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The Basic Components of the communication cycle are

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Source, Message, Channel, interference, receiver, feedback

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Control of ones environment, as a purpose of communication, refers to

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The senders ability to accurately estimate the probability of the receivers response

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Verbal communication includes

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Written and Spoken symbols

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If the speaker says, "Make my day!" and a listener thinks of dirty harry or Clint Eastwood, the listener has

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Decoded the message

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Interpersonal communication

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Refers to ones perceptions within himself

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Formulating a message in ones mind and putting it into a systematic set of symbols is called

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Encoding

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Because speech making is a form of power, we must always be sure to speak

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ethically

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What is the term for anything that impedes the communication of a message?

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interference (Noise)

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___________ lets you know how your message is being received

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feedback

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Component that originates the message

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Source

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May be internal, external or culture

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interference (noise)

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Means by which message moves from source to receiver

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Channel

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Takes the signal/code from the channel, decode the message, interprets the meaning and responds

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Receiver

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spontaneous or planned response

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Feedback

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an idea, concept, emotion, desire or feeling shared with others

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Message

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The statement, "meanings are in people", refers to the fact that

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people use language differently

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The basic function of gesture in communication is

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enlargement of meaning

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In general communication is concerned with

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symbols as conveyors of meaning

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to say that people usually want to hear about things that are meaningful to them suggests that people are

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egocentric

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The belief that "ones own group or culture is superior to a ll other groups or cultures" is

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ethnocentrism

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studying public speaking will do which of these

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A. Improve your listening skills B.enhance your self confidence C. BOTH A AND B <------

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The inflection we use when we communicate orally

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Can change the entire meaning of this message

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New Yorkese is

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The dialect spoken in the metropolitan area (includes parts of New Jersey and Connecticut)

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Speech is

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Learned

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The production of a vowel involves

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Vocal cord vibration at all times

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The resonating chambers of the speech mechanism are the

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Nose, Mouth, Throat

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A speaker of english should change the plural "s" into a "z" when speaking the following word

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Needs

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Saying Dunno instead of don't know is an error in

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Articulation

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The articulatory mechanism includes

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lips, jaw, teeth, tongue, palate

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The basic unit of sound is called a

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Phoneme

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Dentilizaxion involves a problem in the production of

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t and d

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The four steps of the "act of speaking are

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respiration,phonation, resonation and articulation

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Phonation can be explained as the production of

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sound for speech

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Phonation occurs in the

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Larynx

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Assimilation in speech is defined as

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Sound changes due to the influence of surrounding sounds

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Articulation deals with the

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Accuracy and clarity of speech production

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On exhalation, the diaphragm should push

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Up while the intercostal muscles tighten

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"conversational quality" in speech delivery means that the

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Speech sounds spontaneous even though it has been rehearsed

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Pronunciations common to a specific geographic area within the same country are called

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Dialects

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forming particular speech sounds crisply and distinctly is called

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Articulation

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Sounds like "uh," "er," and "um" are examples of

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vocalized pauses

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Saying "pas-ghetti" instead of "spaghetti" is an error in

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Pronunciation

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The relative highness or lowness of sounds produced by the human voice is called

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pitch

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Inflection refers to the

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changes in the pitch of a speakers voice

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What have we observed about speech dialects?

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A. Most languages have dialects B. Dialects are usually based on regional or ethnic speech patterns C. Both of the above.

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The relative intensity of the voice asa perceived by the listener is referred to as

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volume

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Pitch refers to

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the relative highness or lowness of the voice

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A speech should be rehearsed at least

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two to three times

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Hearing and listening are regarded as

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Different functions

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The four components of listening are

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Hearing, interpreting, evaluation, giving feedback

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The critical listener evaluates a speaker on the basis of

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Content, structure, delivery

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Listening involves three processes

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Transmission of sound, reception of sound, interpretation of sound

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The prime requirement of successful listening is

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willingness to listen

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Simply being aware of auditory stimuli is called

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Hearing

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Nonverbal communication should

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reinforce verbal message

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When the speaker is trying to explain what steps are taken to play the game of chess, the listener is primarily engaged in listening for

