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Course Introduction
Fundamentals of Speech introduces students to the principles and practices of effective oral communication. Emphasizing both theory and application, the course covers key topics such as speech organization, audience analysis, verbal and nonverbal delivery techniques, and the use of visual aids. Through a variety of assignments, including informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches, students gain practical experience in developing confidence and clarity in public speaking. The course also highlights the importance of ethical communication, listening skills, and constructive peer feedback, preparing students to communicate clearly and persuasively in academic, professional, and personal settings.
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Public Speaking Handbook 5th Edition by Steven A. Beebe
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Speaking
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Q1) Conversation has more clearly defined roles of speaker and listener than public speaking.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) An audience member is worried about an upcoming exam and is unlikely to remember much of what the speaker says.This is a type of
A)external noise.
B)internal noise.
C)physical noise.
D)educational noise.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following examples best demonstrates the new era of public speaking that has come to fruition in the 21<sup>st</sup> century?
A)listening to a speaker at a town meeting
B)a soldier watching her son's graduation address via Skype
C)someone re-enacting the "I have a Dream" speech
D)the president giving the "State of the Union" address
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Speaking With Confidence
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Q1) Anxiety can be useful to a public speaker.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When it comes to selecting a topic for your speech,you will feel less _______ if you talk about something with which you are familiar or with which you have some personal experience.
Answer: nervous
Q3) How does "knowing your audience" help build your confidence as a speaker?
Answer: The more you can anticipate the kind of reaction your listeners will have to your speech,the more comfortable you will be in delivering your message.An audience-centered speaker focuses on connecting to listeners rather than focusing on fear.
Q4) If you are very nervous about giving your speech,you should visualize everything that could go wrong.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) You should focus on your _____ rather than your fear to overcome speech anxiety.
Answer: message
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Chapter 3: Presenting Your First Speech
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Q1) How does the specific purpose statement differ from the central idea?
A)Whereas your central idea indicates what you want your audience to do when you have finished your speech,your specific purpose identifies the essence of your message.
B)Whereas your central idea indicates the overarching goal of the speech,your specific purpose identifies the essence of your message.
C)Whereas your specific purpose indicates what you want your audience to do when you have finished your speech,your central idea identifies the essence of your message.
D)Whereas your specific purpose indicates the overarching goal of the speech,your central idea identifies the essence of your message.
Answer: C
Q2) What does it mean to be audience-centered?
Answer: Being audience-centered involves making decisions about the content and delivery of your speech before you speak,based on knowledge of your audience's values,beliefs,and knowledge.It also means being aware of your audience's responses during the speech so that you can make appropriate adjustments.
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Chapter 4: Speaking Freely and Ethically
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Q1) The best way to be ethical is to assume your audience has all the same values and beliefs as you.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Making an effort to understand the needs,feelings,backgrounds,and interests of the audience members can help you be a better,more ethical speaker.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Give an example of a historical event that impacted free speech in the twentieth century.
Q4) Speakers who use false claims to tug at the emotions of the audience,instead of using sound evidence and logical arguments,are examples of A)untrustworthy speakers.
B)unimaginative speakers.
C)ineffective speakers.
D)unethical speakers.
Q5) Discuss what it means to be a credible speaker and the role ethics plays in credibility.
Q6) The right to speak freely must be balanced with the obligation to speak _____.
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Chapter 5: Listening to Speeches
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Q1) ______ is the process of listening to evaluate the quality,appropriateness,value,or importance of the information you hear.
A)Inferring
B)Accommodating
C)Critical listening
D)Critical thinking
Q2) When you are listening to a message and also evaluating it,you have to work harder than you do at other times to understand the speaker's message.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What makes a source credible?
Q4) Your own thoughts are among the biggest competitors for your attention when you are a member of an audience.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Heightened emotions do not affect your ability to understand a message.
A)True
B)False
Q6) _____ are words,images,and nonverbal cues that create meaning for others.
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Chapter 6: Analyzing Your Audience
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Q1) _______ includes an examination of the time and place of your speech,the size of your audience,and the speaking occasion.
Q2) List and briefly discuss four strategies for reaching diverse listeners in your audience.
