Walt wanted to give a five-minute informative speech about the causes and
consequences of the federal budget deficit. Unfortunately, this topic is not __________.
a. appropriate in scope
b. important to the speaker
c. suitable for oral delivery
d. clear
Which strategy should a speaker use to help listeners distinguish between the essential
meaning of a difficult concept and its other less central meanings?
a. describing
b. reporting
c. demonstrating
d. explaining
Which of the following examples best demonstrates the informative strategy of
reporting?
a. The speaker tells the audience about the events surrounding a political debate on
campus.
b. The speaker shows the audience how to practice T”ai Chi Ch”uan.
c. The speaker clarifies the similarities and differences between censorship and rating
systems.
d. The speaker clarifies the concept of affirmative action.
When creating a presentation outline, you should __________.
a. duplicate your preparation outline on note cards
b. prepare written remarks to fill in any awkward pauses that occur when practicing
c. develop exact wording for your introduction and conclusion
d. write the speech entirely on note cards so you won”t lose your place
Ceremonial speeches tend to __________.
a. address the question of how to solve human problems
b. focus on values that draw people together
c. concern themselves with matters of justice
d. promote unified groupthink
Most speakers notice a difference in their voices when they hear themselves on tape.
The voice on the tape seems to have a __________.
a. slower rate
b. higher pitch
c. higher volume
d. faster rate
Effective communication skills are highly valued by employers because __________.
a. interviewers like to have good conversations with interviewees
b. public speaking is becoming a larger part of corporate life
c. our economy is increasingly dependent on information communicated effectively
d. public messages are increasingly complex, and effective interpretation is difficult
Which of the following statements represents sound advice for improving one’s
speaking style?
a. Write your stylistic devices into your presentation outline only.
b. You should incorporate stylistic devices into the outline while you write it, not after
you are finished.
c. Ruthlessly remove any stylistic devices that do not seem to work during practice.
d. Try to incorporate as many varied stylistic devices as possible into your speech.
The introduction of a speech should __________.
a. have a clear purpose and message
b. gain attention, state the thesis, and preview the main points
c. exhibit ethos, pathos, and logos
d. include an announcement of your name and topic.
What are the three basic purposes for public speaking?
a. informing, explaining, conforming
b. deliberating, persuading, identifying
c. persuading, debating, deliberating
d. entertaining, persuading, informing
Which of the following is considered an ethical strategy of persuasion?
a. claiming that an issue is more urgent than it actually is
b. withholding information or arguments that do not support your point
c. “loading the deck” so as to give the illusion of choice to the listeners
d. presenting arguments with evidence and letting the audience decide whether they
agree with you
One of the best ways to give unity and enhance the sense of form to your speech is to
conclude by __________.
a. summarizing the main ideas
b. challenging the audience
c. returning to your introductory device
d. making a personal reference
Which of the following is the fallacy committed when the claim and the supporting
material are unrelated to each other?
a. non sequitur
b. post hoc reasoning
c. circular argument
d. ignoring the question
Increasing the sense of urgency is a strategy resource employed to serve the purpose of
__________.
a. refutation
b. strengthening commitment
c. conversion
d. rebuilding arguments
Controversial topics need to be addressed __________.
a. with respect for the audience and the rhetorical situation
b. with strong conviction by the speaker
c. with caution by the speaker
d. without concern for the rhetorical situation
Creating a sense of presence for particular ideas and values is an important element of
________.
a. ceremonial speaking
b. deliberative speaking
c. public speaking
d. forensic speaking
A condensation symbol is a device for creating __________.
a. purposeful ambiguity
b. vividness
c. antithesis.
d. personification
Jesse argues in his speech that drug use really is not a problem among teens because
hardly anyone he knows has even tried drugs. Jesse uses his friends as examples, but
this reasoning by example fails because the examples are __________.
a. not representative
b. analogous
c. hypothetical
d. false
Listeners’ judgments about a speaker’s ethos __________.
a. are durable
b. are general
c. are mainly based on appearance
d. directly affect the speaker’s logos and pathos
Commitment to a cause, reputation, and occasion are situational constraints that help
you __________.