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Comprehension

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Listening which demands most complete involvement with the message, with judging strengths and weaknesses, and weighting its merits is

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Critical Listening

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To become a more effective listener, one should

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Suspend judgment until the speaker is finished

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Ranked in order of occurrence, these are the components of listening

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hearing, understanding, evaluating

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Ranked in order of occurrence, these are the components of listening

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Hearing, understanding, evaluating

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The most sophisticated level of listening is required for a

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Policy Debate

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Jamal's Listening for pleasure to a comedy routine on television

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appreciative listening

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James listening for pleasure to a comedy routine on television is

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Appreciative listening

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When Sarah provides emotional support by listening to her roommates troubles, she is listening

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Empathetically

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If pedro thinks during Maria's speech about her trip to a museum, "Man, this is going to be boring," his listening exhibits the problem of

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Jumping to conclusions

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To become a more effective listener, one must

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Listen to main points

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When listening for a speakers evidence, one should focus on its

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A.Accuracy B.Relevance C. Both A and B <========

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The conclusion of a persuasive Speech must include:

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Both of the Above (A. The proposition (central idea) & B. a summary)

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The overall objective of a speech to inform is to

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Expand audience knowledge

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"The federal government should not regulate television" is a question/claim of

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Policy

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"old ivy college is the finest college on the eastern seaboard" is a question/claim of

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Value

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A "question/claim of policy" is represented by

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"Mercy College should adopt a pass/fail grade system"

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Debates focused on legislative issues in congress are speeches given primarily to

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Persuade

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Trying to convince people to donate blood would be an example of a speech to

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Persuade

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Motivational appeals function to

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Supplement logic and evidence

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"Chemical waste is a health hazard" is an example of a question/claim of

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Fact

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The primary purpose of a speech to inform is to secure

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Understanding

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Commemorative speeches are considered to be

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speeches of the special occasions

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"New york State should not let levy income taxes on its residents" would be regarded as a technically incorrect proposition for debate because

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of a presence of a negative in the statement

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When presenting a persuasive speech, it is best to present

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Your side having first established that you recognize there are differences of opinion

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The Purpose of a demonstration speech is to

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Inform

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Which statement represents a question/ claim of value?

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"It is unjust to punish juvenile criminals as adults"

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Use of recognized celebrity in a commercial to sell a product is characteristic of

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An emotional appeal

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Maslow's "hierarchy of Human Needs" indicates that people

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Satisfy basic needs before gratifying their wants

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Which of these is an instance of informative speaking

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A business manager explaining his plans for reorganization

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If an informative speech, the speaker acts as

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a teacher

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Which speech about "the implications of Genetic engineering" would be inappropriate in a time limit of six minutes because the topic is

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too broad in scope

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Luis is preparing a speech on nutrition in fast food restaurants. After examining what he already knows about the subject, what should he do next to research his topic?

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Get a general overview from a source like an encyclopedia

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Maria is working on a speech describing "the four steps to first aid for a muscle injury." This is the central focus of

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An informative speech

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Maria wants to persuade her audience to participate in service learning projects in the community. This goal demand that she

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Motivate the listener to action

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"animal testing is inhumane" is a question of

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Value

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The eulogy is designed to

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Praise someone who has died

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The introduction of a speech has

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Multi-purposes including a topic , goal, credibility, and "preview"

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The study of bodily motion and gesture is part of a subject called

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Kinesics

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Speech anxiety often raised because the speaker

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is more concerned with himself than with his topic

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The impromptu speech is

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unprepared

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In using statistics as evidence, one should

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Round off the figures

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The correct order of steps in the motivated sequence is

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Attention,need,satisfaction,visualization,action

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The extemporaneous speech is

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Systematically and carefully planned

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It is important to cite the sources of information

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in all speeches

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Informing an audience about a baseball team by discussing pitching, hitting and coaching is using an organizational method called

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Topical pattern

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In the conclusion of the speech there must be

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a summary

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Analysis of the audience in demographic terms considers

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Both A and B (A. age,sex- B. religion and group memberships)

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An effective visual aid for displaying statistics is to use a

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graph

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to inform the audience about the layout of the library, one should use

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a spatial pattern

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