COMM 1110
What is meant by "extemporaneous speech?"
A speech based on an outline, which provides flexibility in preparation and delivery
Which of these statements is true about organization of speeches?
All audiences need organization and need help understanding the organization
The term from classical rhetoric, "invention" is essentially the process of
Choosing the particular message and approach for the audience and situation
Which statement is true about speaker credibility?
Citing reliable sources can add to your credibility as a Speakereaker
Which of the following is suggested for addressing anxiety about public speaking?
Examine your own thoughts about why you are anxious
Which of the following is not a standard of communication ethics discussed in the textbook?
Greater terminal credibility is the main goal a public speaker should have
Keith believes the strength of his 7-minute classroom speech will be in the visuals. He creates a slide show with 20 slides. Is this best?
He should not assume that the visuals will make up for flaws in the speech
Which is a good central idea statement?
In today's market, a consumer can purchase three types of life insurance: level term, decreasing term, and whole life
What is the idea behind the canons of rhetoric?
It is a set of laws for organizing a speech
Why might the study of language be controversial?
Language can be used by the powerful in ways that extends their power
The reason to use graphs in your speech is that
Like other presentation aids, they help retention and clarity
Which is a lesson we can learn from the quotation about communication from Johann Goethe, the German philosopher
One reason for studying public speaking is to become aware of the potential for public speaking's limitations or "noise" factors
Which of the following does not fall into the realm of plagiarism, according to Plagiarism.org cited in the textbook?
Paraphrasing a source that you cite
The 7X7 rule means
PowerPoint slides should limit the number of rows of text and length of words to 7x7
One rhetorical device used by speakers is euphemism. Which one is an example of euphemism?
The combatants were victims of friendly fire
What is a problem with using a cause-effect organizational pattern?
The time involved to develop causes and effects is probably longer than most speech assignments
Which statement is true about process-oriented speeches?
They may either be designed for information purposes only or for the audience to perform the process.
Which is the best specific purpose speech for an informative speech?
To describe to my classmates the process by which the College Bowl Series chooses a national champion
Which is a good guideline for presentation aids?
Use animated figures for just a few seconds for emphasis or interest and then make them disappear
What is the acronym the textbook author uses to explain that speakers should consider their audience's needs and interests in developing speech topics?
WIIFM
Audiences are asking two basic questions while listening to a speaker
Why is this topic important to me/Why should I listen to the speaker?
The analogy used in the book between an outline of a speech and the speech itself was between
a blueprint and a house
In a speech on George Washington's effect on the ratification of the constitution, which presentation aid would add the most value?
a map of Washington's travels giving speeches about the constitution
If you were giving a speech about how climate change is affecting sea levels around the world, which would be the most useful?
a map of the world
Tanya wanted to use a flipchart for her speech on the flaws in capital punishment laws. What should she be concerned about?
a. Because it does not look as professional as slides, it may lessen her credibility b. Flipcharts are for interactive speeches, and hers is not interactive. c. The audience may not be able to see it equally. d. She will need an easel. e. All of a-c ** all of a-c **
Presentation aids create understanding by
a. Clarifying b. Emphasizing c. Adding variety d. A and b e. A and c
The value of a strong preparation outline is ____
a. It allows you to see the relative importance of ideas. b. It allows you a good foundation for practice. c. It makes you as a speaker include all the parts of a good speech. d. It allows another person to have a clear idea of what you will say. e. All of a-d **all of a-d
Why should you avoid clichés?
a. Some of them are not understood even though people use them a lot. b. They are predictable and therefore stale. c. Some of them can be offensive to some ethnicities d. all of a-c e. none of a-c ** all of a-c **
Contrast in color is important to slides for what reasons?
a. Visibility of font against the background b. Emphasis c. Show hierarchy and organization of ideas d. All of a-c e. None of a-c ** all of a-c **
Janice wants to bring her dog to class for a speech about how the laws against pit bulls are unfair. What does she need to think about?
a. Whether anyone is allergic to dogs in her classroom b. Whether her dog is good around strange people. c. Whether the college allows dogs to be brought into classrooms, other than for helping persons with disabilities. d. Whether the dog is necessary to make her points. e. All of the above *** all of the above ***
Using another person as a visual aid is effective if:
a. You ask the person's permission ahead of time b. You only touch them minimally or only as necessary c. It is helpful to the speech d. The person is dressed appropriately e. All of the above f. None of a-d, since you should never use a person as a visual aid ** all of the above**
The difference between a simile and metaphor is that
a. a simile uses "like" or "as" and metaphors do not b. metaphors are more direct comparisons and therefore generally more powerful c. similes are considered figurative and metaphors are not d. a-c are all correct b e. a and b are correct ** a and b are correct**
Mary wants to use a short survey to prepare her class speech. Her thesis is "Drivers over the age of 75 should be retested to renew their drivers licenses every two years." Her first question is "Do you oppose or support stricter regulations on elderly drivers to keep the roads safer?" Critique her first question.
a. option 1 b. option 2
What is missing from this definition of public speaking, according to the textbook? "A face-to-face attempt to inform, persuade, or entertain a group of people through words, physical delivery, and visual or audio aids."
