Public Speaking week 13 study guide

Both of these types of speeches allow the speaker to respond or adapt to an audience's responses:

Extemporaneous and impromptu Extemporaneous and impromptu speeches allow for some degree of improvisation. Memorized speeches and manuscript readings do not.

Which of the following is not a tactic for properly rehearsing your speech?

Run through the speech in your mind. You must practice saying the speech aloud.

Because they do not want to bore the audience members or intrude upon their time, beginning speakers will often deliver their speeches too

quick Beginning speakers sometimes rush through a speech out of fear of boring the audience.

Which of the following statements about physical delivery is incorrect?

As you conclude your speech, you should maintain eye contact and wait for the audience's response. Although audience applause is routinely expected, speakers should not remain on stage waiting for applause. At the end of a speech, speakers should calmly return to their seat.

After Jane completed her speech, she overheard two audience members discussing how defensive she seemed during her presentation. Which of Jane's gestures might have given her audience this impression?

Crossing her arms over her chest Crossing your arms over your chest often indicates a defensive attitude.

Which of the following statements regarding methods of speech delivery is incorrect?

For an impromptu speech, a speaker must write out the complete speech in oral style. Impromptu speeches do not provide enough time for a speech to be written out; speakers should just jot down a few ideas before the speech.

Which type of delivery requires a speaker to prepare an outline containing key ideas and phrases?

Giving an extemporaneous speech The conversational style of an extemporaneous speech requires a speaker to prepare an outline containing only key ideas and phrases.

Which of the following is not a common problem of cluttered presentation aids?

Not enough explanation Cluttered aids usually contain too much information. Your speech should explain the contents of the aid.

Ron is a nervous wreck before his first speech. Shortly after he begins speaking, he drops his note cards, and they scatter like leaves in a whirlwind. Once he gathers them up, he has to fumble through them before he can find his place and begin speaking again. Which of the following would have made Ron's speech go slightly better?

Numbering his note cards Numbering his cards would have allowed him to put them back in order quickly and find where he had left off speaking. The other choices would not have made his speech go any more smoothly.

During an argument, Bob's mother rightly accused him of lying to her. He can't figure out how she caught him. Which of the following gestures might Bob have made?

Placing his hands on his face Bobs mother knows about body language, so his placing his hands on his face revealed his deception to her.

Which of the following methods of delivering your speech should be avoided unless absolutely necessary?

Reading from a manuscript When reading from a manuscript, it easy to lose your place and difficult to respond to the audience.

Ann is concerned that her speech will be hampered by an ineffective delivery rate. Which of the following tactics would you recommend for Ann?

Record and listen to her presentation Ann should tape record herself delivering the speech and then adjust her delivery rate accordingly.

Which of the following statements regarding gestures is not true?

Speakers susbstitute illustrators for words or ideas. Emblems, such as head nods, are used as substitutes for words or ideas.

Patrick is preparing for a job interview, and he wants to make sure he uses appropriate body language. Which of the following actions should Patrick use if he wants to appear interested in his interviewer's comments?

Tilting his head to the side To appear interested in the interviewers conversation, Patrick should either tilt his head to the side or lean toward the interviewer.

Which of the following statements regarding eye contact is incorrect?

Using limited eye contact may encourage the audience to view you as shy, friendly, and trustworthy. In the U.S., limited eye contact indicates that a speaker is uneasy, insincere, or dishonest.

Which of the following is not true of vocal expressiveness?

Vocal expressiveness involves pitch, rate, and dialect. Vocal expressiveness involves pitch, rate, and volume.

Your note cards should include all of the following except

an extensive outline of phrases. Your speaking notes should contain only key ideas and phrases.

Tapping notecards or nervously playing with a watch is the type of gesture known as

an object adaptor This is any action in which the speaker nervously handles inanimate objects (such as a ring or watch) during a speech.

Which of the following is an advantage to delivering an extemporaneous speech?

easy to respond to audience feedback Because you are not reading your speech or delivering a memorized speech, you are in a better position to respond to your audience.

In his speech, Randy said, "Lemme explain the three most important things you can do to land a job after college." He may need to be more careful about his

enunciation The truncation of sounds, such as replacing let me with lemme, is a problem of enunciation.

To appear interested in the interviewers conversation, Patrick should either tilt his head to the side or lean toward the interviewer.

false Tilting your head downward usually indicates dejection or other negative feelings.

As long as you begin a speech with enthusiasm, it doesn't matter how you end it.

false You should end with enthusiasm to help your audience remember your speech.

Emily is preparing for her final speech of the semester. Her professor consistently rates Emily's content high, but she also notes that Emily usually seems nervous. To appear at ease, Emily should avoid all of the following actions except

keeping her hands open. All of the other choices indicate nervousness.

According to the lecture, a public speaker should make deliberate choices about all of the following aspects of physical delivery except

nervousness. While nervousness is an aspect of delivery, public speakers generally do not choose it.

All of the following are aspects of vocal clarity except

pitch Pitch is an aspect of vocal expressiveness.

A monotone speaker is one with little variation in ____________________.

pitch The voice of a monotone speaker varies little in pitch.

Xandra is giving a speech on Jackson Pollock, the abstract painter. She knows the subject is probably unfamiliar to her classmates, so she pauses frequently to let what she's saying sink in. During one of these pauses, she notices her audience looking at her and at one another confusedly. To alleviate any apparent confusion, Xandra would be advised to do all of the following except

speak very slowly to compensate for the unfamiliarity of the material. Speaking too slowly may confuse your audience members and cause them to think you are condescending to them.

All of the following factors are important for proper rehearsal and delivery except

using an appropriate number of vocalizations. Effective delivery should not include any vocalizations or unnecessary verbal pauses.

Bradley gave a speech in which he said, "Um, you know, the Constitution protects the right of Americans to speak freely." Bradley's statement includes an example of

vocalization Vocalizations are meaningless verbal pauses that distract from a speakers message.