Q3) Statistical information about characteristics of a population such as age,race,gender,education,and religious views is called A)ethnicity.
B)demographics.
C)audience profiles.
D)socioeconomic status.
Q4) People evaluate credibility by intentions,not by behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Demographics are statistical information about characteristics such as age,race,gender,sexual orientation,educational level,and ideological or religious views of a population,such as an audience.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A _____ is an individual's perception of what is true or false.
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Chapter 7: Developing Your Speech
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Q1) What three questions can be asked to generate main ideas for a speech?
Q2) Complete the following for a topic: - brainstorm - determine general purpose - state specific purpose - state central idea with a blueprint.
Q3) All successful topics reflect audience,occasion,and speaker.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ______ is decided solely by the speaker since it depends on the behavioral change the speaker expects from the audience at the end of the speech.
A)general purpose
B)specific purpose
C)central idea
D)functional purpose
Q5) In his speech outline,Barnett included the sentence: "Censorship of the music industry violates our First Amendment right to free speech." This statement is
A)a general purpose statement.
B)a specific purpose statement.
C)a central idea or thesis.
D)an inflammatory statement.
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Chapter 8: Gathering and Using Supporting
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Q1) List and briefly explain the six criteria that can serve as a standard for evaluating Web resources.
Q2) Most subject-matter experts are too busy and don't care to grant interviews to students,but you should still contact them anyway just in case.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a library,print reference items are distinguished by A)the call number 300.
B)the prefix ref.
C)their location behind the circulation desk.
D)a red book cover.
Q4) List and explain the seven different types of supporting material.
Q5) When is it appropriate to use an interview? List and explain the three things you should do to prepare for an interview?
Q6) A literal analogy is a comparison between two similar things. A)True
B)False
Q7) List and explain five research strategies.
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Chapter 9: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech
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Q1) ______organization is based on location or position.
Q2) Three types of signposts can serve as glue to hold your speech together: transitions, previews,and summaries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Standard outline form lets you see at a glance the exact relationship among various main ideas,subpoints,and supporting material in your speech.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If your main ideas range from simple to complicated,it makes sense to arrange them in order of complexity,progressing from the more complex to the simplest.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Historical speeches and how-to speeches are the two kinds of speeches that are usually organized chronologically.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List the three rules for correct outlining and provide an example for each rule.
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Chapter 10: Introducing Your Speech
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Q1) A speaker who describes his/her main points as part of the introduction is utilizing an
A)credibility statement.
B)specific purpose statement.
C)preview statement.
D)internal summary.
Q2) What are the five important functions of a good speech introduction?
Q3) In an introduction,you may ask a question that doesn't require a response but makes the audience think about your topic.This type of question is an ______ question.
A)rhetorical
B)ambiguous
C)anecdotal
D)unanswerable
Q4) An illustration or anecdote is the most inherently interesting type of supporting material.
A)True
B)False
Q5) If your topic is timely,a reference to a _______ can be a good way to begin your speech.
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Chapter 11: Concluding Your Speech
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Q1) You should not restate your main ideas in your speech conclusion because it makes your speech too repetitive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When Gloria said,"So we must all do something to end domestic violence; we must all be prepared to confront this issue in our own neighborhoods and homes,so that we become part of the solution,not part of the problem," she is using a A)startling statement.
B)re-emphasis on the central idea.
C)statement to motivate the audience to respond.
D)concluding summary statement.
Q3) Effective conclusions may employ illustrations,quotations or personal references.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain why speakers utilize the principle of proximity and how it works.
Q5) Identify two methods that can be used to create both an effective speech introduction and speech conclusion,and identify two methods that can only be used for effective conclusions.
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Chapter 12: Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style
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Q1) When speaking,you can look your listeners in the eye and talk to them directly.This demonstrates that oral language is
A)less repetitive than written language.
B)less precise than written language.
C)more formal than written language.
D)more personal than written language.
Q2) Explain the various stylistic devices a speaker can use to create cadence.
Q3) ________ is the attribution of human qualities to inanimate things or ideas.
Q4) When speakers substitute the word "flight attendant" for "stewardess" or "steward," they are using language that is
A)politically incorrect.
B)biased.
