Exam #3 Comm 100 – Flashcards
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Taking notes on a speaker's key points and supporting material will help improve your listening ability and retention. (True/False)
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Brief examples can be used either to illustrate a point or to introduce a topic (True/False)
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In the United States, public speakers who establish strong eye contact with listeners are usually perceived as less credible than speakers who have weaker eye contact (True/False)
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According to your textbook, the first step in rehearsing a speech is to practice in front of a mirror. (True/False)
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If you were giving a speech about how to lift weights, the most effective visual aid would probably be a drawing (True/False)
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F
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A hypothetical example describes an imaginary or fictitious situation (True/False)
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It is a good idea to ask questions in a speech (True/False)
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If you were summarizing statistical trends in a speech, the best visual aid to use would probably be a graph (True/False)
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The way someone communicates can be as important as what the person actually says. (True/False)
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Of all the kinds of public speaking, persuasion is the most complex and the most challenging (True/False)
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When you are going to give an audience material to take home from a speech, you should usually distribute the material after you are finished speaking (True/False)
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In most circumstances you should keep your visual aids on display throughout your speech. (True/False)
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As your textbook explains, speakers who give persuasive speeches seeking immediate action should make their call for action as general as possible (True/False)
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One of the advantages of using causal reasoning in a persuasive speech is that the relationship between causes and effects is usually fairly obvious (True/False)
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Monroe's motivated sequence is the most appropriate for speeches that try to persuade listeners to take immediate action (True/False)
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The primary purpose of a special occasion speech is to convey information to an audience. (True/False)
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The first step in Monroe's motivated sequence is to convince the audience that there is a need for action. (True/False)
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Speakers who explain their expertise on the speech topic are likely to reduce their credibility with the audience (True/False)
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Like other kinds of speeches, after-dinner speeches require careful organization (True/False)
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The credibility of a speaker before she or he starts to speak is called initial credibility (True/False)
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The fundamental purpose of a commemorative speech is to convey information about the subject being commemorated (True/False)
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Research indicates that the impact of examples is greatly enhanced when they are combined with _______ that show the examples to be typical
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statistics
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Visual aids can be very useful to a speaker because they
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enhance the clarity of a speaker's ideas
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Which of the following does your textbook present as a guideline for preparing visual aids?
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keep them simple
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Alisha began the introduction of her speech by saying : Have you ever been knocked down so hard by life that you didn't feel you'd ever get back up? This has happened to me many times, the first being when I tried to ride a bicycle when I was very young. Today I want to discuss with you some basic strategies for coping with life's challenges. What kind of supporting material did Alisha use in her introduction?
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brief example
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Which of the following is an instance of persuasive speaking?
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Anything with the intent of changing the audience's behaviour
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When business managers are asked to list the communication skills most crucial to their job, they usually rank _____ number one.
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listening
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Nonverbal communication is often
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spontaneous, unintentional, misinterpreted, ambiguous
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Which of the following is one of the four major causes of poor listening discussed in your textbook?
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Trying to remember everything, jumping to conclusions
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Which of the following is recommended in your textbook as a way to enhance your credibility in a persuasive speech?
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explain your expertise, deliver fluently, establish common grounds
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Nonverbal communication encompasses:
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all behaviours
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Images that use expressed analogies are called:
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similes
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According to your textbook, you should think of your persuasive speech as
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a kind of mental dialogue with your audience
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The format required, in this class, for citing works in a speech bibliography are from the
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APA
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Using evidence is especially critical in a persuasive speech when your target audience
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opposes your point of view
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To give statistics greater impact, a speaker should
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use them sparingly
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Which of the following is an example of a speech for a special occasion
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after-dinner, toast, commemorative
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When using a visual aid in a speech you should
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keep them simple, talk to the audience not the aids
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When using a visual aid in a speech, you should display the aid
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where everyone can see
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If you want to persuade a skeptical audience, which of the following is it most important for you to do in your speech?
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answer the reasons for the audience's skepticism
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According to your textbook, the main purpose of a speech of presentation is to present
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a gift/award to the recipient
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According to your textbook, "To persuade my audience that downloading music from the internet for personal use is ethically wrong" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of
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value
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According to your textbook, the major traits of a good acceptance speech are brevity, humility, and
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gracious
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Which of the following is an example of a commemorative speech?
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tribute, eulogy, one that inspires
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The ______ speaker uses only brief notes or a speaking outline to job the memory.
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extemporaneous
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After-dinner speeches are best thought of as a kind of speech to
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entertain
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