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Which of the following is NOT a skill that employers are seeking in potential employees?

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Ability to plan parties

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Transforming ideas and thoughts into messages is called

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encoding.

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The purpose of an informative speech is to influence the attitudes, beliefs, values, or acts of others.

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False

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The medium through which the speaker sends a message is referred to as the ________.

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Channel

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When selecting a speech topic, a speaker should be guided solely by the audience's interests.

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False

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Outlines are based on the principle of

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coordination and subordination.

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Supporting material for a speech clarifies, elaborates, and verifies the ideas in the speech.

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True

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Interference with the message is known as noise.

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True

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______________ are objects, models, pictures, graphs, audio, video, etc. that can help listeners process and retain information, and make a speech memorable.

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Presentation aids

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The practice of oratory, called rhetoric, began in Egypt.

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False

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Noise is physical, psychological, or environmental interference that serves as a barrier to effective communication.

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True

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A speaker should develop either a working outline or a speaking outline, but not both.

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False

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The process of interpreting a message is referred to as

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Decoding

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______________ occurs between two people.

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Dyadic communication

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What are the five (5) canons of rhetoric?

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Delivery, invention, style, memory, and arrangement

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Delivery refers to adapting speech information to the audience in order to make your case.

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False

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Which type of outline is used when practicing and actually presenting a speech?

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Speaking outline

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The context refers to anything that interferes with the communication process between speaker and audience so that the message cannot be understood.

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False

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Coordination and subordination are different speech structures whose purpose is twofold: to help the audience follow the speaker's ideas, and to arrange those ideas to optimum effect.

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False

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The _______is the person who creates and delivers a message through a process called_________.

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source; encoding

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This is a single phrase or sentence that precisely states what a speaker wants the audience to learn or do as a result of the speech.

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Specific purpose

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When selecting a speech topic, a speaker should first consider which of the following as a guide?

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his or her interests

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The content of a message can be expressed both verbally and nonverbally.

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True

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Which of the following is the least formal type of communication?

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dyadic communication

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An informative speech marks a special occasion, such as a wedding, funeral, or dinner event.

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False

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Noise is the medium through which a speaker sends a message.

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False

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The ___________ is the first part of a speech, in which the speaker establishes the speech's purpose and its relevance to the audience and previews the topic and the main points.

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Introduction

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Stephen began to panic as soon as his instructor gave the speech assignment to the class. Stephen experienced

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pre-preparation anxiety.

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_________________ is anxiety experienced when a speaker begins to rehearse a speech.

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Pre-performance anxiety

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Using relaxation techniques before, during, and sometimes after a speech rarely gives a speaker a sense of control over physical manifestations of anxiety by activating the relaxation response and overcoming the fight-or-flight response.

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False

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Feeling _________ is one reason many people are uncomfortable about public speaking.

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different

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For works created from 1978 to date, a copyright is good during the author's lifetime plus ____ years, and can be extended thereafter.

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NOT: 20

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The most effective speakers stand perfectly still behind a podium and do not walk around.

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False

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Pre-preparation anxiety can present itself for some people the moment they learn that they must give a speech.

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True

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The ____________doctrine permits the limited use of copyrighted works without permission for use in scholarship, criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, and research.

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fair use

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Lack of positive experience is key to overcoming speech anxiety.

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False

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What are some of the strategies that a speaker can use to boost their confidence?

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Prepare and practice. Modify thoughts and attitudes. Visualize success. ANSWER: All of the above

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If a particular type of speech is legal, it is also ethical.

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False

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Properly channeling one's nervousness boosts a speaker's performance.

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True

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Recognizing and respecting the audience's values are imperative to ethical speaking.

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True

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What are some of the potential sources of public-speaking anxiety?

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Lack of positive experience Being the center of attention Feeling different ANSWER: All of the above

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The Greek word ethos means character.

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True

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Trustworthiness is a combination of honesty and dependability.

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True

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________________is a combination of honesty and dependability; it is important for speaker credibility and ethical public speaking.

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Trustworthiness

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Legal protection afforded the creators of original literary and artistic works is called

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copyright.