C)gender-neutral.
D)standard.
Q5) The choice word structures can help give your message a distinctive style.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are the major differences between oral and written language styles?
Q7) A _______ is an implied comparison between two things or concepts.
Q8) _______ is the use of identical grammatical patterns.
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Chapter 13: Delivering Your Speech
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Q1) For most North American listeners today,effective delivery has been described as "platform conversation."
A)True
B)False
Q2) The advantage of impromptu speaking is that you can speak informally,maintaining direct eye contact with the audience.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is the best guideline for using gestures in a speech?
A)Use as many gestures as possible in your presentation.
B)Keep your hands clasped in front of you or in back of you.
C)Every emotion can be expressed by a particular gesture.
D)Use gestures that work best for you.
Q4) Articulation is the degree of perceived physical or psychological closeness between people.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List six characteristics of a good vocal delivery.
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Chapter 14: Designing and Using Presentation Aids
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Q1) A _______ consists of flat areas of various lengths to represent information.
Q2) Of the five senses,we learn more from _______ than any other sense,which is why presentation aids are effective.
A)hearing
B)humor
C)touch
D)sight
Q3) Charts summarize and present a great deal of information in a small amount of space.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Almost any speech can benefit from presentation aids.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Using presentation aids to demonstrate step-by-step procedures is most effective for which type of speech?
A)An informative speech
B)A speech to entertain
C)A persuasive speech
D)A motivational speech
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Chapter 15: Speaking to Inform
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Q1) Maintaining interest occurs when a listener accurately interprets the intended meaning of a message.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Speeches about objects may be organized topically,chronologically,or _______.
Q3) A speech about a _______ discusses how something works or describes a process that produces a particular outcome.
Q4) An effective way to keep an audience's attention is to tell a story.What are three elements that make a good story?
A)conflict,action,suspense
B)characters,plot,action
C)conflict,dialogue,action
D)action,suspense,dialogue
Q5) Most speeches that are built around an event follow a________ arrangement.
Q6) The type of informative speech you plan to make will often suggest ideas for supporting materials.
A)True
B)False
Q7) _______ learners learn best by hearing.
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Chapter 16: Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) The process of changing or reinforcing attitudes,beliefs,values,or behavior is A)persuasion.
B)logic.
C)argument.
D)motivation.
Q2) Beliefs are the most deeply ingrained of the three dispositions: attitudes,beliefs,and values.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aristotle used the term ethos to refer to the rational,logical arguments that a speaker uses to persuade someone.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Maslow's hierarchy of needs asserts that basic human needs must be satisfied before listeners can be motivated respond to higher needs.These basic needs are
A)physiological.
B)safety.
C)social.
D)psychological.
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Chapter 17: Using Persuasive Strategies
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Q1) ________ credibility is established by giving careful thought to your appearance,establishing eye contact,and informing the audience of your credentials and accomplishments before you speak.
A)Initial
B)Derived
C)Terminal
D)Deserved
Q2) Explain the three types of audiences you will encounter when presenting a persuasive message and offer three suggestions to adapt to each type of audience.
Q3) In Jayla's persuasive speech advocating gun control,she began by asking her audience members to raise their hands if they were in favor of gun control.What type of audience was Jayla most likely speaking to?
A)a receptive audience
B)a neutral audience
C)an unreceptive audience
D)a hostile audience
Q4) The goal of using ________ organization for a persuasive speech is to convince your listeners that one event triggered another.
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Chapter 18: Speaking for Special Occasions and Purposes
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Q1) A _________ speech is similar to an award presentation,because they both involve noting the occasion and describing the purpose and significance of the award or office.
Q2) A keynote speech is a speech that sets the theme and tone for a meeting or conference.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The opposite of hyperbole is ________.
Q4) Routine meeting management,reports to company executives,training seminars within the company,or public-relations speeches to people outside the company are all examples of
A)persuasive speeches.
B)informative speeches.
C)workplace public speaking.
D)ceremonial public speaking.
Q5) An _________ is a tribute speech when someone has passed away.
Q6) According to Jay Leno,"jokes work best when they are easy to understand."
A)True
B)False
Q7) Identify and explain four guidelines for making group presentations.
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