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Arts and Humanities
English
Linguistics
Exam 1
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A speech explaining the steps involved in making tostones from beginning to end would be arranged in chronological order.
T/F
True
It is never necessary for a public speaker to identify his or her source when the speaker is paraphrasing.
T/F
False
Stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers.
T/F
False
When you give a speech, you should try not to have the same expressiveness in your voice as you have in ordinary conversation.
T/F
True
When your general purpose is to inform, you act as a partisan or an advocate.
T/F
False
Because the internet can be updated quickly, you can almost always assume that it's fact and figures are inaccurate.
T/F
False
When arranged in topical order, the main points of a speech usually follow a time sequence.
T/F
False
Your classmates are a real audience.
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True
It is not important to keep your audience in mind as you formulate the specific purpose for your speech.
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False
Whenever you use a hypothetical example in a speech, it is usually not a good idea to follow it with statistics for testimony to show that the example is realistic.
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True
Note taking is usually not a barrier to effective listening.
T/F
True
Taking notes on a speakers key points and supporting material will help improve your listening ability and retention.
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True
Nervousness before you speak is usually not beneficial, is completely abnormal, and is only experienced by inexperienced speakers.
False
When your general purpose is to persuade, you act as a teacher or lecturer.
T/F
False
The following main points are arranged in topical order:
I. The rise of the American film industry started with the age of silent movies from 1910 to 1930.
II. The American film industry was at its peak during the Golden Age of Hollywood from 1930 to 1950.
III. Since 1950 the American film industry has withstood the rise of television and the development of home video systems.
T/F
False
Your introduction will have the greatest impact if you begin to speak the moment you reach the front of the room.
T/F
False
The classroom is an artificial speaking situation in which you can overlook the attitudes and interests of your audience.
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False
Audience analysis is an important factor in which of the following
A. Choosing supporting materials
B. Selecting a topic
C. Both selecting a topic and choosing supporting materials
D. Organizing the speech
E. All of these answers are correct.
E. All of these answers are correct.
Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech?
A. Ask family members or friends for feedback.
B. Memorize the speech word for word.
C. All of these answers are correct.
D. Read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it.
E. Both memorize the speech word for word and read over the speech silently until you are sure you know it.
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According to your textbook, rather than trying to eliminate every trace of stage fright, you should aim at transforming it into
A. Positive nervousness.
B. Professional stage fright.
C. Performance anxiety.
D. Visualized adrenaline.
A. Positive nervousness.
4. Your textbook recommends __________ as the most effective method of note taking for listening to a speech.
A. Creating a key-word outline
B. Using the Harvard listening system
C. Making a full-sentence outline
D. Trying to write down everything a speaker says
E. Writing down a speaker's most interesting ideas
A. Creating a key-word outline
After choosing a topic, what is the next step of speech preparation?A. Analyzing the occasion
B. Writing the introduction
C. Determining the general purpose
D. Selecting the specific purpose
E. Phrasing the central idea
C. Determining the general purpose
If the following connective were used before the third main point of an informative speech about charter schools, the speech would most likely be organized in __________ order.
Now that we have looked at the origins and the philosophy of charter schools, let's look at what they are accomplishing.
A. Analytical
B. Consecutive
C. Technical
D. Developmental
E. Topical
E. Topical
Macie found several excellent sources for her informative speech. She pulled key information from them, blended those ideas into her own perspective, and cited her sources when she presented the speech. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?
A. Macie is guilty of incremental plagiarism because she used quotations and paraphrases from other people in her speech.
B. Macie is ethical because she did not copy her speech from a single source.
C. Macie is ethical because she cited her sources and used them to develop her own slant on the topic.
D. Macie is guilty of global plagiarism because she did not develop her speech entirely from her own knowledge and experience.
E. Macie is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because she used ideas from several different sources in her speech.
C. Macie is ethical because she cited her sources and used them to develop her own slant on the topic.
Which of the following is inappropriate in a speech to inform?
