COMMS 1315 QUIZ #2

If you think about the day your speech and imagine yourself walking confidently up to the speaking area, thn beginning your speech by connecting your eye contact with your audience, this is a strategy known as:

Visualization

In order to use mindfulness as an anxiety-reducing strategy, you would do all of the following except:

*MUST NOT: rolling your eyes MUST: shaking out your limbs, yawning, talking with your tongue out, pressing your toes on the floor to get the sensation of forward momentum.

Anxiety interferes with the daily lives of ________ Americans.

40 million

According to experts, a general rule of thumb is that if your speech is five minutes, you would ideally spend _________ hours preparing you speech.

5 - five because for every minute the length of your speech must be, you should prepare one hour for every minute.

If you say, "Oh no! I totally forgot that last part," during your speech, what are you fergetting to consider about giving your audience this information?

A. Your audience doesn't know what was supposed to be included or excluded. B. Your audience doesn't have a script of your speech. *(A&B only)

One way to channel anxiety is to use the emotion as _______.

B. excitement C. energy *(B&C only)

Why is looking over the heads of your audience considered a myth as a public speaking strategy?

Eye contact is a societal norm. People who don't make eye contact are seen as disinterested. You lose important connection with the audience. Not making eye contact can be construed as arrogant or socially awkward. *(All of the above)

People who go to great lenghts to avoid public speaking in a group situation, and even experience physical symptoms when doing so, are known as

Glossophobics

Zeroing in on something that you might have done wrong during your presentation is also known as:

Peepholing

You feel yourself starting to sweat a little during your presentation and your stomach has butterflies. Your audience is attentive seemingly unware of your physiological reaction. What reality of public speaking does that experience represent?

Your audience is watching closely and will notice all your physiological reactions. *(A&B only)