Speech Final (Previous Quizzes)
________ involves delivering a specific message to an in-person audience.
Dyadic communication
A speaker's anxiety is heightened when he or she perceives the audience as negative or neutral to the speech.
False
Thinking of public speaking as a threat to personal growth can be part of positive thinking about public speaking.
False
____________ is speech that is potentially harmful to a person's reputation at work or in the community and might be illegal if spoken with a reckless disregard for the truth.
Slander
Because the entire speech rests on it, the thesis statement must be clearly stated in the speech.
True
Imagining your speech as a conversation can help you relax about public speaking.
True
Pinpointing the stage at which you become anxious when speaking publicly can help decrease your anxiety.
True
"Have you ever been to a professional hockey game?" is an example of
a closed-ended question
The thesis statement, the theme or central idea of a speech, should be expressed as
a single, declarative sentence
All communication events include:
a source and a message
When preparing a speech, the speaker's first task is to select
a topic and purpose to the audience and occasion
Nancy was practicing her speech when she became overwhelmed with anxiety. She decided to simply allow herself to be anxious for a few minutes, then decided it was time to be confident about all the work she had done and resume her rehearsal. Nancy was using the anxiety-management strategy known as
anxiety stop-time technique
When we refer to the noise in the communication process, we are referring to...
any interference with the message
Our general evaluations of people, ideas, objects, or events are our
attitudes
When narrowing a topic, the speaker need not consider ...
audience seating arrangements
Keeping the needs, values, attitudes, and wants of your listeners clearly focus in being ...
audience-centered
To generate ideas for topics, use word association; its a kind of ___________ technique.
brainstorming
In which part of a speech should the speaker restate the thesis and reiterate how the main points confirm it?
conclusion
Outlines are based on the principle of
coordination and subordination
Legal protection afforded the creators of original literacy and artistic works is called
copyright
Which of the following is one of the five cannons of rhetoric?
delivery
Feeling ________ is one reason many people are uncomfortable about public speaking.
different
A person's respectful bearing and conduct is called
dignity
Invention refers to ...
discovering evidence and arguments you will use to make your case
Material that is common knowledge
does not require a citation
Communication between two people is called
dyadic communication
How many demographic characteristics are typically considered in the analysis of speech audiences?
eight
Listening distractions are
external and internal
Construction noise or competing conversations are examples of
external distractions
If a speech is informative, its thesis statement represents what you are going to prove in the address. True or false
false
Visualization is not an effective technique to reduce speaker nervousness.
false
If you ask survey respondents to respond to questions with a limited choice of answers, you are asking what type of questions?
fixed-alternative
Active listening is
focused and purposeful
The _________ speech purpose answers the question, "What is my objective in speaking on this topic to this audience on this occasion?"
general
When selecting a speech topic, a speaker should first consider which of the following as a guide?
his or her interests
Under what circumstances should the speaker begin by showing the topic's relevance to the audience, and then relate the topic to ideas and experiences about which the audience holds a positive attitude?
if the topic of the speech is new to the listeners
Benefits of public speaking do not include ...
improving hand-eye coordination
Socioeconomic status (SES) includes
income, occupation, education
Listeners rarely pay attention to
information that is unrelated to their interests
The purpose of a(n) ______ speech is to increase the audience's understanding and awareness of a topic.
informative
An incorruptible speaker, or one who will not compromise the truth, possesses
integrity
Daydreaming and fatigue are examples of
internal distractions
Feeling different when delivering a speech
makes a speaker believe no one is interested in what they have to say.
In this form of communication, the receiver is physically removed from the messenger, and there is little or no interaction between the speaker and the audience.
mass communication
In order to deal with a sudden distraction while you are giving a speech, you might
minimize your response and proceed as soon as possible.
Values are
our most enduring judgments about what is good and bad in life
Hate speech is offensive communication that is most often directed against
people's radical, ethnic, religious, gender or other characteristics
Tools a speaker can use to analyze an audience include all of the following except
personal opinions
Presenting a "cut-and-paste" of someone else's material as your own is called
plagiarism
Scriptwriters tend to
plan what they, not the speaker, will say next
Maureen began to feel nervous once she began organizing and writing her speech. Which type of anxiety did Maureen experience?
preparation anxiety
A speaker's general fear or anxiety associated with either actual or anticipated communication to an audience is known as
public-speaking anxiety
Paying attention to information that is important to us, being interested in information that touches our own experiences and backgrounds, and sorting and filtering new information based on what we already know are key elements of
selective perception
If a source used in a speech requires in written form, it also
should be acknowledged orally
A speech should be practiced at least how many times?
six
Which of the following is the process a message goes through when it is received and interpreted?
source -> encoding -> receiver -> decoding
Which kind of outline is usually brief and contains key words or phrases?
speaking
The ___________ speech purpose expresses exactly what the speaker wishes the audience to get from the speech.
specific
The ________ is a precise statement of what you want the audience to learn or do as a result of your speech.
specific purpose
When giving classroom presentations, what can you do to avoid boring your audience and raising tension in the classroom?
steer clear of overused and trivial topics
To establish a feeling of identification with the audience,
stress your commonalities
In an outline, what kind of points support the main points?
subordinate
When actively listening, a person should
take note of the speaker's key points
An ethical speaker is conscious of _______ values.
the audience's
Anne gives a speech to her classmates about categories of computer games. The general purpose of Anne's speech is ...
to inform
A speaker who is both honest and dependable has the quality of
trustworthiness
An effective speech should be organized around _______ main points.
two or three
Active listeners
usually set listening goals and listen for main ideas
Supporting material illustrates main points by ________ the speaker's main ideas.
verifying
An audience-centered approach means
you consider your audience in every phase of the speech preparation process