COMM 1301 Exam #1

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighting a potential course of actions against:

A set of ethical standards or guidelines

Identify the flaw in the following specific purpose statement: "why should the university raise tuition?"

It's expressed as a question

violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says

Juggling statistics; quoting out of context; citing unusual cases as typical examples

if there is no clearly identified author for a document on the internet, you should try to determine the ____ responsible for the document

Sponsoring organizations

Is anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience

Stage fright

which organization pattern would be most effective for arranging the main points of a speech with the specific purpose: "To inform my audience about the four major elements in a landscape painting."

Topical

Avoiding ethnocentrism is important for listeners as well as speakers

True

audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in min

at every step of preparation and delivery

according to your textbook, the tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values, beliefs, and well-being is called

egocentrism

is listening to provide emotional support for a speaker

empathic listening

for the sake of clarity, you should usually employ the generic "he" when speaking in public

false

listeners usually find generalizations more interesting and convincing than specific statements

false

most speech should have six to ten main points

false

the conclusion should usually make up about 25% of your speech

false

to improve listening you should think of listening as a passive process

false

is a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the main point(s) of a speech

internal summary

Identify the flaw in the following central idea of a speech: "something should be done about climate change."

it's too vague

the denotative meaning of a word is:

its literal meaning or dictionary definition

identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech

preview statement

"the steady flow of traffic sounded like the rush of a great river" is an example of

simile

the most effective order of main points in a speech depends on your ____

topic, purpose, and audience

a hypothetical example is an example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation

true

research show that a well-organized speech can increase the speaker's competence and trustworthiness in the mind of listeners

true

you should never cite an article in your speech on the basis of the abstract alone

true

changes in a speaker's rate, pitch, and volume are referred to as:

vocal variety