A. Explaining
B. Demonstrating
C. Reporting
D. Telling
E. Advocating
E. Advocating
According to your textbook, which of the following statements about speech conclusions is true?
A. Ending a speech abruptly is an excellent way to reinforce the speaker's central idea.
B. The last sentence of a speech should usually offer to answer questions from the audience.
C. It is usually best to let a conclusion grow out of the inspiration of the moment.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. None of these answers are correct.
E. None of these answers are correct.
According to your textbook, people with inefficient note-taking skills usually suffer from which problem(s)?
A. They don't know the difference between paraphrases and quotations.
B. They don't know how to record what they listen for.
C. They don't know what to listen for.
D. Both they don't know what to listen for and they don't know how to record what they listen for.
E. All of these answers are correct.
D. Both they don't know what to listen for and they don't know how to record what they listen for.
When your body is producing extra ______________, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress, you may experience stage fright.
Adrenaline
A _______________ includes all the books or articles you find that look as if they might be useful in your speech.
Preliminary bibliography
If you were giving a speech on the three layers of the sun, you would arrange the main points in _______________ order.
Spatial
The three most important factors to consider when determining an audience's disposition toward a speaker's topic are the audience's ______________, ______________, and ______________.
Interest, knowledge level, attitude
_______________ delivery involves practicing your speech until you know it very well without trying to memorize the exact wording you will use on the day of the speech.
Extemporaneous
Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation is called ______________.
Visualization
Main points that follow a time pattern are arranged in _______________ order.
Chronological
Define comprehensive listening.
Listening to understand the message of a speaker
Define critical listening.
listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it
Define credibility and know where you should include it in your speeches.
Knowledge, experience, trustworthiness on a topic (is included in the introduction of a speech)
Define an abstract.
A concise or succinct summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author (can be written by author)
What are the two types of testimonies you are able to use in your speeches?
Expert & Peer
What do you do if you can't find the date on which a Web document was created or last modified?
Do NOT use it, use something else
What does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with stage fright?
Recreate the scene of the speech, take deep breaths
What does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech?
Do it in front of your peers, recreate the scene as much as possible
Know and be able to describe the four types of connectives.
1. Transition= a+b (a word or phrase indicating one thought is finished and moving on to another)
2. Internal preview= (a statement that lets the audience know what is going to happen next)
3. Internal summaries= (statement that summarizes speaker's preceding points)
4. Signpost= a (brief statement indicating where the speaker is in the speech or that focuses on key ideas)
What should you do if an Internet document identifies its author but says nothing about her or his qualifications?
Google them
Know the three types of examples and be able to explain why they are particularly effective as supporting materials in speeches.
1. Brief-A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
2. Extended-A story, narrative, or anecdote developed at some length to illustrate a point.
3. Hypothetical-An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Know the difference between mean, median, and mode.
average, middle, most often
Define preview statement.
a statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body
Be able to define and know the difference between egocentric and ethnocentric.
Egocentric: The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values, beliefs, and well-being
Ethnocentric: The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures
What are the three kinds of plagiarism discussed in your textbook?
Global plagiarism, Patchwork plagiarism, & Incremental plagiarism
What is the first thing you should do when delivering a speech in order to build rapport with the audience?
Upright posture, arrange notes, look at audience and smile
If you can't identify the author of a document on the Internet, your textbook recommends that you do what?
Try to determine the sponsoring organization for the document
What is the formula for building a specific purpose statement?
Write as a full infinitive phrase, express purpose as a statement, avoid figurative language, limit purpose statement to one distinct idea, make sure it is not too vague or general
Know how to build oral citations.
Identify:
- The book, magazine, newspaper, or Web document you are citing
- The author or sponsoring organization of the document
- The author's qualifications with regard to the topic
- The date on which the document was published, posted or updated
Audience adaptation is an important factor when?
Preparing and rehearsing your speech, and during the actual presentation
What does your textbook say about preparing an effective speech conclusion?
Make sure your conclusion is about 5-10 percent of the entire speech
When should you work out the exact wording of your introduction?
Before the body of your speech
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