Intro to Communications Final

“It’s ok to have butterflies; just teach them to fly in formation.”

The “Stage fright” video ended with the quote…

preparation

In the "Stage fright" video, the Solution section revolved around…

he was sweating so badly, he needed another shirt

In the clip from "Broadcast News," which was the worst consequence for the anchor?

noise

term refers to:

-sounds that can interfere with a speech

-internal issues with the sender

-internal issues with the receiver

President George W. Bush impromptu "Bullhorn" speech

"I can hear you! I can hear you; the people of the world hear you; and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.”

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

The famous line from the film Cool Hand Luke -- ranked No. 11 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Quotes" -- is ____.

introduction, body, conclusion

three main parts of a speech

feedback

In the communication process, communication from the receiver back to the sender is called

mountains

Dr. King employed each of these references in his speech; which one was most prevalent?

Dr. King's vocal delivery

The speech increased in volume toward the end.

"let freedom ring"

A prominent portion of Dr. King's speech referenced the song "My County Tis of Thee" and repeated its line

Dr. King made a number of references to light

-beacon light of hope

-joyous daybreak

-sunlit path

Abraham Lincoln

In his second sentence, Dr. King referred to "a great American"; who was it?

To persuade

Dr. King's general purpose of this speech

inventio

This canon of rhetoric deals with discovering/devising topics and arguments.

dispositio

This canon of rhetoric deals with organizing arguments.

elocutio

This canon of rhetoric deals with the artistic part of communication -- the speaker's style.

pronuntiatio

This canon of rhetoric deals with the speaker's pitch, pace, eye contact, body language, etc.

elocutio

canon  of rhetoric that deals with figures of speech

knowing as much as possible about a topic

The article said that for most speeches of today memoria involves

introduction

what comes before I, II and III

an attention-getting device

For the Introduction, we said that your first statement should be...

topical

Organizing our main points by types, reasons or qualities is...

chronological organization

-steps in a process

-history of something

persuasive

The problem-solution organization lends itself to __ speeches.

topical

A speaker that discusses God's...

I. Presence 

II. Provision

III. Power

IV. Peace

...is using what type of organization?

chronological

A speaker that discusses Jesus' life like this...

I. Birth and childhood 

II. Early ministry

III. Later ministry

IV. Arrest, trial and crucifixion

V. Resurrection and ascension 

...is using what type of organization?

does not mean the points are well organized

As the video states, placing Roman numerals in front of main points...

conclusion

what comes after your last Roman numeral

outlining enumeration

Main point I, subpoint A, subsubpoint 1

more important and less specific

Proper indentation of an outline lets everyone see that the points that begin farthest to the left on your page are ____ than the points that are indented the most.

preview

"Today, I'd like to examine God's qualities -- His greatness, His goodness and His grace" would be an example of what kind of connector?

review

“Today, we have looked at the parts of the Lord's Prayer -- power, purpose, protection, pardon and protection" would be an example of what kind of connector?

signposts

Terms such as "First," "A third reason...," "Another" and "Finally...." are

groups of people addressed in President Reagan's "Challenger" speech

-children who had watched the tragedy on television

-the employees of NASA

-the families who were mourning

slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God."

In President Reagan's "Challenger" speech, he closed by saying that we will never forget the astronauts "nor the last time we saw them, this morning as they as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and....

expert testimony

Quoting noted psychologist Albert Bandura for the topic of social learning would make use of ___.

celebrity testimony

A Jennifer Anniston ad for SmartWater is utilizing ___.

peer testimony

In your speech about campus parking, you interview two students; you are utilizing lay, or ______.

LeBron James

has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.

examples

can be:

-brief

-extended

-hypothetical

-true

Tom Hanks

President Barack Obama, in a Medal of Freedom speech, said the following about what person?

"We should never travel with [him]. I mean, you think about it, you got pirates, plane crashes, you get marooned, in airport purgatory, volcanoes. Something happens with [him]… and yet somehow we can’t resist going where he wants to take us.”

Michael Jordan

President Barack Obama, in a Medal of Freedom speech, said the following about what person?

"Yet [he] is still more than those moments, more than just the best player on the two greatest teams of all time....He’s more than just a logo, more than just an internet meme… He is the definition of somebody so good at what they do that everybody recognizes it. That’s pretty rare.'

Michael Jordan

President Barack Obama, in a Medal of Freedom speech, said the following about what person?

"If things had gone differently…We may have never seen him switch hands in mid-air against the Lakers, or drop 63 in the Garden or gut it out in 'the flu game' or hit 'the shot' three different times – over Georgetown, over Ehlo, over Russell. We might not have seen him take on Larry Bird in H-O-R-S-E or lift up the sport globally along with the Dream Team."

Lorne Michaels

President Barack Obama, in a Medal of Freedom speech, said this person in 1976 implored the Beatles to reunite on his brand-new show, offering them $3,000; they could share it equally or give Ringo a smaller cut.

Steven Spielberg

President Barack Obama, in a Medal of Freedom speech, said the following about what person's films?

