Speech

Q: Describe four different types of audiences you might address. When might you address each one? What are your major challenges with each type? What strategies should you use to best meet these challenges?

Q: A health educator is going to address a group of senior citizens in an assisted living complex on the topic of safer sex. What would you advise her to consider about her audience as she narrows her topic and selects her evidence?

Q: Evaluate your classroom audience according to the categories identified in the textbook under "Analyze Audience Demographics".

Q: Make a questionnaire that will help you get a profile of your audience's psychological approach to the topic of "Internet shopping." First, explain the factors you must measure in order to profile your audience and then create a questionnaire that will help you assess each factor.

Q: Choose a public figure and use that person as a case study to explain credibility. (Examples: George W. Bush or Hillary Clinton; Jay Leno or Oprah, Eminem or the governor of your state.) Create an imaginary scenario (perhaps you invite him or her to campus) in which that person might speak; then explain what that person must do to be credible before, during, and after the speech.

Q: A listening speaker considers his or her audience before, during, and after his or her presentation. a. True b. False

Q: A rhetorical triangle has three sides: audience, speaker, and message. a. True b. False

Q: Principles for researching a speech topic are included in the canon of disposition. a. True b. False

Q: Students typically fail to budget as much research time as they need to get enough high-quality information to create a good speech. a. True b. False

Q: Reference librarians are trained to help you find sources in print or online. a. True b. False

Q: OPAC stands for Online Public Academic Code. a. True b. False

Q: Books are often difficult to use as sources because they are not available electronically. a. True b. False

Q: Wikipedia should never be consulted when preparing a classroom speech. a. True b. False

Q: How is gender different than sex? Give examples of both.

Q: Identify four generational cohorts in the United States and explain how they differ from one another.

Q: Explain how time and the environment affect a speaking situation; provide examples to support your answer.

Q: Students who are interested in obtaining advanced degrees in Communication Studies attend a meeting with graduate school representatives. They are a(n) _______ audience. a. random audience b. passive audience c. motivated d. hostile audience e. unmotivated audience

Q: Thinking of your audience according to the cultural populations they represent is ________ a. sexist and racist. b. perceiving their motivations. c. demographic analysis. d. ethnic salience. e. psychological profiling.

Q: Janelle is aware of her Native American heritage when she goes to hear a speech about Zuni jewelry makers; her ethnicity is more ________ in this situation than when she attends her calculus lecture. a. androgynous b. salient c. complex d. ambiguous e. demographic

Q: Demographic characteristics include all of these options EXCEPT ________. a. ethnicity b. gender c. religion d. age e. All of the choices are demographic characteristics.

Q: A mental acceptance that something is true or false, correct or incorrect, valid or invalid is ________ a. a belief. b. a value. c. a motivation. d. an attitude. e. a hypothesis.

Q: Austin has a negative opinion about politicians and a positive view of Disneyland; these are just two of his ________ a. beliefs. b. values. c. attitudes. d. actions. e. salient ideas.

Q: Which is NOT a way to adapt sensitively to time factors? a. Consider the time of day. b. Consider your audiences cultural expectations about time. c. Be more animated when your listeners are tired. d. Start on time wherever you are. e. These are all ways to be sensitive.

Q: Which is NOT an environmental factor relating to public speaking? a. the color of the walls in the room b. the presence or absence of windows c. the clothing you select on your speech day d. sunshine outside the classroom e. not enough chairs for everyone to have a seat

Q: Newscaster Brian Williams brings speaker credibility with him because of who he is and the job he has. This is ________ a. prior credibility. b. demonstrated credibility. c. intrinsic credibility. d. terminal credibility. e. random credibility.

Q: Although Yumiko's classmates did not know anything about her expertise beforehand, her speech was so thoroughly researched that everyone agreed she really knew what she was talking about. In this situation, Yumiko established ________ credibility. a. prior b. extrinsic c. intrinsic d. terminal e. salient

Q: Distinguish between ethnicity and race.