a. select a topic
b. select purpose
c. analyze the audience
d. make a strategic decision
Jean wants to inform her classmates about planned changes in the student parking
policy. What is the most likely source of relevant and up-to-date information on this
subject?
a. personal experience
b. periodicals
c. the Internet
d. interviews
Which of following is one of the reasons to physically go to the university library?
a. consulting a librarian
b. accessing subscriptions to only digital materials
c. browsing open stacks to discover additional materials
d. accessing hard copies of digitally unavailable materials
Citing statistics in the introduction works best when __________.
a. they are drawn from a small survey
b. they are rounded off
c. they are accurate but not well known
d. they confirm beliefs commonly held by half the audience
The conversational oral style is generally more appropriate for __________.
a. protest speeches
b. formal sermons
c. polished lectures
d. presentations to small audiences
Your presentation outline should identify supporting materials by using __________.
a. complete sentences
b. keywords
c. footnotes
d. a full text of all evidence
__________ is the process of using effective voice, gestures, and facial expressions.
a. Invention
b. Arrangement
c. Style
d. Delivery
Faith opened her speech by asking her classmates, “Would it surprise you to learn that
you probably expose yourself to the leading killer of college-aged Americans at least
three times a week?” What type of introduction was Faith using?
a. citing a statistic
b. telling a story
c. asking a rhetorical question
d. quoting someone
Which of the following elements should be included in the preparation outline but not
in the presentation outline?
a. word-for-word introduction
b. complete sentence main points
c. transitions
d. word-for-word conclusion
What are the two types of analogy?
a. division and composition
b. metaphor and simile
c. literary and oral
d. literal and figurative
When Drew gave the toast at his best friend’s wedding reception, he failed to notice the
shocked looks as he told some off-color stories about the happy couple’s dating life.
What quality of decorum did Drew violate in this example?
a. The toast was too long.
b. The toast did not reflect the speaker’s feelings.
c. The audience did not like the speaker.
d. The speech was too informal for the occasion.
Rajiv planned to speak to his class about violence in the United States. As the date for
his speech approached, he added a reference to a recent workplace shooting, which he
had heard about on the evening news. By adding this reference, Rajiv recognized the
importance of ________ in defining the occasion.
a. identification
b. rhetorical criticism
c. simultaneous events
d. audience feedback
Which of the following characteristics of a speech is affected by the size of your
audience?
a. the degree of formality of your presentation
b. the amount of supporting material you use
c. the impact of your attention getter
d. the length of your speech
What are the four ethical principles that your textbook supports? Explain the differences
and indicate how they might be applied to a speech you might give in your class.
The most distracting pitch for an audience is a __________.
Identify and define the seven informative strategies discussed in Chapter 13. Identify
how they differ from each other.
Transparencies are effective only with an audience of about __________.
Identify and explain the four steps for effectively practicing your speech. Discuss what
each step accomplishes that the others do not.
When explaining a difficult concept, it is important to distinguish its __________
meaning from its other less central meanings.
Sometimes clothing choices can contradict a speaker’s thesis and damage his or her
__________.
Concrete words and the active voice help to increase the __________ of your message.
The last step in an effective conclusion is to make a __________.
The __________ outline is usually written in complete sentences and includes separate
sections for the introduction, body, and conclusion.
The motivated sequence organizational pattern for persuasive speeches includes five
steps: attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and __________.
Overexposure to short, simple messages that make few demands on listeners’ power of
concentration leads to the listening problem known as __________.
Identify a hypothetical topic and the five types of conclusions, and give an example of
each type of conclusion. Select the conclusion you think would work the best.
Explain which elements you would examine in a demographic analysis of an audience.
Explain how each element might affect the strategies a speaker might use in preparing
and presenting a speech.
__________ is the Greek term for “commonplaces” or general headings for subject
matter.
What three conclusions does the textbook draw about positive ethos? Discuss how
important ethos is to the audience forming a positive impression of a speaker.
What are the three main characteristics of delivery style that contribute positively to
your speech? How do they differ? Do you consider any more important than others?