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Speech Communication
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Speech Communication explores the principles and practices of effective verbal communication in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, group, and public settings. This course examines the fundamentals of speech structure, audience analysis, nonverbal communication, listening skills, and the dynamics of persuasive and informative speaking. Students will develop confidence and proficiency through hands-on experience in crafting and delivering speeches, providing peer feedback, and engaging in critical discussions, all aimed at enhancing their oral communication competence for academic, professional, and social success.
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Public Speaking An Audience Centered Approach 9th Edition by Steven A. Beebe
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Chapter 1: Speaking With Confidence
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Q1) The ancient Romans identified five classical canons,or elements of preparing and presenting a speech including the element of ______ which relates to how the speech is organized.
Answer: arrangement
Q2) One way public speaking and conversation are different from one another is that public speaking
A)requires more preparation.
B)is less formal.
C)unlike conversation,requires you to focus and verbalize your thoughts..
D)involves less clearly defined roles for speaker and audience.
Answer: A
Q3) Most speakers who procrastinate in preparing their speeches will
A)sound much more spontaneous and relaxed.
B)feel like their speech content is current and fresh.
C)feel more speaker apprehension.
D)appear less interested in the topic.
Answer: C
Q4) A message is usually transmitted from sender to receiver via two channels: visual and _____.
Answer: auditory
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Chapter 2: Presenting Your First Speech
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Q1) According to the text,how can you make your support material more interesting?
A)by choosing support material that appeals to your listeners' senses
B)by choosing support material that corresponds with your audience's schematic framework
C)by avoiding support material that is over one year old
D)by choosing support material that appeals to the audience's sense of history
Answer: A
Q2) Ads on TV,radio,and pop-up commercials on the Internet;sermons;political speeches and sales presentations all have the general purpose to A)inform.
B)persuade.
C)entertain.
D)inspire.
Answer: B
Q3) "To inform" is an example of a specific purpose.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The ______ is the key focus of the content of the speech.
Answer: speech topic
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Chapter 3: Speaking Freely and Ethically
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Q1) In 1989,the Supreme Court overturned a statute that made burning the United States flag illegal because
A)they found it to be a "speech act" protected by the First Amendment.
B)they believed pornography was a more important issue to consider.
C)they were persuaded by the Berkeley Free Speech movement.
D)there were not enough cases to warrant a Constitutional amendment.
Answer: A
Q2) _____ is speech that is responsible,honest,and tolerant.
Answer: Ethical speech
Q3) What does accommodation in public speaking mean?
Answer: Accommodation refers to sensitivity to the feelings,needs,interests,and backgrounds of other people.
Q4) ______ speech or speech acts are legally protected.
A)Ethical
B)Critical
C)Free
D)Slanderous
Answer: C
Q5) The _____ is the amendment to the U.S.Constitution that guarantees free speech.
Answer: First Amendment
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Chapter 4: Listening to Speeches
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Q1) When listeners can recall ideas and information presented to them,they are said to A)attend.
B)select.
C)remember.
D)understand.
Q2) How can you combat information overload as a speaker?
A)avoid redundancy in your message
B)use only new information in your speech
C)build redundancy in your message
D)avoid the use of new material in your speech
Q3) A way to combat information overload as a speaker is to avoid redundancy in your message.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe the four different styles of listening.
Q5) List and explain the three suggestions that your text offers to increase your skill in accurately interpreting nonverbal messages.
Q6) _____ are methods and techniques that speakers employ to achieve their speaking goals.
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Chapter 5: Analyzing Your Audience
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Q1) A public speaker seeks to establish a(n)______,or ongoing connection,with audience members by identifying common ground with them.
A)relationship
B)camaraderie
C)mentorship
D)attachment
Q2) Which of the following elements of a psychological analysis refer to the audience's concepts of right and wrong,good and bad?
A)beliefs
B)values
C)attitudes
D)feelings
Q3) As a requirement for his biology class,Jorge must attend a speech by a visiting scholar in biology.What kind of audience will Jorge be a part of at this event?
A)a captive audience
B)a voluntary audience
C)a demographic audience
D)an inspired audience
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Chapter 6: Developing Your Speech
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Q1) Speakers should choose topics that are important-topics that matter to their listeners as well as to themselves.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You should generate your main ideas by looking for natural divisions,reasons,or steps to support your central idea.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Selma has found that her central idea does not easily break down into logical divisions.She has also come to the conclusion that asking why the central idea is true does not support her speech purpose.In this case,what method should Selma use to develop her main points?
A)She should use brainstorming to develop her main ideas.
B)She should use a topic directory or topoi.
C)She should support her central idea with a series of steps.
D)She should find new supporting material on the topic and start again.
Q4) _____ is a creative problem-solving technique used to generate many ideas for a topic.
Q5) The ______ of any speech is to inform,to persuade,or to entertain.
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Chapter 7: Gathering and Using Supporting Material
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Q1) A _____ is a list of potential resources to be used in the preparation of a speech.
Q2) Personal knowledge often has the additional advantage of heightening your credibility in the minds of your listeners.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Once you have arranged an interview with an authority on your speech topic,what is your next task?
A)ask the interviewee if you may audio- or video-tape the interview
B)conduct the interview with your interviewee as professionally as possible
C)plan for the interview by conducting research and planning specific questions
D)determine how you will use the interview information in your speech
Q4) A statement that makes clear how something is done or why it exists in its present or past form is known as
A)a definition.
B)an explanation.
C)an image.
D)an analogy.
Q5) Explain five guidelines for using illustrations effectively in a speech.
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Chapter 8: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech
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Q1) _____ organization is by time or sequence.
Q2) If a speech is organized to identify a situation and then discuss the impact of that situation,the speaker has used a _____ pattern.