a. the concept of organization b. the concept of intentionality or purposefulness c. the concept of nonverbal communication d. a and b above e. b and c above **a and b above**
Wikipedia's value to you as your research your speech is
a. to get common knowledge, basic material on a source b. to get other sources you can use c. to enhance your credibility as a researcher d. a-c e. a-b ** a-b **
Why should you think about your purpose before, or at least the same time as, your topic?
a.It will help you focus your speech to a manageable amount of content; b. It will help you become more audience-centered and outcome-centered. c. You will be better able to make strategic decisions about other aspects of the speech. d. All of a-c e. None of a-c ** all of a-c **
Which of the following is not one of the canons of rhetoric?
appearance
If you were going to give a speech on the average number of A grades freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors got in Spring 2016 at your college, which graph would be best?
bar graph
"Janet is a diamond in the rough" is a
cliche
Which of the following statements is true, according to the textbook?
communication should be thought of as having a dimension related to facts, content, and information and a dimension related to connection and relationship
"The system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group from another" is
culture
The objective or literal meaning shared by most people using a word or symbol is the _______ meaning
denotative
Miriam needs to talk to her mother about wanting to change her major. She could go in and say, "Mom, I'm changing my major." But she thinks about how her mother will accept the message and tries a different way to express herself. This is an example of
encoding
Which of these is not a contributing factor to a speaker's credibility
ethnicity
A problem with pictographs is the depiction of parts or fractions of amounts
false
An introvert is unlikely to become an effective public speaker
false
Language is tool used by humans that is separate from their identities
false
Language use is mostly oral or spoken
false
Presentation aids refer only to our senses of sight and hearing
false
The rise of the Internet, with its wide variety of available platforms, has made legal decisions about freedom of expression much easier
false
You can turn off the screen temporarily by hitting the x key on the keyboar
false
A Greek word is the basis of a condition related to anxiety about public speaking. What other English word uses the same root Greek word?
glossary
Many people make or say negative things about President Trump on Twitter. Why is this not defamation?
he is a public person
Cicero formulated the canons of rhetoric. Which is the correct order?
invention, organization, style, memory, delivery
How is public speaking like other forms of communication such as conversation?
it requires a sensitivity to your audience and dependence on feedback
After a serviceman or woman leaves the military, he or she must find a use for the MOS." This is an example of
jargon
Luis wants to create a graph using PowerPoint to show how much weight he lost after starting an exercise plan over six months. Which type of graph should he use?
line
Which of the following is not a function of presentation aids?
making the speaker more persuasive
Juan is asked by his employer without prior warning to say a few words in a meeting of eight sales representatives about a project he's working on. From his seat, Juan tells about his latest conversation with a client about one of the company's product, which is not what the employer wanted. Is this public speaking?
no, because Juan lacks a purpose and organization
"To explain to my classmates the role of the Southern Christian Leadership Committee in the Civil Rights movement" is a good central idea statement
no, it is not in the form of a central idea statement
Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process is
noise
Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process" is
noise
Which word refers to sense of smell?
olfactory
A process in which other scholars have read a work of scholarly writing and evaluated whether it meets the quality standards of a particular publication and/or discipline" is the definition of
peer-reviewed
Three terms that are used interchangeably in regard to research are
peer-reviewed, academic, scholarly
Works that are published on an ongoing, regular basis are called
periodicals
A state of experiencing "significant and persistent fear when in the presence of or anticipating the object of fear" is the scholarly definition of
phobia
John uses the word "deleterious" when speaking about side effects of a medicine to an audience of senior citizens. Should he?
probably not
Which organizational pattern would be best to organize a speech with the specific purpose: "To persuade my audience to support stricter drug testing for Olympic athletes"?
problem-solution
"Rhetoric" is the word originally used for
public speaking
Which of the following is not true?
public speaking is a valuable way to relay a significant amount of detailed information to your audience
Having a climax pattern in a speech means that you
put the strongest argument or reason or information as the last point
Information that has been compiled, filtered, edited or interpreted in some way" defines
secondary sources
What type of connective is this? "The second step to baking chocolate chip cookies is to combine your ingredient in a special, recommended way
signposting
This outline uses a _______ pattern of organization
spatial
A _____ is something that represents something else with which it has no inherent or direct relationship
symbol
This textbook's preferred model of communication is
symbolic
Which of the following statements is true, according to the textbook?
the audience will not see your nervousness to the degree you feel it
The meaning of connotative is
the means through which a message gets from sender to receiver
Which is not a general purpose for a speech?
to articulate
The word used by the Roman scholars of rhetoric, "invention" comes from a word that means
to discover
"Decode" is the process of the listener or receiver understanding the words and symbols of a message and making meaning of them
true
A chart is mainly different from a graph in that a graph deals with numerical data using dots, bars, and lines while a chart can deal with other data.
true
A speaker's credibility is improved by use of clear and respectful language
true
Using the term "professional golfer" instead of "athlete" is an example of concrete language instead of abstract
true
Which is good advice for constructing a survey for researching your speech?
try to include all the options that would be relevant for multiple-choice questions
"To persuade my fellow communication majors to take part in a for-credit internship in their senior year" is a good specific purpose statement.
yes, it is in the right format and specific
