/F: Language in a Speech to Inform should be clear, accurate, truthful, and unbiased. The speaker does not express their point of view covertly and is careful to write the speech so his or her own opinion is clearly visible.

False

T/F: Logos is involved with the right side of the brain.

False

T/F: MLA format uses "References."

False

T/F: The bigger the lie, the harder it is to believe.

False

T/F: The book lists two types of testimony: Personal Experience and Expert Opinion.

False

T/F: The goal of research is to gather supporting material so the information creates interest on the part of the audience. Supporting material does nothing to help a speaker capture and maintain an audience's attention.

False

T/F: There is no Actualization Step in the Informative Speech.

False

T/F: When reading from a written manuscript, accountability is at its lowest

False

T/F: When speaking to an audience who use peripheral route, some strategies are: rely on strong logical arguments, high levels of audience interest and motivation, valid substantive evidence and strong organization of content.

False

Which step of the Introduction is given as a guide or road map to the audience to keep track of the major points of the speech?

Fourth

Scholars divide special occasion speeches into three basic categories. Which of the following is not one of the three basic categories?

Impromptu

This type of suggestion is difficult to detect?

Indirect Suggestion

Which of the following is NOT included in the Actualization Step of the Information Speech?

Introduce a new main idea

"Her voice is music to his ears," is an example of which figure of speech?

Metaphor

"There would have been enough food if the kids hadn't been such pigs" is an example of which type of Dramatic Support?

Metaphors

This type of graph shows extreme variations?

Mountain graphs

Which of the following charts and graphs shows peaks and comparisons?

Mountain graphs

Which of the following is an abstract word?

Patience

This type of appeal has three dimensions concerning the speaker: character, ability, and empathy for the audience?

Personal Proof

What the map or blueprint of the plan for the speech, conceived from the general purpose, specific purpose, and central idea?

Preparation Outline

These are used to give details in chronological order?

Principles of Narration

A community-sponsored program to end texting while driving would be a sample of which organizational speech pattern?

Problem-solution pattern

Which of the following is not a proposition in persuasive speaking?

Proposition of coercion

This is used to show things close in time or space?

Proximity

Who defined persuasion as "a nonviolent means of ethically influencing and motivating others through messages."

Raymond S. Ross

These make an audience pay close attention, such as in, "This cannot be overemphasized."

Signals

"He was as proud as a peacock" is an example of which type of Dramatic Support?

Similes

The Atkins Diet versus the South Beach Diet would be an example of which type of speech?

Speeches of comparison/contrast

"More beautiful than a rose is love," is an example of which figure of speech?

Suspension

"Don't you think?" is an example of:

Tag questions

T/F: A speech to problem-solve is defined as a speech where the audience must be presented with a problem and then presented with a clear solution.

True

T/F: An ethical consideration to take into account when creating and using electronic presentation aids is to make sure you do not digitally alter any materials.

True

T/F: An example of a thing a speaker could include in the closure of a speech would be to pose a rhetorical question.

True

T/F: Brainstorming and mind mapping are considered topoi.

True

T/F: Connectives are words or phrases used to link ideas in a speech. They are used to connect ideas and to cohere or relate to each other.

True

T/F: If an outline has more than three ranks, it is very detailed and usually prepared for a lengthy speech.

True

T/F: If time becomes an issue, the lower ranks can be eliminated, without destroying the major ideas of a presentation.

True

T/F: Induction uses specific to general reasoning; weakness--missing information.

True

T/F: Modern experimental studies have supported Aristotle's observations that the speaker's credibility (ethos) is formulated from an audience's perception that the speaker is competent, trustworthy, and dynamic.

True

T/F: SRX is when a speaker tells the audience what he or she is going to tell them, gives them the message, and repeats it in some form, and the audience remembers better.

True

T/F: Signposts are simple words or statements like traffic signs on a street helping an audience keep track of where the speaker is in the number of main points.

True

T/F: Spatial Pattern speeches describe direction or location, such as east to west, right to left, and top to bottom.

True

T/F: The Central Idea can also be called a proposition.

True

T/F: The use of index cards (4" x 6" are preferred) is one of the most popular forms of organizing evidence or forms of support because they are easily manipulated and can be sorted out to help support the issues, contentions, or arguments in a logical manner.

True

T/F: Verbalized pauses such as "ah," "um," and "all right," fill up the airwaves, but do little to help the audience connect ideas.

True

T/F: When persuading an unreceptive audience, it is important to acknowledge the opposing points of view.

True

T/F:On the back of the research card, put all the pertinent information about where the evidence or forms of support can be found. Depending on the information, consult the MLA (Modern Language Association) Style Book or the APA (American Psychological Association) Style Book.

True

Which of the following is NOT one of the simple rules for symbolization?

Use Superlative or conversational phrases

Allen H. Monroe suggested a three-step model for instruction, which of the following is NOT one of those steps?

Visualization

T/F: An acceptance speech is an impromptu, often presented when given an award or a gift. Usually, it is done with prior notice to the receiver of the award.

false


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