Speech midterm

When you prepare speaking notes for your first speech you should

All these answers are true

What to do when rehearsing your first speech

Ask family members or friends for feedback

Which of the following are included in your textbook as guidelines for ethical speechmaking?

Be honest in what you say, be fully prepared for each speech, and make sure your goals are ethically sound.

A listener's ethical obligation include

Both being courteous and attentive during a speech and maintaining the free and open expression of ideas

Pauses

Both can lead dramatic impact to a statement when they are well timed and should occur at the ends of thought units, not in the middle

As explained in your textbook, public speakers have an ethical obligation to avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language because such language

Both demeans the dignity of the groups or individuals being attacked and undermines the right of all groups in the United States to express their ideas.

The central idea of a speech should

Both encapsulate the major ideas of your speech and be phrased as a statement rather than a question

An advantage of using visual aids in public speaking

Both enhances the clarity of the speaker message and

You can establish credibility in a speech introduction by

Both explaining your firsthand knowledge and experience with the topic and stating that you have learned about your topic through the research

Signpost are especially useful for

Both focusing attention on key ideas and indicating exactly where you are in a speech

Which of the following is an advantage of extemporaneous delivery

Both is encouraged a conversational quality in a speakers delivery and it allows greater spontaneity than does speaking from a manuscript

The preview statement is

Both is usually a last part of a speech introduction and signals that the body of the speech is about to begin

Which of the following does your textbook recommend for preparing slides

Both limit the amount of text to no more than six lines per slide and stick to a limited number of colors and use them consistently.

You should use examples in your speech in order to

Both personalize your ideas and clarify your ideas

Which of the following is a way to enhance the effectiveness of your example?

Both practice delivery to enhance your extended examples and make your example vivid and richly textured

Which of the following is a base objective of a speech introduction

Both preview the main points and gain the attention of the audience

When preparing a speech introduction, you should usually

Both reveal the topic of the speech and preview the main points of the speech.

Gestures in speeches

Both should be suited to the audience and occasion and should appear natural and spontaneous

Recommend for preparing main points

Both try to use the same pattern of wording for each main point and keep main points clearly separate from one another

The process of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas

Brainstorming

The blank is the one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech

Central idea

Informative speeches are usually arranged in ____ order

Chronological or topical

transitions, internal previews, internal summaries, signposts are good examples of

Connectives

The speaking outline

Contains delivery cues for the speaker

___________ is the audience's perception of whether the speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic

Credibility

______ ending is a conclusion that builds force until reaching a peak of power and intensity

Crescendo

Which of the following is a demographic characteristic of a speech audience

Gender

The first thing a speaker needs to do in the introduction of a speech is

Get the interest and attention of the audience

What are the three primary factors to consider when assessing an audience's disposition toward a speech topic

Knowledge, interest, and attitude

Three Guidelines for Ethical Listening

Listen attentively, avoid prejudging the speaker, and support free speech

When preparing speaking notes for your first speech you should

Make sure the notes can be read at arms length

One advantage of Wikipedia is that

Many articles have footnotes, reference lists, and links to other footnotes

Communication based on a speaker's body and voice, rather that the use of words

Nonverbal communications

Wikipedia is

Now considered similar in reliability to print encyclopedias

Anything that is visible, tangible, and stable in form would be treated as a _______ in an informative

Object

When using statistics in a speech you should usually

Round off complicated statistics

The two main functions of a speech conclusion is

Signal the end of the speech and reinforce the speakers central idea

Eye contact for public speakers who address audiences in the United States

Speakers should look at the audience about 80-90 percent of the time they are talking

The blank expresses precisely what you hope to accomplish with your speech

Specific purpose

Research indicates that the impact of examples is greatly enhanced when they are combined with blank that shows the examples to be typical

Statistics

The primary purpose of speech making is to

To gain a desired response from listeners

Which of the following organizational patterns is used more than any other method of speech organization because of its applicability to almost any speech

Topical

When giving and informative speech, you should take special care to

Translate technical information into everyday language

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches

Visualize yourself giving a successful speech.

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against

a set of ethical guidelines or standards

What are three criteria for assessing the soundness of documents found on the internet?

authorship, sponsorship, recency

What are two types of audience analysis

demographic and situational

One of the ways speakers analyze audiences is by looking at traits such as age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, group membership, and racial, ethnic and cultural background. According to your textbook, what is this called?

demographic audience analysis

When you use statistics in a speech, you should

explain the statistics to the audience

The type of delivery in which you plan your speech in detail and learn it well without trying to memorize the exact wording is called

extemporaneous

The main reason to keep a speaking outline brief is to

help the speaker maintain eye contact with the audience

The ________ speaker delivers a speech with little or no immediate preparation

impromptu

The opinions of ordinary people who have firsthand experience or insight on a topic are referred to as __________ testimony.

peer

Problem-solution order is most appropriate for organizing ________ speeches

persuasive

When using visual aids in a speech, you should

practice with the aids when rehearsing the speech

Two types of speech outlines discussed in your textbook are the

preparation outline and speaking outline

Which of the following is a situational characteristic of a speech audience?

size

Good speech delivery

sounds conversational even though it has been rehearsed

Which of the following are among the methods recommended in your textbook for avoiding too many abstractions in an informative speech

use comparison and contrast

The give statistics greater impact a speaker should

use statistics sparingly

One way to build confidence as a speaker is to create a vivid mental blueprint in which you see yourself succeeding in your speech. According to your textbook, this process is called

visualization