Q: If the Saturday Night Live comic Andy Samberg were to visit your campus, hed have extrinsic credibility to talk about life as a comedian. a. True b. False

Q: Once your speech is over, you can sit down relieved in knowing that your credibility is firmly established and cannot be changed. a. True b. False

Q: Considering the audience at every stage of speechmaking and discovering ways that you can most effectively communicate with this particular group is called ________ a. audience analysis. b. audience motivations. c. evaluating salience. d. demographic analysis. e. salient analysis.

Q: A young woman approaches people walking through the mall and attempts to sell a new nail product. Some people stop and listen to what she has to say. This is an example of a ________ audience. a. random b. passive c. selected d. concerted e. hostile

Q: When you see someone of the male sex, you should assume he is of the masculine gender. a. True b. False

Q: An environmental activist who is addressing a group of loggers and developers is most likely facing a(n) ________ audience. a. passive b. concerted c. hostile d. absent e. random

Q: Although listeners at a sports banquet may differ in age, sex, religious affiliation, and ethnicity, their mutual interest in the sport is probably more salient than their other characteristics in this context. a. True b. False

Q: Audience demographics include age, sexual orientation, and religion. a. True b. False

Q: A politician should give the same speech in Denver, Miami, Boston, and Seattle, because the culture in the U.S. is so similar throughout. a. True b. False

Q: Getting information from your audience by talking to focus groups is part of the direct method. a. True b. False

Q: Creating a questionnaire to determine beliefs and attitudes toward a topic is a good way to assess the audience's psychological approach to a topic. a. True b. False

Q: Because beliefs are based only on study or investigation of a subject, misconceptions are uncommon. a. True b. False

Q: Attitudes are our tendencies to like or dislike something. a. True b. False

Q: Scaled questions are better than ranking questions when measuring values. a. True b. False

Q: The time of day you give your speech really has no bearing on how you give your speech. a. True b. False

Q: If you speak in a country such as Brazil, youll be expected to stick to precise time limits--with a plus or minus grace period of two minutes at the most. a. True b. False

Q: The room you speak in and the weather outside are two aspects of the environment you should consider in your speech preparation. a. True b. False

Q: Salience is defined as the audiences perception of the speaker. a. True b. False

Q: Ethnicity includes skin color and facial features. a. True b. False

Q: Race is more of a social category than it is a physical category. a. True b. False

Q: Thinking about the audience's religious commitments is important only when the topic is religious in nature. a. True b. False

Q: Describe and provide examples of the four general speech purposes.

Q: List and explain three major general types of responses a speaker desires from his or her listeners.

Q: Give guidelines for writing a good thesis statement.

Q: Your roommate decides to give a speech on "How to make coffee." What guidance can you offer him or her about choosing an appropriate classroom speech?

Q: Karla Banks is a member of the clergy who must prepare a sermon every Sunday for an audience comprised of people in various stages of religious belief. Lets say shes speaking on the importance of forgiveness. Explain how she will probably overlap the four general speech purposes as she presents her subject to her audience.

Q: Select a broad topic such as crime, education, or sports. Then give a budding speechmaker some guidelines for creating a mind map that can help narrow this broad topic. Finally, create a mind map to illustrate how its done.

Q: In a random audience, participants are initially involved in another activity, but decide to pause and listen if the subject matter attracts their attention. a. True b. False

Q: A homogeneous audience has a shared attitudewhether positive or negativetoward a topic. a. True b. False

Q: When you do a demographic analysis of the audience, you survey their beliefs, attitudes, and values regarding a topic. a. True b. False

Q: If, at the end of your speech calling for a protest march, your audience charges out the door and begins to make placards to carry, that response is best called ________. a. commemorative b. cognitive c. affective d. behavioral e. informative

Q: Brittany wants her audience to believe that eliminating beer commercials on TV would lessen underage drinking. The main response she wants from her audience is ________. a. cognitive b. affective c. behavioral d. humorous e. entertaining

Q: A speech that ends by asking listeners to fill out cards to become organ donors seeks which response? a. commemorative b. cognitive c. affective d. behavioral e. informative

Q: The following is an example of a well-written specific purpose statement: a. Give an interesting speech. b. Inform my classmates about the five canons of rhetoric. c. Why should you study the five canons of rhetoric? d. To convince my audience that learning principles in the five canons of rhetoric will improve their speaking skills. e. Principles in the canons of rhetoric will help speakers gather information, organize it, select appropriate language, learn their major ideas, and deliver their speeches.

