Public Speaking Midterm

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T/F: The three major goals of public speaking are to inform, convince, and persuade

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T/F In preparing your speech, you should first work on developing your introduction

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T/F A speech explaining how a candy bar is made would be an example of chronological division.

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T/F Choosing to use the word "tax" instead of revenue enhancement is a better word choice of you're wanting an audience to agree to not raise taxes.

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T/F Hearing is a physiological process while listening is a psychological process.

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T/F You should avoid asking tough questions in an interview.

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T/F Research indicates that audiences are not very good at detecting nervousness a speaker perceives.

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T/F Credibility refers to the dependability or the believably of a speaker or the speaker's sources.

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T/F Connotation is the literal meaning of a word

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T/F To inform my audience about the causes of the "American Revolution" is a specific purpose for an informative speech about an object

They are concerned how a speech topic effects them

The fact that an audience is egocentric means:

Topical

If the purpose of a speech is to describe the components or parts of a place or object, what organizational structure is appropriate?

Events

Lack of objectivity and lack of perspective are two dangers associated with informative speeches about?

Articulation

A person who says "acrost" instead of "across" is making what type of error?

Contrasting

A transition that shows how two ideas deffer is called a?

Teacher

In an Informative speech, the speaker acts as a(n)

All of the above

In doing an audience analysis, what factors should a speaker consider?

The listener encodes the message

Which of the following is not part of the communication process

None of the above

A speech in which a speaker tries to convince the audience that all motorized vehicles should be banned from roadless areas in our national forest is an example of an informative speech about?

Intrapersonal

Interpersonal

Group

Public

Mass-Electronic

Communication: I\___ I\___ G\___ P\___ M\___

Manuscript

Memory

Impromptu

Extemporaneously

Delivery: M\___ M\___ E\___ I\___

Initial

Derived

Terminal

Credibility: I\___ D\___ T\___

Confidence and character

Two credibility factors

They lose focus

Why don't people listen

Spacial, Topical, Chronological, Casual

Types of speech organization

Get attention

Reveal topics

Interest

Preview

Introduction: G\___ R\___ I\___ P\___

object, model, electronic

Types of visual aids

impact, grasp, remember

Why visual aids are helpful

as many as you want

How many points should you have in a speech

Preview: will touch on

Summary: have touched on

Difference between preview and summary

sender encodes a message to the receiver through the channel and the receiver decodes the message and sends feedback to the sender.

There is internal and external interference during this transaction

The whole interaction is called the situation

Model of communication (draw)

Specific purpose

What the speaker intends

Central idea

What you want the audience to remember

Concept speech

simplify a complex belief/theory/principle

Credibility

Make audience believe/trust

Informational speech

give information out

Message

what speaker sends to listener

Visual Aid

what you should show audience to make an impact

Testimony

first-hand, expert, peer

Rate

What speed you talk at

Jargan

Slang

Manuscript

written speech

Audience analysis

research in audience

coordinating idea

main point of speech

Sign post

attention before main point

Research

gathered information

Definition

meaning of a word

Critical speech

make sense of what they're saying

Statistics

numbers

Model of communication

how communication works

Conclusion

end of speech

Keeps audience engaged

Importance of being interactive with audience

denotative: the word's main meaning, not including the feelings and ideas that people may connect with that word

connotative: having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

Choose words wisely to appeal to audience

Explain the idea of weighing words

helps relate to them

value of audience analysis and outline of speech

you suck but thanks for giving us the answers

Assessment of class so far