"...marked by boundless imagination, worlds rendered in extraordinary detail, characters who struggle to seize control of their destinies…all of that remind us so powerfully of our own lives…His stories have shaped America’s story, and his values have shaped our world.”

somebody's phone rang, and he said that somebody was calling to pitch the director a new movie

President Barack Obama, during a Medal of Freedom speech about a filmmaker, encountered a distraction that he played off of smoothly:

she was the keynote speaker

Barbara Jordan said that there was something different and special about this occasion, 144 years since her party had begun selecting a presidential candidate:

Abraham Lincoln

At the end of Barbara Jordan's speech, she came full-circle by alluding to the uniqueness of the speaker and then quoted from...

low pitch and slow pace

When Barbara Jordan uttered the quote "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master," her vocal delivery was evident in its...

overwhelmingly positive

The reception of Barbara Jordan's speech, during and after, was...

impromptu

The mode of delivery in which you have little/no preparation is...

vocal fry

The phenomenon of low power and low pitch, especially at the ends of sentences, is known as...

"siren"

The mispronunciation example from Dr. Mac's childhood was...

extemporaneous

The mode of delivery that we said has the most advantages is...

Kardashians

The video featuring Faith Salie discussing "vocal fry" included a few clips of...

words that we emphasize

In the video lecture on delivery, "punch" referred most closely to...

professionalism

Adding terms such as "and stuff," "and all that" and "or whatever" was discussed in the podcast's ___ section.

"nu-klee-er"

Which pronunciation is correct to describe a type of energy?

"as-ter-isk"

The star-shaped punctuation mark is pronounced...

beginning a sentence with "So...."

-undermines your credibility

-demonstrates that you're not 100% comfortable with what you're saying

uptalking

The video of the two young ladies doing the product review provided multiple examples of...

"preventive"

Which is the more acceptable term to describe, for example, a type of medicine or military strike?

"sher-bet"

Which is proper pronunciation for the dessert?

analogy

We discussed three kinds of reasoning -- arguing from example (inductive reasoning), arguing from causation, and arguing through ____.

pathos

The mode of persuasion that relates to emotion is...

ad hominem

The name for the fallacy in which we attack our opponent instead of his argument is...

the basics are good...put them in good hands.

The Allstate commercial "Back to the Basics" said that ___.

Aristotle

The philosopher who devised the three persuasive appeals was...

logos

The mode of persuasion that relates to the message and reasoning is...

hasty generalization

The name for the fallacy in which we use faulty inductive reasoning -- moving from specific examples -- is ___.

bandwagon

When Pepsi uses the catchphrase "Join the Pepsi Generation," we could say it's using the fallacy...

ethos

The mode of persuasion that relates to the credibility of the speaker is known as...

dependable

The commercial "Maggie" concludes that, like the title character, Chevrolet is...

anaphora

Repeating a key word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (such as Martin Luther King's "I have a dream today....I have a dream today....") is called ___.

onomatopoeia

A word that phonetically mimics or resembles the sound of the thing it describes, such as "honk," "boom," "splash" and "buzz," is called ___.

grammatical error

The video lecture listed several language obstacles....Saying "Him and me went to the game..." would be an example of __.

personification

Saying "The tornado ripped through the neighborhood without a care" makes use of ___.

plant

Which of these terms would be the most ABSTRACT?

doublespeak

A company that uses the term "downsize," "rightsize" and "headcount adjustment" to communicate layoffs would be making use of __.

jargon

A speech about computers that uses the terms "bogon filtering," "mung" and "plugpoint" probably needs to be careful of the obstacle of __.

simile and alliteration

The You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch line "You're as cuddly as a cactus" makes use of both and .

Apple Jacks

Which of these terms would be the most CONCRETE?

"Firefighters and police officers need to be paid better."

Based on our tips from "language as obstacles," which is preferable:

-"Firemen and policemen need to be paid better."

-"Firefighters and police officers need to be paid better."

epistrophe

Repeating a key word or phrase at the end of successive clauses (such as "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…we had everything before us, we had nothing before us….") is called ___.

antimetabole

Using words or clauses from the first half of a sentence and repeating them in the second half of the sentence in reverse order, such as “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," is a type of antithesis called ___.

women's rights and civil rights, both domestic and foreign

In the third sentence of his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "The world is very different now." He was referring to...

metaphor

In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "And if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion...." Here he twice made use of __.

loudest ovation in Kennedy's inaugural address

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."

in the House of Commons (British parliament)

Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech was given

never surrender

Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech's purpose was to motivate the British to

autocratic

The leadership approach that says "It's my way or the highway," meaning you all better do as I say or else, is ___.

collaborate

The approach to conflict that we said is "win-win" is ___.

groupthink

A perilous obstacle to a group can be when everybody simply agrees on something without engaging in critical thinking; this is known as __.

norms

The informal rules for how a group interacts -- such as where you meet, how you sit, etc. -- are ___.

laissez-faire

The leadership approach that says "You guys do whatever you want to" is known as ___.

task

The statement "Let's each take one of these main points, research it and share our findings by noon on Friday" would be an example of a __ function.

maintenance

 The statement "I'm glad you thought of that, Stan...nice job" would be an example of a __ function.

compete

The approach to conflict that is "win-lose" and shark-like is ___.

roles

President, treasurer, shortstop would be examples of group ___.