Q: The following is an example of a well-written thesis statement: a. Taking a hot air balloon ride. b. To convince my audience to take a hot air balloon ride. c. As a result of my speech, my listeners will take a hot air balloon ride. d. Why should you take a hot air balloon ride? e. A hot air balloon ride will increase your enjoyment of life.

Q: The following is an example of a well-written preview statement: a. Taking a hot air balloon ride with friends is an exciting social event. b. A hot air balloon ride will increase your enjoyment of life. c. To persuade my listeners that hot air ballooning is a beneficial activity. d. To convince my audience that taking a hot air balloon ride will be an enjoyable experience for people of all ages. e. I will describe the following benefits of hot air ballooning: its relaxing; you meet new friends; and you fulfill your need for adventure.

Q: How can beginning speakers add novelty to a speech? What is considered novelty?

Q: Which of the following students needs help in topic selection? a. Oren speaks about his summer internship at the state capitol. b. Coral decides that no one needs to hear a speech about baking chocolate chip cookies. c. Tito goes to a newsstand and skims magazines such as Times. d. Yocheved carefully considers how her international topic can relate to her fellow students. e. Eliyahu decides to give the same speech on "Cooking Israeli Food" he gave his anthropology class.

Q: The next step after topic selection is ________ a. narrowing the topic to a manageable size. b. deciding on a general purpose. c. analyzing the audience. d. deciding on the desired audience response. e. tentatively formulating a central idea.

Q: A mind map is especially useful for _______ a. topic selection. b. narrowing a topic. c. identifying a purpose. d. eliminating taboo or sensitive topics. e. developing a logical thesis statement.

Q: A comedian who does stand-up monologues in a nightclub probably has which general purpose? a. to persuade b. to entertain c. to inform d. to convince e. to commemorate

Q: Professor Barram is a popular and entertaining lecturer in the business department on my campus; his major purpose for his lectures is ________ a. to inform. b. to convince. c. to persuade. d. to commemorate. e. to entertain.

Q: At the recent 10 year anniversary of 9/11, speaker after speaker gave addresses about those who had fallen that day. What were the general purposes of those speeches? a. to inform b. to convince c. to persuade d. to commemorate e. to entertain

Q: Your specific purpose in a speech, as opposed to your general purpose, focuses on ________. a. information in the speech b. the desired audience response c. background material d. the central idea e. the thesis statement

Q: The defense lawyer tries to humanize her client, who is on trial for murder, so that the jury sees him as a normal human being, not a monster. Her specific purpose is mostly ________. a. cognitive b. behavioral c. informative d. affective e. defensive

Q: Each speech has only one general purpose; theres no overlap of goals at this level. a. True b. False

Q: Targeting your listeners emotions means you hope for cognitive responses. a. True b. False

Q: "To inform my audience about important facts about the life of Chief Joseph" is an example of a central idea. a. True b. False

Q: Another term for thesis statement is general purpose. a. True b. False

Q: Depending on your purpose, your thesis statement may be written in the form of one or more questions or declarative sentences. a. True b. False

Q: State or paraphrase your thesis statement in your speech--usually in the introduction. a. True b. False

Q: A thesis statement is exactly the same as the previewa short summary of your major points. a. True b. False

Q: Antoines speech, "How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich," presented familiar, predictable information. What principle for choosing a topic or purpose should he have considered? a. Choose cognitive goals when you want your audience to believe something. b. Narrow the topic to a manageable size. c. Take a novel approach. d. Relate the topic to listener concerns. e. Incorporate humor as one way to maintain attention.

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