Comm Final Exam

What does Gorgias use to describe the effects of a good speech?

A witches' spell and incantations

Speeches that make claims beyond the reach of common knowledge are more _____ when they appear to have been researched.

Credible

When giving a speech on crocheting, you are sure to note the large number of mittens you have crocheted. Which type of appeal is this?

Ethos

Asking who will be present for a speech you are giving is a form of

Informal audience analysis

Which describes the informative speech genre?

It is considered a contemporary speech genre

Which is the first step of active listening

Receiving and attending

An introduction speech is a speech of

Recognition

_____ communication refers to live (real-time) online speaking.

Synchronous

Which is something you actually share with the audience to communicate your speech's topic and goal?

Thesis Statement

Which is the goal of deliberative speeches?

To persuade or induce change

The public versus private nature of online communication is an ethical and philosophical concern.

True

What did Sigmund Freud argue our wishes were based on?

We all want to be loved

Which of the following occasions might require a celebratory speech?

When friends announce their engagement

Which is an example of a metaphor?

"Bob is a couch potato"

The view that the speaker and audience share power in public speaking reflects the idea of public speaking as

A civic conversation

What refers to the way a person's voice sounds, often in respect to a particular community or geographic region?

Accent

Walter is delivering the eulogy at his father's funeral. Which of the following tips should he keep in mind?

Acknowledge relationship to his father

Sylvia is giving a toast at her coworker's retirement party and begins by saying, "We're all together today to celebrate and say good-bye to Stephen." Which attention getter has Sylvia used?

Acknowledging the speaking situation

Which fallacy diverts an audience away from an issue to a person?

Ad hominem

When should you create a specific purpose statement?

After deciding speech purpose

Aristotle argued that understanding which audience characteristic would be tremendously beneficial to the speaker?

Age

Successful informative speakers meet audiences "where they are at," adapting to how they think, how they feel, and what they

Already know

In a bigger space, the speaker may have to be more

Animated

Ingrid wants to wear her mother's wedding dress for Halloween. Ingrid's mother says she may not and offers no explanation, other than to say, "I am your mother, and I don't have to explain myself." What fallacy does this illustrate?

Appeal to authority

_____ concerns how you move your lips and tongue when speaking.

Articulation

Brent is creating a video tribute for his parents' 25th anniversary party that will include his voice over a slide presentation and one embedded video. After the party he will make the video available online for those who couldn't attend the party. What type of online presentation is Brent preparing?

Asynchronous

In general, slang in public speaking should be

Avoided with most audiences

Where in your speech should you use an internal summary?

Body of speech

Linda is planning to give a speech on activities that may lead to chronic knee pain. Which speech organization pattern would be most appropriate?

Cause-and-effect

Which is one of the three general speech purposes?

Celebration

A thesis statement is sometimes referred to as a

Central idea

Gus threatens to give a store a poor online review if they do not accept items he wants to return for a refund. What is this an example of?

Coercion

_____ only requires thinking or having a conversation.

Common knowledge

What is an identity crisis?

Concerns surrounding a particular phase of life

Where might you effectively restate your thesis statement?

Conclusion

A presentation aid may be distracting if it

Contains too much information

Using _____ can help you decide what is and is not appropriate to wear for a speaking engagement.

Contextual reasoning

Which strategy may help you deal with a technical failure?

Create handouts for slides

There are five strategies to get your ideas across in an informative speech: description, explanation, demonstration, narration, and

Definition

n the centuries-long study of public speaking, its study and teaching has typically only flourished in which type of cultures?

Democratic

When Thomas considers the age of his audience, he is studying the audience's

Demography

Identify the fallacy in this statement: "You must pass this chemistry class, or you will never graduate from college."

Either-or

According to Aristotle, which is one of the three means or ways to persuade?

Ethos

When Mika gave an informative speech about the history of origami, she explained that the word means "paper folding," which would be which type of definition?

Etymological

A person giving a speech on the importance of childhood vaccinations introduces herself as a pediatrician. Which ethical concept is she trying to cultivate?

Expertise

What is anything in the environment that distracts you as a listener from attending to a message?

External noise

Which type of claim asserts that something has happened, is happening, or will happen, or something is true?

Fact

Monica is the president of her high school's tennis team. An alum who has competed in the Olympics is visiting campus, and Monica needs to introduce her at the annual awards dinner as the keynote speaker. What forms of speech support are appropriate for her introduction?

