Speech

"Pathos" is the word Aristotle used to refer to a speaker's logical appeal.

False

The ____________ audience is the portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.

Target

The fallacy of false cause is often known by its Latin name, post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

True

Which of the following is the most general and abstract?

communication

Under normal circumstances, a speech of introduction should be no more than ____________ minutes long.

2 to 3 Minutes Long

When giving a speech of presentation, you should usually

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Which of the following is an example of a commemorative speech?

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____________ is repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.

Alliteration

The purpose of a(n) ____________ speech is to pay tribute to a person, a group of people, an institution, or an idea.

Commemorative

____________ is the audience's perception of how qualified a speaker is to speak on a given topic.

Credibility

____________ is listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.

Empathic listening

The name of the main speaker should usually be stated at the ____________ of a speech of introduction.

End

"To persuade my audience that discrimination on the basis of marital status is unfair" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of ___________.

Fact

An excellent way to improve your credibility as a speaker is to use fancy, complicated words rather than familiar words.

False

Because a speech of introduction focuses on the main speaker, there is little need to adapt to the audience.

False

Because the brain can process many more words per minute than we talk, the resulting spare "brain time" makes listening easier.

False

Hearing and listening are identical.

False

Reasoning from principle involves moving from a specific principle to a general conclusion.

False

The purpose of a speech of introduction is to reveal the major points that will be made by the main speaker.

False

To improve your listening, you should think of listening as a passive process.

False

____________ is the pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.

Rhythm

An acceptance speech gives thanks for a gift, an award, or some other form of public recognition.

True

Emotional appeal is often necessary when a speaker is trying to move an audience to action.

True

Inaccurate use of language can harm a speaker's credibility.

True

Listening and critical thinking are so closely allied that training in listening is also training in how to think.

True

People spend more time listening than doing any other communicative activity.

True

Using inclusive language is an important part of being an audience-centered public speaker.

True

Which of the following is the most concrete and specific?

White House

Which of the following is an example of a speech for a special occasion?

a speech presenting an award to a retiring teacher

How can we take my opponent's proposed education bill seriously? After all, he flunked out of high school.

ad hominem

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment is called ____________ listening.

appreciative

As we have seen, the trend is for companies to reduce long-term research and development costs in order to increase short-term profits. Since so many companies are doing this, it must make good business sense.

bandwagon

Listening to understand the message of a speaker is called ____________ listening.

comprehensive

The two kinds of listening most closely tied to critical thinking are

comprehensive listening and critical listening.

The more ____________ a word, the more specific it will be.

concrete

The ____________ meaning of a word is what the word suggests or implies.

connotative

Listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it is called

critical listening.

We should build a new high school or children in this community will never get into college.

either-or

The denotative meaning of a word is

its literal meaning or dictionary definition.

When giving a speech of introduction, you should

make sure your remarks about the main speaker are completely accurate

In a persuasive speech to gain ____________, the speaker's goal is to convince the audience that a given policy is desirable without encouraging the audience to take action in support of that policy.

passive agreement

A question of ____________ deals with whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.

policy

How can we be so concerned about ethics in political campaigns when there are serious problems in the long-term stability of Social Security?

red herring

Which of the following is the third step in Monroe's motivated sequence?

satisfaction

Once we accept money from soft-drink companies for exclusive rights to sell their products in our high schools, it won't be long until businesses are deciding what courses should be taught and what teachers should be hired.

slippery slope