ORAL CMS 111 final

What is recommended for using visual aids?

Prepare visual aids well in advance of your speaking class and display visual aids only while discussing them

What is recommended as a way to improve your listenting?

Suspend judgment

Appeals to audience emotions such as fear, compassion, guilt or pride are the kinds of appeals that Aristotle referred to as

pathos

Which of the following is an instance of persuasive speaking?

A volunteer convincing a group of citizens to sign a petition

If you want to persuade a skeptical audience, which of the following is most important for you to do in your speech?

Answer the reasons for the audience's skepticism

When is it especially important for a persuasive speaker to establish common ground with the audience?

At the beginning of the speech

What is mentioned as a guideline for the use of inclusive language in public speaking?

Avoid the generic "he", avoid the use of "man" when referring to both men and women, use names that groups use to identify themselves

When using visual aids in a speech, you should

Display visual aids only while discussing them, maintain eye contact with listeners when showing visual aids and avoid passing visual aids among the audience

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

Explain your expertise on the speech topic, deliver your speeches fluently and expressively and establish common ground with your audience

What is an advantage of using visual aids in a speech?

Increase the clarity of a speaker's message, increase the audience's retention of a speaker's message, increase the persuasiveness of a speaker's message

Visual aids are most effective when they are

Integrated with the rest of the speech and explained clearly and concisely

What is a major cause of poor listening?

Jumping to conclusions

What is a guideline for preparing visual aids?

Keep visual aids simple

Persuasive speakers have an ethical obligation to

Make sure their goals are ethically sound, learn about all sides of an issue and present their evidence fairly and accurately

What organizational method for persuasive speeches is designed to take the audience through the five steps of attention, need, satisfaction, visualization and action?

Monroe's motivated sequence

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

Opinion, fact and policy

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?

Use emotional language, develop vivid examples and speak with sincerity and conviction

When should Rosie distribute the cards for her persuasive speech?

While urging her audience to take action during the conclusion of her speech

All of the following are tips for using evidence in a persuasive speech except

balance the amount of evidence used to support each main point

The ___ is the obligation of a persuasive speaker to prove that a change from current policy is necessary.

burden of proof

Two two most important factors affecting the credibility of a persuasive speaker are competence and

character

What contemporary researchers term credibility, Aristotle termed

ethos

In a speech seeking to persuade her audience to support the city's ban on unlimited drink specials at local bars, Darlene used examples and statistics to demonstrate the seriousness of binge drinking as a problem on college campuses. Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Darlene address in this part of her speech?

fact

The denotative meaning of a word is

its literal or dictionary meaning

Evidence and reasoning are the two major elements of persuasion that Aristotle called

logos

While attempting to persuade her audience to volunteer for a community literacy program, Diamond provided evidence that volunteering only takes two hours a week and that employers look for volunteer service on resumes from job applicants. Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Diamond address in this section of her speech?

need

Regardless of whether your aim is to encourage passive agreement or immediate action, you must deal with three basic issue whenever you discuss a question of policy. They are

need, plan and practicality

Using evidence is especially critical in a persuasive speech when your target audience

opposes your point of view

"Solving the problem of illegal immigration will involve two steps. First, we need to reverse the economic policies that keep illegal immigrants from earning a living in their own country. Second, we need to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already here." Which of the three basic issues of persuasive speeches on questions of policy did Jeremy address in the excerpt?

plan

"To persuade my audience that they should adopt a program of regular exercise" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of

policy

Persuasive speeches on questions of ___ argue for or against particular courses of action.

policy

When reasoning from specific instances in a persuasive speech, it is particularly important to

reinforce the specific instances with statistics and testimony

Effective listening skills are important for

students, speakers and audiences

What isn't a basic criterion for the effective us of language in public speaking?

use language technically

When using powerpoint in a speech, you should

use powerpoint only where it is needed to communicate your ideas

Studies have found that public speakers will usually be more persuasive when they

use specific evidence, use evidence from credible sources and use evidence that is new to the audience

"To persuade my audience that the use of performance-enhancing drugs should be permitted in amateur and professional sports" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of

value