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If something is common knowledge, it does not need to be cited.

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True

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Public-speaking anxiety fear or anxiety associated with a speaker's actual or anticipated communication to an audience.

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True

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Gaining confidence in public speaking comes about through preparation and practice.

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True

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Research reveals that people place their greatest trust in speakers who exhibit all of the following except

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regular use of emotional appeals.

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The explicit aim of audience analysis is to enable the speaker to adjust or adapt the speech in ways that will be meaningful to the audience.

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True

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Listeners tend to pay attention to all of the following except

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information that is unrelated to their interests.

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\"Have you ever been to a professional hockey game?\" is an example of

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NOT: an open-ended question. ?scale question

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The continual adjustment between speaker and listener is called the ________________.

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feedback loop

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Demographics are the ways in which people perceive reality; they are our conceptions of what is true and what is false.

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False

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Noise, movement, light, darkness, heat, and cold are all examples of internal distractions.

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False

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Open-ended questions are designed to elicit a small range of specific answers supplied by the interviewer.

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False

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When evaluating evidence, the listener should determine if the sources of the evidence are credible.

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True

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When we engage in scriptwriting we focus on what the speaker will say next.

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False

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Active listening, includes differences in dialects, accents, nonverbal cues, gestures, word choice, and physical appearance.

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False

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Selective perception is the conscious act of receiving, comprehending, evaluating and responding to messages.

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False

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This is a type of question that contains a limited choice of answers, such as \"Yes,\" \"No,\" or \"Sometimes\".

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fixed-alternative question

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What are some of the characteristics typically considered in the analysis of a speech audience?

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Age, cultural background, socioeconomic status, and gender

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________________is the process by which a speaker gathers and analyzes information about an audience to discover the listeners' needs and interests to the fullest extent possible.

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Audience analysis

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In a survey questionnaire, fixed-alternative questions measure the respondent's level of agreement or disagreement with specific issues.

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False

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Though speakers should set goals, it is unimportant for listeners to do so.

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False

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It is important for a speaker to understand an audience's beliefs and attitudes, but not their values.

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False

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During a speech, members of a voluntary audience may be less positively disposed toward the occasion than members of a captive audience.

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False

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The physical setting in which a speech occurs can have a significant impact on the outcome of a speech.

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True

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All audience members bring the same set of expectations and emotions to a speech event.

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False

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Which of the following is NOT a common obstacle to listening?

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Minimize external distractions. Minimize internal distractions. ?Practice scriptwriting and defensive listening. NOT: Beware of laziness and overconfidence.

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________________is the open sharing of ideas in an atmosphere of respect in order to achieve understanding.

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Dialogic communication

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People's most enduring judgments about what is good and bad in life are called attitudes.

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False

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An example of an idiom would be

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the phrase \"king of the hill.\"

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This is language specific to a certain region or group of people.

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Idiom

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_______________, a technique that involves the spontaneous generation of ideas, is one of the most popular ways to select a topic.

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Brainstorming

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To narrow a speech topic, you need to consider time constraints, audience expectations, and the nature of the occasion.

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True

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What are statistics not useful for?

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providing firsthand information

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________ are documented occurrences that include events, dates, times, people involved, and places

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Facts

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The authors suggest restricting your main points to between ____ and ____.

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two; five

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The mean is the most frequently occurring score in the distribution.

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False

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Hypothetical examples are effective for making a point about something that has already occurred.

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False

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Lay testimony can be considered either real or imaginary tales that help us make sense of our experience.

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False

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In Western societies most people require some type of evidence before they will accept a speaker's position or claims.

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True

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A statistic illustrates something that could happen in the future if certain events were to occur.

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False

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If a speech is informative, its thesis statement represents what you are going to prove in the address.

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False

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The authors suggest selecting a topic that you are not interested in and don't care about.

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False

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A ________________is a story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson.

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parable

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A thesis statement is a single statement that expresses the theme or central idea of the speech and serves to connect all parts of the speech.

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True

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Which of the following is NOT suggested as a way to find a topic.