A)topical
B)chronological
C)cause-and-effect
D)spatial
Q3) Deanna makes the claim in her persuasive speech that unregulated car emissions in major urban areas worldwide contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer,which contributes to global warming.Which type of organizational pattern is reflected in this example?
A)cause-effect
B)topical
C)problem-solution
D)spatial
Q4) According to the principle of recency,the point discussed first is the one the audience will remember best.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech
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Q1) Perhaps the most obvious purpose of an introduction is to introduce the subject of a speech.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An effective conclusion will summarize the speech and provide closure.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text,an illustration or anecdote is the most inherently interesting type of supporting material.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reemphasizing the central idea in a memorable way,moving an audience to action,and restating the main ideas are all functions of the
A)speech introduction.
B)specific purpose.
C)central idea.
D)speech conclusion.
Q5) Provide several examples of verbal and nonverbal cues that can be used to signal the end of a speech.
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Chapter 10: Using Words Well: Speaker Language and Style
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Q1) The denotation of a word consists of the meaning we associate with the word,based on our past experiences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When you keep your audience in suspense or say something in your speech that is different from the expected,you are creating
A)cadence.
B)confusion.
C)drama.
D)proximity.
Q3) In a speech about preparing oneself for the death of a loved one,Amber made repeated reference to "Death,the unwanted stranger at the door." She hoped to create a sense of drama for her audience,while at the same time getting them to seriously consider her points.What figure of speech did Amber use in her presentation?
A)metaphor
B)simile
C)hyperbole
D)personification
Q4) A _____ is a comparison between two things that uses the word like or as.
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Chapter 11: Delivering Your Speech
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Q1) Behaviors such as eye contact,appropriate gestures,and physical closeness that enhance the quality of the relationship between the speaker and listeners are known as _____ behaviors.
A)denotative
B)immediacy
C)delivery
D)concurrence
Q2) Tameka works for a transportation logistics company and is delivering a presentation to executives from a Japanese shipping company.What should she do to adapt to her audience?
Q3) An attitude that one's own cultural approaches are superior to those of other cultures is
A)ethnocentrism.
B)ethnic racism.
C)egocentrism.
D)xenophobia.
Q4) Explain the four methods of speech delivery and list the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Q5) List six characteristics of effective vocal delivery.
Q6) Gestures that add meaning to your verbal message are known as ______ gestures.
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Chapter 12: Using Presentation Aids
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Q1) Images or pictures stored in a computer file or in printed form that can be used in a presentation aid are
A)clip art.
B)typeface.
C)audiovisual aids.
D)pictorial graphics.
Q2) When giving a speech on overpopulation in the United States,Terrence held up a line graph and said,"Here are the recent statistics on birth rates in the United States." What was wrong with Terrence's approach?
A)He should have used more than one presentation aid.
B)He shouldn't have used statistical data;it is dry and doesn't capture audience attention.
C)He didn't tell the audience how to interpret the data.
D)He failed to ask the audience if they could see his aid clearly.
Q3) List the nine guidelines for using presentation aids.
Q4) Almost any speech can benefit from presentation aids.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A _____ is a small object that represents a larger object.
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Chapter 13: Speaking to Inform
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Q1) When previewing his speech on Islam,Tim says,"The best way to understand Islam is to look at some of the beliefs and practices of this religion." Tim will be giving a speech about
A)a procedure.
B)people.
C)an event.
D)an idea.
Q2) A "speech to persuade" shares information with others to enhance their knowledge or understanding of the information,concepts,and ideas you present.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A person who learns best by hearing is known as a(n)______ learner.
A)auditory
B)visual print
C)kinesthetic
D)visual
Q4) Most speeches about ideas are organized topically.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Understanding Principles of Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) When are fear appeals most successful?
A)when your listeners feel powerless to change or remedy the impending threat
B)when your listeners perceive the threat as hypothetical rather than real
C)when you can convince your listeners that they have the power to make a change that will reduce the threat
D)when the threat is directed at the audience-members themselves rather than their family members
Q2) A way we structure reality to accept something as true or false is a A)reason.
B)attitude.
C)belief. D)value.
Q3) When a proposition in a persuasive speech focuses on having the listener judge the worth or importance of something,it is a proposition of A)fact.
B)value.
C)policy. D)action.
Q4) A _____ is a characteristic of something that you are describing.
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Chapter 15: Using Persuasive Strategies
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Q1) An all-encompassing statement is a ______.
Q2) The either/or fallacy is the oversimplification of an issue into a choice between only two outcomes or possibilities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ reasoning moves from a general statement of principle to a specific,certain conclusion.
Q4) A myth is a shared belief based on the underlying values,cultural heritage,and faith of a group of people.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and provide an example of three different types of fallacies.
Q6) Ad hominem is a conclusion reached without adequate evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is Aristotle's term for a speaker's credibility?
A)logos
B)pathos
C)ethos
D)credos
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Chapter 16: Speaking for Special Occasions and Purposes
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Q1) On the first anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death,the Reagan family and a group of close friends gathered at the Reagan Library to talk about Ronald Reagan's life and accomplishments.Then former President George H.W.Bush gave a brief speech at the occasion.What is the textbook term for this speech?
A)a presentation speech
B)a commencement address
C)a speech of dedication
D)a commemorative address
Q2) A speech delivered on a special occasion for celebration,thanksgiving,praise,or mourning is known as a ceremonial speech or a ______ speech.
A)epideictic
B)commencement
C)symposium
D)kairos
Q3) What two criteria are most important when making a speech of introduction?
A)be brief and witty
B)be brief and informative
C)be brief and accurate
D)be accurate and self-serving
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