ACP Speech

ivory will be giving a presentation for her company to a group of prospective customers at an international trade show, and she is deciding what to wear. Which of the following statements about the role of personal appearance in speechmaking should she keep in mind when making her decision?

A speakers personal appearance should be keeping with the occasion of the speech

in the middle of Erica's speech in class a loud crash sounds from outside the building. This is a followed by people yelling at each other. She notices several audience members staring outside the window and not paying attention to her. Which of the following should Erica do to regain her audiences attention?

Acknowledge the noises for the audience and then continue her speech

A debater says to his opponent: why, you flannel mouth old fool!"

Ad hominum

well if the mayor of New York City thinks it is the right thing to do, who are we to question him? "

Ad verecumdium

in the midst of your speech about volcanoes, a speaker notices quizzical expressions on the faces of her listeners. In response she says, "let me explain that point again to make sure it's clear." When this happens, the speaker is

Adapting to feedback

One way to adapt to a speaking situation is to:

All of the above

saying dunno instead of don't know is an error in

Articulation

A factory worker says: "I might as well doctor my time card, everyone else does. "

Bandwagon

"Everyone agrees that we pay too much in taxes! "

Begging the question

Margaret is passionately committed to animal rights. At an evening lecture required for her biology class, she learned that the title of the speakers talk was "the importance of animal experimentation to medical advances." offended and sure that the speaker had nothing at the cool or interesting to say, Margate paid no attention at all during lecture. According to your textbook, the primary cause of Margaret's poor listening was

Being distracted by external interference

Jenna is trying hard to understand a professor discussing micro-economics. What type of listening is jenna using?

Comprehension

Natasha and Ramon are listening to a realtor who is encouraging them to buy a house they looked earlier in the day. As a listen, they are trying to decide whether or not to purchase the house. According to your textbook, Natasha and remote are engaged in listening.

Critical

A speaker repeatedly says "y'all" during a speech into this is an example of

Dialect

"If we do not increase our aid to school, they will have to lay off teachers. "

Either-or

Eric is giving a speech in his art history course. He has carefully prepared his presentation and plans to deliver it from a brief set of notecards. What kind of delivery is Eric using?

Extemporaneous

The aim of an ethical speaker is to accomplish his or her goals by any means necessary

False

as a matter of ethics, audience members should listen attentively to and agree with everything a speaker says

False

as your textbook explains, biological distractions are really the most important ones to try to eliminate as you listen to a speaker

False

as your textbook explains, the speakers message consists only of what the speaker says with language

False

it is never advisable to ignore hecklers

False

nonverbal communication applies only to eye contact and gestures

False

as you present your speech, you noticed that many of your listeners have interested looks on their faces and are nodding their heads in agreement with your ideas. According to your textbook, these reactions by her listeners are called

Feedback

leigh was arguing that because she was a good cook, she would also be a good computer programmer. That is what kind of reasoning?

Figurative analogy

as Janelle listens to a classmates speech explaining the differences between collision insurance and comprehensive insurance, it reminded her that she needed to pay her insurance bill before the end of the day. Then, rather than listening to the speaker, she started thinking about all the other things she had to do that day. According to your textbook, the primary cause of Janelle's poor listening is

Glazing over

which of the following is an advantage of extemporaneous delivery

It allows greater spontancity than does speaking from a manuscript

how does the following excerpt from a classroom speech violate the guidelines for properly citing sources within a speech?

It doesnt cite a qualified source for the stas

two of the three major formats mentioned in your textbook for citing works in a speech "works cited" are from the

MLA ana APA

A political candidate is running for office and must give a speech that will lay out the details of her platform. The speech will be widely covered by newspapers and television. What kind of delivery is the candidate most likely to use?

Manuscript

identify the logical fallacy committed by lee in the preceding example

Non sequitur

speaking to rapidly can signal

Reading off notes

Jock is arguing that tuition is increasing due to wasteful spending. He is

Reasoning by cause

Jocelyn was searching for information on her speech topic, which was the 2000 presidential election. She found a blog that claimed the Republican candidate, George W. Bush, used oil company money to bribe the supreme court into deciding in his favor. She use that information. In this example, Jocelyn is not information literate because

She used unreliable information

"If we let our local elected officials tell us where we can drink in public, then they will begin to tell us when we can drink, too! "

Slippery slope

One of the major obstacles to listening effectively is that the brain can process many more words than can be spoken in a minute

True

Tone can carry much of the meaning of a speaker's message

True

complementing and substituting are two ways that gestures can help send your messages as a speaker

True

critical thinking and active listening are two highly related processes

True

hearing is a passive physiological process while critical thinking is an active psychological process

True

if you say the S in Illinois or the P in pneumonia you are making a mistake in pronunciation

True

listening to evaluate a message for purposes of excepting or rejecting it is known as critical listening

True

pseudolistening can also be called fake listening

True

public speaking is more highly structured than every day conversation.

True

when a speaker's body language is inconsistent with his or her words, listeners often believe the body language rather than the words

True

which of the following is a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches?