Facts

According to Cronon, liberally educated people can only talk with people similar to themselves.

False

If you are following the basic steps for speech preparation and delivery, when do you conduct research?

First

Sam was born biologically male, but identifies as female. When Sam refers to herself as a woman, she is speaking about her

Gender

What is a label for a widely recognized form in a given culture?

Genre

Which statement would help your speech on geology linger in the minds of your audience?

Geologists party like rock stars!

A speaker demonstrates_____ toward an audience by introducing, ordering, and concluding a speech in a manner that has the audience's level of comprehension and interest at heart.

Goodwill

If a motivational speaker begins a speech by stating he cares about the audience's well-being, which ethical concept are you trying to cultivate?

Goodwill

Speeches that make claims beyond the reach of common knowledge are more credible when they appear to

Have been researched

Which statement is an example of internal summary in a speech about cooking chicken soup?

I have discussed how to determine the chicken size you need as well as which tools and supplies you'll need to actually cook your soup.

What is a point in which the audience and speaker recognize that they are alike in some fundamental way?

Identification

Why is volume called the most important vocalic element?

If the audience can't hear you, then most of your speech's meaning will be lost

Which of the following statements is true about contextual reasoning?

If you know the occasion, audience, and kind of speech you are giving, you can quickly determine what would be inappropriate support.

Jonathan is speaking about the characters of a popular Shakespearen play. After his introduction, he says "I will now discuss how the female characters are alike before we move into a review of the major action in the play." Which strategy is Jonathan using?

Internal Preview

Nelson is giving a speech on how airplanes fly. In the middle of his speech, he says "I have talked about the way airplanes are powered and the aerodynamics of flight." What strategy is Nelson using?

Internal summary

_____ refers to specialized language of a clique or group of experts that only they can understand.

Jargon

Which is an example of an appropriate thesis statement for a speech celebrating your friend Josh?

Josh has worked hard in many ways and deserves a round of applause.

Avoiding overly technical language and jargon is one strategy for observing which rule of informative speaking?

K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Students) rule

The _____ light is located in front of the subject of a camera.

Key

What do you call appeals to reasoning or structure?

Logos

Which is an example of irony?

Lucas says to his teenaged son, "Drive my prized car by yourself when you only have a permit? Why not!"

Developing a speech outline can ensure that you have identified your_____clearly and arranged them in a way that will impress your meaning on the minds of audience members.

Main points

Speaking to inform is usually considered easier than speaking to persuade because it's much less challenging to give the audience new information or knowledge than to try to change the audience's behavior or

Mindset

The inability of one or more communicators to comprehend meanings or feelings is called

Misunderstanding

If you are giving a persuasive speech on the comedic timing of your favorite stand-up comedian, which presentation aid would be the most effective

Multimedia

Which is an example of an inductive argument?

My dog loves carrots. My sister's dog loves carrots. My friend's dog loves carrots. Therefore, most dogs love carrots.

To connect to the audience, speakers may tell stories, which is also called what?

Narriation

_____ communication encompasses all the ways in which we communicate in addition to, in opposition to, and independent of the spoken word.

Nonverbal

What is a prepared speech, podcast, or video that is broadcast on a computing device called?

Online Presentation

Which basic step of preparing and delivering a speech do you complete after conducting research?

Organize

Which dimension of public speaking can arouse a sense of love or hatred?

Pathos

When a scholar submits an essay for publication to an academic journal and it is then reviewed by two or three other scholars in the same academic field, this process is known as which of the following?

Peer review

Melissa's father suggested she give an informative speech on chemistry, a topic Melissa has very little interest in. By giving this speech, Melissa's speech would NOT be

Personally Relevant

The ancient genre of judicial speeches has been absorbed into which contemporary speech genre?

Persuasive

Although you can formally study public speaking, it is NOT a substitute for

Practice

Which should include a works cited section?

Preparation outline

Introduction speeches are typically short because the intent is to

Prepare the audience for the main speaker

Which of the following statements will Ezra most likely need to cite?

President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830.

Which term describes the idea that audiences are more likely to commit points that you make early in a speech to long-term memory?

Primacy Effect

Monroe's motivated sequence is based on the _____ pattern, a much more widely used structure.

Problem-solution

Paying attention to your use of _____ can help you avoid sexist language.

Pronouns

What is any physical object—living or inorganic—that helps you illustrate a main point of your speech?

Prop

Which of the following are skills of a liberally educated person according to Cronon?

