Deck 1: Public Speaking: Let's Get Started Now

Question 1

A vocal code includes pitch,tone of voice,and rate of speaking.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What are three of the five ways that the text discusses successful speakers can reduce the interference of noise in their audiences? Give an example of how you might use one in your classroom speaking situation.

Answer 2

Answers will vary. 

Question 3

A listener who is distracted by a headache,or preoccupation with other thoughts,is being impacted by

A)internal noise.
B)feedback.
C)encoding.
D)the speaking environment. 

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Motivation triggers and directs audience attention to your topic.

Question 5

The process by which people share thoughts,ideas,and feelings in understandable ways is called

A)communication.
B)environment.
C)speaking.
D)listening.

Question 6

A speech on increasing the size of campus parking lots would be an example of a persuasive speech.

Question 7

Speeches that PRIMARILY lend a sense of distinction to an event are usually

A)persuasive speeches.
B)entertaining speeches.
C)informative speeches.
D)special occasion speeches. 

Question 8

Emoticons were developed by e-mail,blog,and chat-room users to take the place of

A)verbal and visual codes
B)visual and vocal codes.
C)verbal and vocal codes.
D)all three codes but equally.

Question 9

Which of the following types of speeches involves the speaker talking about an item that,if found years from now by an archaeologist,would accurately highlight your life?

A)personal paper bag
B)artifact
C)humorous incident
D)one point

Question 10

As a speaker,you encode messages using your _________________,while your listener decodes messages using their own.

A)stimulus
B)motivation
C)frame of reference
D)feedback

Question 11

A public speaker sends and receives messages simultaneously.

Question 12

Discuss the role that public speaking can play in your life,focusing on the three ways it can benefit you and others.Use specific examples to illustrate.

Question 13

The process of choosing language or nonverbal behaviors to convey your message is known as

A)motivating
B)stimulating
C)encoding
D)decoding

Question 14

Which of the 11 types of beginning speeches would you most like to give? Why? Which would you least like to give? Why?

Question 15

Explain how informative and persuasive speeches differ.Provide two topic ideas for each type of speech.

Question 16

According to Aristotle,a speech dealing with matters of fact,such as legal courtroom address,would be

A)epideictic
B)forensic
C)deliberative
D)mythic

Question 17

A listener's verbal,visual,and vocal responses to a speaker's message are known as

A)the listener's frame of reference.
B)the speaker's frame of reference. 
C)noise.
D)feedback.

Question 18

When the speaker or listener is distracted by something in their environment,such as people talking,they are experiencing

A)internal noise.
B)contextual noise. 
C)external noise.
D)decoding. 

Question 19

If the intent of your speech is presenting new information or making listeners aware of new ideas or information,your speech is persuasive.

Question 20

What is a "frame of reference?" Discuss how a person's frame of reference affects the way messages are encoded and decoded.Give specific examples.

Question 21

_______________ is verbal,visual,and vocal responses to messages.

Question 22

The time,place,and physical and social surroundings within which you give a speech is known as _______________.

Question 23

The Greeks and Romans studied _______________,the art of persuasive public speaking.

Question 24

_______________ speeches can demonstrate how to do or make something.

Question 25

_______________ provides a personal benefit that ensures continued audience attention.