Public speaking

Most people require some type of evidence before they will accept a speaker's position or claims.

TRUE

Source citations can be stated before or after a direct quotation, summary, or paraphrased information.

TRUE

If the audience is aware of counterarguments and the speaker raises and refutes them, the speaker risks losing credibility with the audience.

False

Which of the following is a warrant?

Reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS is an important health initiative.

Critical evaluation of others' speeches can help listeners assess their own strengths and weaknesses as speakers.

TRUE

Each main point should be expressed as a declarative sentence.

TRUE

Even the most credible sources are sometimes inaccurate or wrong.

TRUE

Every speech will have more supporting points than main points.

TRUE

Extemporaneous speeches are carefully planned and practiced in advance and then delivered from a key-word or phrase outline.

TRUE

Government resources, such as usa.gov, almost always draw from highly credible primary sources.

TRUE

5. Peer-reviewed journals are appropriate sources for research, but popular joumals and general-interest magazines such as Time and Newweek are not.

, FALSE

You should write the ______ of your speech first.

Body

An argument consist of

A claim, evidence. And warrant.

will help you prepare a presentation that your audience will want to hear.

An audience centered perspective

_____ is a technique for combating pre-performance anxiety in which you allow your anxiety to oresent itself for up to a few minutes until you declare a time for the confidence to step in so you can proceed with your practice.

Anxiety stop time

If your audience is negatively disposed to your topic, the book advises you to do all of the following except:

Directly challenge listeners attitudes

Dr. Langford calls a pause to regroup or a pause for effect what kind of pause?

Dramatic

_____ is probably the most important physical action in public speaking because it creates nonverbal immediacy.

Eye contact

1. Thesis statements are the central idea of your speech, expressed by clarifying your 2-4 main points

FALSE

3. If you are using copyrighted words without permission because it falls under the doctrine of fair use, you do not need to acknowledge the source in your speech.

FALSE

According to lecture, you should end your speech by saying "Thank you."

FALSE

Pathos is an emotional appeal--all emotional appeals.

FALSE

People with high trait anxiety experience nervousness only in unusual situations, such as public speaking.

FALSE

Preparation and practice can help you develop a quality speech, but it cannot help to reduce public speaking anxiety.

FALSE

Speakers should take care not to use simple language because it can seem condescending to listeners.

FALSE

Statistics are powerful tools for claims, and they speak for themselves,

FALSE

The type of speaking we do in this class is speaking from manuscript

FALSE

You should try not to use signal words in your speech, because they are overused and too conversational

FALSE

Research shows that a faster speaking style is perceived as less credible than moderate or slow rates.

False

The "Satisfaction" Step in Monroe's Motivated Sequence is when you tell your audience about how their participation in the solution will benefit them.

False

49 Which of the following did Dr. Langford give as an example of a thesis statement for the training / briefing speech?

Food waste is the third largest contributor to the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

The book suggests, when developing an ethical checklist, you should consider all of the following excepr:

Have you cited at least 3 sources for each main point?***

The previous answer's pause does all of the following except:

Helps the audience follow the speech

Nonverbal communication does all of the following except:

Identifies feedback

A coherent speech:

Is organized clearly and logically, using the principles of coordination and subordination to align speech points in order of importance.

Why does Dr. Langford hate T. Swift's "Love Story"?

It contains a literacy inconsistancy

The goal of persuassion is to influence all of the following for audience members except

Likes

The organizational structure that Dr. Langford recommended you use for yeaur Persaive Policy speech is:

Monroes Motivated Sequence

A cultural appeal is:

Mythos

The #1 way to reduce public speaking anxiety is to:

Prepare and practice

Which is not a benefit of citing your sources?

Proves Your points are true and accurate.

In the video about Cialdini's principles of persuassion, six heuristics of decision-making is disscussed. The discussion of a mint and the tip is an example of which heuristic?

Reciprocity

The "rule of three" is a technique for

Scanning a small audience

34. Paying attention to information that is important to us, paying attention to our own Experiences and backgrounds, and sorting and filtering new information based upon what we already know are key elements of.

Selective perception

Which of the following is a Claim of Policy?

Standardized tests should be replaced with portfolio assessments.

1. Personal anecdotes add to the ethos of your persuasive appeals.

TRUE

Any sources that require credit in written form should be acknowledged in oral form.

TRUE

Which organizational structure are you using if you arrange your speech according to a subtopics/ components that are the natural divisions of the whole topic.

Topical

__________ can serve the dual function of signaling shifts between speech points and indicating relationships berween ideas.

Transitions

A false or erroneous statement, or an invalid or deceptive line of reasoning, is called a fallacy.

True

An attack on the opponent instead of on the opponent's argument is called an Ad Hominem argument.

True

Central processing occurs when listeners are motivated and able to think critically about the content of a speaker's message.

True

Experts need to prove their credentials, too.

True

Many expert speakers recommend practicing a speech at least five times in its final form. Dr. Langford recommends more.

True

Religion is one of several arguments by authority.

True

Smiling is an effective way to build rapport with an audience.

True

Using a circular thought pattem, begging the question is a fallacy in which an argument is stated in such a way that it cannot help but be true, even though no evidence has been presented.

True

Values concerm what we consider good or bad, important or unimportant, worthwhile or worthless and they are enduring

True

When narrowing a topic for an informative speech, the speaker should try to gauge how much the audience already knows about it.

True

All of the following are do's of body movements / posture / gestures except:

Use adaptors / self-soothing behaviors

If you find you have too many points,

your topic might be too broad

If you want to focus attention, which element of your vocals should you alter

Volume

38. Which of the following outlines is an in-process document a speaker uses to organize and firm up main points and decide which supporting materials will best substantiate them?

Working

All of the following are true statements cxcspt

You do not need to pinpoint the onset of anxiety in order to overcome it.

In the example of "who should get the $" in class, when we discussed topi or common place, all of the following were reasons given in class except:

Youll donate the money to charity

Mind mapping belongs under the category of which canon?

a. invention***

All of the following are elements of ethos except:

ccultural appeals

Which of the following is not information that needs to be cited, according to your textbook:

common knowledge

35. To think critically you need to engage in active listening by doing all of the following questions exccpt:

determine how you think others will act, based upon the evidence presented

Coming up with your topic and researching it is part of which of the canons of rhetoric?

invention

Which canon is the "lost canon" of thetoric?

memory

25. The content of the communication process-your thoughts and ideas put into meaningful expressions, expressed verbally and nonverbally, is:

message

Someone's phone going off, your anger at your roommate, or your hunger are all examples of:

noise

The textbook contends all of the following are "keys to effective delivery" except:

practice at least 7 times

Eyewitness testimony, diary entries, interviews, and surveys are examples of _______ sources.

primary

Which element of Toulmin's Model modifies or limits the claim?

qualifier

Which of the following is pot a type of citation we user

references

Which of the following is not one of Dr. Langford's 3Rs from a conclusions?

remind the audience about how the speech will benefit them **

Dr. Langford recommends not using which of the following for your attention getter (because it is overused):

rhetorical question

The phrase "Pulitzer Prize-winning author" is:

source qualifier

Belinda is looking for supporting material that would prove the extent of the sex trafficking problem in the United States. What would do this best?

statistic