Puzzle solving, writing, seeing through other's eyes

The best concrete examples of how sources are orally cited in our culture today are found in what type of news report?

Radio

Which would be considered a primary element of your speech situation?

Reason you are speaking

If you try to persuade your audience by threatening their safety, which suspicious emotional appeal have you made?

Scare tactic

What is one process that complicates how search engines filter information?

Search bias

Seeing the world through our own sets of beliefs, attitudes, and values is known as

Selective perception

Which is a challenge of online presentations?

Sensory limitations

When speaking to an audience, you emphasize that you care about their wellbeing. In which way are you attempting to create ethos?

Showing goodwill toward the audience

What refers to the informal language of a group of people?

Slang

If you are attempting to help your audience visualize moving through a place, you are likely using which organizational pattern?

Spatial

What should you develop in order to jog your memory while you are speaking?

Speaking outline

Which will include behavioral cues to support your memory when giving a speech?

Speaking outline

Which will include key phrases that you want to deliver during your speech?

Speaking outline

Which form of speech support is popular for conveying factual observations quickly?

Statistics

As a speaker, you should appeal to your audience based on what ties them together, but avoid

Stereotypes

Extended examples with a beginning, middle, and end are defined as what?

Stories

When you make contextual judgments, you decide the appropriateness of which element based on speaking occasion?

Support

What constitutes a community depends on the context. If Sam is speaking at a high school commencement, the community refers to

The students, faculty, and the guests

Which is something you will actually present in your speech?

Thesis Statement

Which is an example of a persuasive specific purpose statement?

To encourage my peers to invest in their retirement accounts

Nicole is presenting a speech on black holes. Part of her speech support is a set of complex statistics. What is a likely reason that Nicole has chosen to use visual aids to show her statistics to the audience?

To help make vague concepts less abstract

Why should you avoid using the colors red and green in your presentation?

To include all audience members

Which is the goal of epideictic speeches?

To praise or blame

"Say only what you wish to be repeated" is especially true for online and networked environments.

True

According to Kristof in "Starving for Wisdom," a liberal arts education is valuable because it improves students' communication and interpersonal skills.

True

According to the article by Scott Jaschik published in Inside Higher Ed, a freshman student set off a debate about general education with a recent Facebook post.

True

You can follow the same principles of composition and content as you would for a face-to-face presentation when using images or slide software in an online presentation.

True

You should run through your presentation several times using your technology prior to your live presentation.

True

Showing a photo of her prized garden during an informative speech on home gardening was a good example of Samantha's effective use of

Visual Aid

The _____ step of the motivated sequence helps the audience imagine the outcome of the proposed solution.

Visualization

"Um," "ah," "you know," and "like" are called _____ when they are there to fill pauses.

Vocal Fillers

Hannah is giving a presentation about the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 for her business class. Which of the following resources would be the most appropriate to use?

Wall Street journal

Regina is working on a presentation for her science class about epilepsy. She found a statistic she would like to include about the percent that the number of people with epilepsy increases every year in the United States. What is one of the questions Regina should ask herself before deciding to include the statistic?

What or who is the source of the statistic?

In which of the following scenarios would you need to complete in-depth research before giving a speech?

When presenting a speech that is controversial

Which is an example of how speech situation can constrain your speech?

You avoid talking about discretionary income to a room of senior citizens on a fixed income.

One reason your appearance would be noticed is you

appear unkempt and slovenly.

According to the Medical News Today website, polio is a highly infectious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, breathing problems, or even death. This is a specific type of fact claim called a claim of

definition

The "fake it until you make it" approach to public speaking

improves the positive feelings of the speaker in some contexts.

Care must be taken when using irony because

it communicates indirectly, and not everyone may "get it."

When you speak, it is reasonable to expect your audience to remember the _____ of your speech.

main points

When preparing your presentation, the most important thing you should consider is if the aid is

maintains the audience's focus.

Sierra wanted to give an informative speech on why her yoga class is the best, but she realizes that she could not be

objective

If you are referencing a song in your speech, it would be most efficient to

play the song for the audience

When considering your use of color in an online presentation, you should

remember that certain colors have symbolic meaning to some in your audience.

Accountants are smart. Orlando is an accountant. Therefore, Orlando is smart. This is called a(n)

syllogism.

Although you may wish to inform the audience of something new or persuade them to do or believe something during a special-occasion speech, your primary focus should be on

what you and the audience share as a community.