Visualize yourself giving a sucessful speech

which of the following would probably be the most reliable source of testimony in a speech about successful dieting strategies?

a scientist studying weightlos methods

which of the following statements is true about myths?

all of the above is correct

Jen is listening to a speaker who says: "now is the time to deride, defeat, and destroy gender discrimination." This speaker is using

alliteration

"If we do not learn from the past, we will make the same errors in the future" is an example of

antithesis

A history student, who is giving a speech about human rights and says she wants to quote Martin Luther King, states: "we must learn to live together as brothers or parish together is false." This profound statement is an example of

antithesis

A student is giving a speech about space exploration and it's importance. One of his strategies is to talk about the bravery of the pioneers who migrated from the eastern part of the United States to settle the west. He talks of the dangers in both, the challenges in both, and the rewards of both, and that the nation should expand space exploration. The student was using

argument from the past

Svetlana began her speech about the reconstruction efforts in the US following the Civil War, she used the following quotation from Abraham Lincoln: "with malice toward none, the charity toward all." This quotation is an example of

background info

which of the following strategies is least likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

concentrating on your stage fright

Walter noted that there was a 15% drop in the local crime rate to support his claim that the increase police presence in his town was working. This type of data is called

evidentiary info

if a speaker attempts to persuade an audience to except global warming as a scientific phenomenon, she is persuading what type of question?

fact

".gov" is not very reliable because the government cannot be trusted to provide the whole truth

false

The most reliable websites are ".com" because they are the most common.

false

in a college classroom setting it is except a bowl to use some profanity.

false

myths are essentially untruthful.

false

Harry asked lauren, a friend of his who took the same public speaking class the previous semester, if he could use her speech for his assignment. If he did so, Harry would be guilty of

global plagerism

__________ is when a speaker takes an entire speech from a single source and present it as their own.

global plagerism

Bonnie, a public relations major, is working as an intern for a candidate who is running for the state Senate. She's reading over a draft of a speech in notes the repetition of words such as freedom, equality, and level playing field. She notes that these words are powerful and could push people to action. These fall into the category of

ideograph

in the 1987 presidential primary Joe Biden was accused of using five whole paragraphs from a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock. Essentially, Biden was accused of committing

incremental plagerism

which of the following statements does not properly verbally attribute sources within a speech?

my buddy told me most people believe in god

hey speaker is addressing an audience about the settling of Jamestown and the first Thanksgiving. He speaks of the hope of the settlers, John Smith, Pocahontas and the relationship of the white settlers and the Native Americans. He leaves out the heart ache, near starvation, and brutality. This speaker is using _________ as a strategy.

myth

Terrence is relating a difficult and scary experience he had while walking home one night to my small group of friends. It was all jumbled in his mind and he knew that he had to relate the story so it made sense. Terrence is concerned with

narrative coherrence

if a story makes sense and matches our beliefs and experiences, then it has

narrative fidelity

Orlando found a source that claimed president Roosevelts public works projects did not help bring in the country out of the great depression. When he spoke, however, he said "I believe President Roosevelt public works project did not help bring the country out of the great depression." Orlando is guilty of

patchwork plagirsim

if a speaker attempts to persuade an audience to volunteer at the local animal shelter, she is persuading what type of question?

policy

"Every time my mother-in-law calls, the stock market goes down. "

post hoc

A politician says: "why do you bring up my past when we have children going to bed hungry? "

red-herring

if a speaker says: "we have to do something soon to make a difference, we have to do something soon to make a change", this speaker is using

repetiton

Ruben is an avid NASCAR fan and races on local short tracks. He was giving a descriptive speech and during the speech had a line that went: "after a caution flag and on the restart, you need to come out like a bullet leaving again." Ruben used what single word approach in his speech?

simile

Rafael is in history class and listening to the professor talk about the industrial revolution. As she is speaking, mentally Rafael is easily able to keep up with her and his mind is wandering to his date with a new woman the next weekend. This is going to cause information retention problems. Rafael is being affected by

spare brain time

A person states: "so, you are against Space exploration... I guess you think we should stop all scientific study. "

straw man

when Winona, in her speech on the battle of Hastings, told her class the personal history of one of the combatants, William the conqueror, she was providing her class with

tangential information

on January 14, 2012 president Obama attended a Vigil for the victims of Sandyhook shooting incident. This presidential appearance is an example of which of the following concepts?

travel spectacle

".edu" at the end of a URL designates the website as an educational institution

true

A cultures values are often embedded in myths

true

Wikipedia and about.com are not considered reliable Internet websites for academic research.

true

according to at least one expert cited in the text, human beings are storytellers by nature.

true

and information literate person can find the type of information they need, no where to find it, how to evaluate it, and how to properly use it in the speech.

true

use active language rather than passive language in your speech.

true

using "I" language in your speech is advisable.

true

vivid imagery helps an audience better follow and understand a speech.

true

if a speaker attempts to persuade an audience to repeal the Supreme Court's decision concerning a woman's right to seek an abortion, she is persuading what type of question?

value