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Select a topic that your audience might be tired of hearing about

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The purpose of a(n) _________ speech is to increase the audience's understanding and awareness of a topic.

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informative

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Speeches that try to change core values about highly charged topics tend to be successful.

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False

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Which type of example offers a single illustration of a point?

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brief

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Cherry-picking is one way to present statistics ethically.

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False

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Most people require some type of evidence, usually in the form of facts and statistics, before accepting someone else's claims or position.

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True

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_______________is provided by professionals who are trained to evaluate or report on a given topic.

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Expert testimony

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Word associations help a speaker generate topics by writing down words and phrases as they come to mind.

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True

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A percentage is the quantified portion of a whole and can clearly express proportion, showing how similar or different categories are.

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True

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Frequencies can help listeners understand comparisons between two or more categories.

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True

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The thesis statement and the specific purpose are not related.

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False

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Disinformation refers to something that is not true.

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False

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Books of quotations and poetry collections are not examples of reference works.

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False

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Secondary sources contain information about famous or noteworthy people.

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False

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Any ideas not your own should be orally cited in your speech.

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True

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A(n) __________ is a regularly published magazine or journal.

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periodical

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Companies that pay engines or directories for inclusion in an index of results without a guarantee of ranking are practicing

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paid inclusion

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_____________________is the practice some search engines engage in of charging for guaranteed higher rankings.

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Paid placement

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Blogs can be searched through search engines such as __________ or _________________.

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Technarati; Google Blog Search

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When conducting an interview, questions should not to be prepared in advance.

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False

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This type of source has been evaluated by experts before being published and supplies citations for the information it contains.

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Refereed journal

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The purpose of propaganda is to instill a particular attitude and to encourage you to think a particular way.

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True

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Misinformation is the deliberate falsification of information.

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False

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Some periodical databases are devoted to individual disciplines.

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True

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Original or firsthand research conducted by the speaker is primary research.

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True

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General search engines (e.g., Google Scholar) conduct a narrower but deeper search into a particular field.

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False

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Secondary sources provide firsthand accounts or direct evidence of events, objects, or people.

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False

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Primary research does not include

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information gathered by others.

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___________ are words and phrases that describe the main concept of topics.

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Keywords

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These types of sources include all information collected and produced by federal agencies.

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Government publications

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Using a library portal allows you to access multiple resources such as full-text databases, reference works, books, and statistical resources.

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True

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This consists of the large portion of the Web not available through general Internet search engines.

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The deep web

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Individual search engines compile their own databases as well as scanning a variety of others.

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False

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Which type of reference work summarizes knowledge that is found in original form elsewhere?

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encyclopedia

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Atlases are collections of maps, text, and accompanying charts and tables. They are especially helpful when the topic involves a geographical location.

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True

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Which types of search engines are devoted entirely to one topic?

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NOT: specialized search engines NOT: general search engines

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Boolean operators are words placed between keywords in a search that specify how the keywords are related.

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True

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Feedback from other people can help a speaker learn to do better in the next speech.

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True

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A paraphrase is information that is a restatement of someone else's statements, ideas, or written work in the speaker's own words.

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True

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Ethics are statements that are made verbatim and should always be acknowledged.

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False

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Persuasion is any speech that involves issues of importance to the greater community at large.

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False

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Which of the following are suggestions for offering constructive and compassionate feedback?

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Be fair and honest in your evaluation. Adjust to the speaker's style. Be selective in your criticism. ANSWER: All of the above

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Topic mapping lays out precisely what you want the audience to get from the speech.

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False

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Preparation anxiety is the process of seeing yourself give a successful speech and is a highly effective way to reduce nervousness.

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False

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In any given situation, no two listeners process information in exactly the same way.

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True

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One of the most successful strategies a speaker can use in inspirational speaking is

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employing a dynamic speaking style.

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How can speakers enhance their credibility?

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By being honest and straightforward.

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Because controversial humor is popular on late-night television, you should make ample use of it when speaking on formal occasions.

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False

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An excellent means of appealing to buyer psychology can be achieved through the use of the _________.

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motivated sequence

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