QUIZ WEEK 3

According to your textbook, when using PowerPoint slides in a speech, you should

use slides only where they are needed to communicate your ideas.

If you were giving a speech about how to execute basic karate moves, the best kind of visual aid to use would probably be

yourself

What is the median in the following set of numbers: 200, 300, 500, 600, 600?

500

According to your textbook, when citing Internet documents during a speech, a speaker should usually identify the

Both author or sponsoring organization responsible for the document and date on which the document was published, posted, or updated.

What suggestion presented in your textbook for using supporting materials is used in the following speech excerpt?Since it first opened for business, McDonald's has sold over 100 billion hamburgers. To give you an idea how many hamburgers that is, think of it this way: Since each McDonald's burger (with the bun) is about 2 inches thick, 100 billion hamburgers stacked on top of each other would reach over 3 million miles—fifteen times as far as the moon.

Explain your statistics.

When delivering a speech, connectives:

Help orient the audience

Which of the following statements is most clearly directed at the practicality issue in a persuasive speech on a question of policy?

If my plan is adopted, it will be less expensive than the current system.

Which is not an effective principle for preparing main points?

Make sure each main point is brief

Identify the specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech:

Our campus policy on student parking should be revised to provide more spaces for students

Which of the following specific purpose statements is from a persuasive speech seeking passive agreement?

To persuade my audience that the college should adopt an honor code.

Which pattern of speech organization would be best if you are giving a speech about different types of jobs available for a medical assistant

Topical

Which of the following would probably be the most reliable source of testimony in a speech about successful dieting strategies?

a scientist studying weight-loss methods at the U.S. National Institutes of Health

According to your textbook, when you are going to give an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material

after the speech.

The three types of questions that give rise to persuasive speeches are questions of

fact, value, and policy.

If you wanted to compare the changes over the last 10 years in the number of people who get their news from newspapers and the number of people who get their news from the Internet, the best kind of visual aid would probably be a

line graph.

Selena is creating visual aids on her computer. According to your textbook, when she selects fonts, she should plan to use

no more than two fonts on each slide.

Examples are especially helpful as supporting materials because they

personalize your ideas.

Heather gave her persuasive speech on the problem of teenage alcoholism. In her first main point, she showed how serious the problem is. In her second main point, she explained why the problem had reached its current proportions. In her third main point, she presented some ways of coping with the problem. What organizational pattern did Heather use in her speech?

problem-cause-solution

The following set of main points for a persuasive speech on a question of policy follows which pattern of organization?I. Childhood obesity is a serious health crisis in the United States.II. Childhood obesity is caused by a range of factors from poor nutrition to lack of exercise.III. Childhood obesity can be reduced by action from parents, schools, and the fast-food industry.

problem-cause-solution

The main value of using statistics in a speech is to

quantify the speaker's ideas.

What kind of reasoning is used in the following statement?Politicians who are guilty of corruption do not deserve to be reelected. Last year our U.S. representative was proved to be corrupt by using campaign donations for personal financial gain. Therefore, our U.S. representative does not deserve to be reelected.

reasoning from principle

According to your textbook, when you reason in a persuasive speech from a general principle to a specific conclusion, you are using

reasoning from principle.

Blake circulated a questionnaire to gauge his classmates' attitudes toward implementing a special tax on junk food. He discovered that 5 audience members already agreed there should be such a tax, 6 were firmly opposed, and 10 were undecided. From these results, Blake decided that the 10 undecided class members were the __________ for his speech.

target audience

As your textbook explains, persuasive speeches on questions of value are most often organized in __________ order.

topical

Alain is planning to use video as a visual aid in his persuasive speech. According to your textbook, he should

All of these answers are correct.

In her persuasive speech, Kari wants to generate emotional appeal to help convince her classmates to sign up as organ donors. According to your textbook, how can Kari create this emotional appeal?

All of these answers are correct.

When using visual aids in a speech, you should

All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following is recommended in your textbook as a way to enhance your credibility in a persuasive speech?

All of these answers are correct.

The fallacy of hasty generalization occurs when a speaker

Both jumps to a conclusion on the basis of too few instances and generalizes on the basis of atypical cases.

According to your textbook, when using color in Keynote or PowerPoint slides, you should

Both use colors that can easily be differentiated from each other and use the same colors consistently throughout your slides.

Determining whether you believe a statement to be true is:

Critical listening

Jose is delivering a speech without notes and using a PowerPoint presentation to support the main ideas of his persuasive speech. Choose an evaluation that best justifies the quality of speech.

Jose is demonstrating effective public speaking because he is speaking extemporaneously and using slides sparingly

According to your textbook, the most important question to ask when assessing analogical reasoning in a persuasive speech is

whether the two cases being compared are essentially alike.