Public Speaking 1315 Cengage

All of the following are among the seven principles of ethical public speaking except

Be careful

Letting the audience know whether you have a personal motive, specific experience, or vested interest in your topic is an example of which principle of ethical public speaking?

Be open

"Adapting to the audience" just means telling people what they already know or want to believe.

False

According to the text, being incredibly passionate about a topic always makes it a good choice for a speech.

False

According to your textbook, it is not a good idea to think about your audience as a partner in an ongoing public conversation.

False

According to your textbook, you'll know you've given a good speech if your audience gives you a big round of applause.

False

Because your audience won't see a written copy of your speech, it's not necessary to include a written bibliography.

False

Effectiveness, or getting your own way, is a good test for ethical acceptability.

False

If you credit all of your sources when you're delivering your speech, you won't need to provide complete citation information in your bibliography.

False

If you know a lot about your topic, you'll automatically be clearly understood by your audience.

False

In general, Wikipedia is a reliable source for research materials.

False

Picking a topic that the audience already knows about is a surefire way to be effective.

False

The Latin words found on the dollar bill, "E pluribus unum" meaning "From many, one," symbolize the importance of the individual in a democracy.

False

The great thing about the idea of rhetorical audience is that you can magically make your audience be anything you want them to be.

False

The words people speak in one place never change the way people think or act in another place.

False

When reading and taking notes on your research materials, it is always important to read the entire source to get a sense of the overall argument.

False

When using search engines like Google to start your research project, the main problem is often the lack of sources.

False

When your research doesn't support your original proposition, your research is considered a failure.

False

While the best communicators make choices about how to write and deliver a speech that is practically effective, rarely do they also have to worry about being ethically responsible.

False

Of the following answers, which is best described as a general topic?

Food

___________ is the term used to describe the kind of communication act you would like to accomplish with the audience when you give your speech.

General purpose

For each piece of evidence you are considering, all of the following are questions to ask yourself except

Is the evidence easy to understand?

Putting yourself on the line and putting your ideas up for public scrutiny are examples of which principle of civility in public speaking?

Take appropriate risks

________________ is a one sentence summary of the argument you would like to make or the information you would like to present.

Thesis statement

A speech that is all quotes or all statistics can be difficult to listen to.

True

An appeal is an attempt to influence an audience.

True

Apathetic audiences don't care about a topic because they don't know that they should care about it.

True

Choosing a topic will require you to balance several different factors: time limits, the size of the topic, and your goals.

True

Good communication is, by definition, responsive communication

True

If a speaker relies too much on visual images or media in presentational aids, they are at risk of distracting their audience from what they want to say.

True

If possible, when conducting interviews you should plan to record and transcribe the conversation.

True

One of the easiest and most important ways to get over a research hump is to go to the library and talk to a research librarian.

True

Part of what makes an intentional lie wrong is that the misrepresentation or omission is done for the speaker's advantage.

True

The "Seven Principles of Civility in Public Speaking" ultimately imply that public speaking should be about relationship and conversation.

True

The basic principles of public speaking are the same for any speech, whether it's one delivered on the floor of the Senate, the State of the Union Address, a business presentation, or a talk at a local community group.

True

The best topics are found in the area where your interests, the interests and needs of the audience, and the demands of the occasion overlap.

True

The fragmentation of the audience that results from focusing on demographic information makes it difficult to make good choices about how to engage with your audience.

True

Your textbook suggests that the term "public" refers to a group of people who share a common set of concerns.

True

Your textbook suggests that, when delivering a speech, your thesis statement should come after the first part of your introduction.

True

According to the textbook, all of the following are useful questions or strategies for topic selection except

What do you want to know more about?

To decide which ethical choices to make in your speech, your textbook suggests you ask all of the following questions except

What expectations do I have of this audience?

According to your textbook, all of the following questions reflect choices you will need to make about how you will perform your speech except

Who will be listening, and what is their interest in the topic?

When used in note-taking, the tagline is

a short phrase describing the role a new fact, figure, or quote might play in your speech

A public speaker who adjusts their topic and the presentation of their speech to their audience is demonstrating

adaptation

Thinking about the beliefs, values, experiences, and motivations that characterize your audience is known as

audience analysis

At minimum, the complete citation data needed for proper research includes all of the following except

author credentials

To adapt your speech to your audience, you should do all of the following except

avoid commonly used words

Intentionally misrepresenting, leaving out, or unfairly downplaying alternative perspectives shows ________ toward the topic.

bias

A record of all the sources where you found your information is called a/n

bibliography

Your textbook suggests all of the following strategies for efficiently reading material except

blog entries typically have a standard format so they're easy to read efficiently

When you deliver a public speech, you and your audience

both belong to the same publics

According to your textbook, all of the following are reasons for paying attention to language choice except

choosing technical words that your audience isn't familiar with can impress your audience

All of the following are likely consequences of deceptive speech except

deceptive speech practices are likely to require more time and effort than conducting real research

The classifications that, in some cases, give a rough picture of important characteristics of the audience are known as ____________ characteristics.

demographic

Engagement within a democratic framework has all the following characteristics except

demographically divides the audience

After delivering his speech, an audience member asked Daniel why his speech was organized in the way it was. He replied, "It seemed like the only way to do it." Daniel's answer indicates that he

did not take responsibility for his speech

According to your textbook, a public speaker who carefully verifies the persuasive facts they plan to present to their audience is demonstrating the ________ dimension of public speaking.

ethical

The Greek term _________ means both "character" and "habit."

ethos

Considering the credibility of the source you might use to back up a speech is part of which aspect of working with your research materials?

evaluating sources

Giving your speech from prepared notes, as opposed to written out or memorized, is called __________ speaking.

extemporaneous

All of the following are behaviors and ways of speaking that work against civility except:

forms of speech that include facts that make others uncomfortable.

Given in the first few sentences, the ________ for the speech basically lays out the relationship between speaker, audience, and topic.

frame

All of the following are basic elements of the research process except

gathering your materials for first review, without complete source information

According to your textbook, one of the biggest challenges of our times is to learn to speak in a way that

generates cooperation and insight and that avoids division and narrow-mindedness

When you look at a topic in terms of how it impacts "our city," "our state," or "our campus," you're choosing to narrow the topic by

geography or location

Which of the following actions is not considered plagiarism?

giving credit for every quotation, idea, statistic, and argument you use in your speech

Connecting a person, idea, or thing to an abstract concept is known as what type of appeal?

glittering generality

All of the following are ways to effectively narrow the focus of your topic except:

including everything you know

The audience of marketing and advertising is best understood as the

literal audience

The group of people sitting in front of you as you begin to speak, who have opinions and ideas all their own, are known as what type of audience?

literal audience

According to your textbook, preparation for your speech includes

making choices about the best way to present your message so your audience will respond favorably

Complete the following statement: _____________ is about convincing an audience to change their behavior based on their already existing beliefs and motivations, and _____________ is about changing the beliefs and motivations of the audience.

marketing; engagement

In an invited speaking situation, you will

often be given information about the speaking situation and what is expected of you, which will reduce some of your choices

To begin to organize your material for your speech, your textbook suggests you should

order the supporting materials from most useful to least useful

According to your textbook, the "gold standard for good research" consists of

peer reviewed scholarly articles

Stakeholders are

people who have something to lose or gain as the result of a decision or policy

All of the following are basic kinds of research resources available to you except

personal history

Within business speaking settings, a kind of informative speech that shares information, either to make sure everyone is informed or to help managers with ongoing decision making, is known as a

presentation

The basic structure of a sales pitch is

problem/solution

A ___________ is a group of people who share a common set of interests because they perceive a common problem.

public

The process of making good arguments well-supported by good grounds such as evidence, expert opinion, data, or logical chain is known as:

reasoning

Marketing, or selling something to an audience, has all of the following characteristics except

requires self-risk

According to your textbook, all of the following statements are true about research except

research is an annoyance that may be necessary for an assignment, but important if your topic isn't obscure or controversial

Analyzing and adapting to your audience are fundamental skills for

responsive communication

The audience you choose to address, or the audience you bring into being through your words, is known as the

rhetorical audience

According to your textbook, real civility is about

saying the right thing in the best way to create democratic change

According to your textbook, rhetoric requires all of the following except

some means of recording that message

The _______________ aims to fulfill a specific need for your audience as it relates to your topic.

specific purpose

According to your textbook, in order to figure out how to best speak in the context of your community, you need to

take an ethical stance toward public speaking

You demonstrate that you are taking appropriate risks in public speaking when you do all of the following except

take for granted that your audience will agree with you

What tool for choosing a rhetorical audience invites an audience to see your topic in a specific role that changes their perspective on a topic?

the "as test"

Plagiarism is

the act of using the language, ideas, or arguments of another person without giving the person proper credit

When you pick a topic area, you must coordinate three important considerations. Which of the following is not one of those considerations?

the availability of related images

Rhetoric is the term for

the study of how language, argument, and narrative can persuade an audience

A one sentence summary of the topic and goal together is known as a ______________

thesis statement

Advocacy organizations for specific topics that produce materials for the public to use are known as

think tanks

Engaging in civility and ethics in public speaking matters for all of the following reasons except

uncivil and unethical communication practices can make you appear trustworthy

All of the following are general purposes of public speaking except:

updating

Persuading is your purpose when

you speak primarily to change the minds or actions of the audience

Engagement is your purpose when

you speak primarily to draw the audience into the experience of the speech itself