SPEECH COM - LEC #1 PUBLIC SPEAKING (F)

Question 1

the art of persuading the audience

Answer 1

rhetoric

Question 2

Oratory has something to do with?

Answer 2

Oration

Question 3

Who coined the term rhetoric and oratory?

Answer 3

ancient philosophers

Question 4

the primary means by which to conduct business, debate, public issues, make public
decisions, and gain and maintain power

Answer 4

Public Speaking

Question 5

T or F. Public speaking is not just simply a sustained formal presentation by a speaker to an audience.

Answer 5

F

Question 6

Who said this? “The audience is the end and object of the speech.”

Answer 6

Aristotle

Question 7

Fundamental to effective public speaking then and now is?

Answer 7

Audience

Question 8

Identify the rhetorical canons (MAIDS)

Answer 8

Memory
Arrangement
Invention
Delivery
Style

Question 9

presentations are communication
tools that can be used as demonstrations.

Answer 9

Delivery

Question 10

T or F. The rhetorical situations is the composite of you (and your knowledge and intentions) and the audience (and their knowledge and expectations) only.

Answer 10

F [+ and the occasion (setting, purpose, and constraints)]

Question 11

the rhetorician who introduced the
concept of the rhetorical situation, believed that the particular speech given by an individual to an audience on a specific occasion is the result of some real or perceived need that the speech might help address.

Answer 11

Lloyd Bitzer

Question 12

reason the speech needs to be given

Answer 12

exigence

Question 13

the study of the intended audience

Answer 13

audience analysis

Question 14

the process of tailoring your speech to the needs, interest, and expectations of your audience

Answer 14

audience adaptation

Question 15

Audience analysis and adaptation are rooted in what communication scholars refer to as

Answer 15

uncertainty reduction theory

Question 16

explains the processes we go through to get to know strangers

Answer 16

uncertainty reduction theory

Question 17

broad area of knowledge, such as contemporary cinema, renewable energy, computer, etc

Answer 17

subject

Question 18

a narrower aspect of a subject.

Answer 18

topic

Question 19

uncritical, nonevaluative process of generating associated ideas.

Answer 19

brainstorm

Question 20

a visual means of exploring connections between a subject and related ideas

Answer 20

concept map

Question 21

because addressing the specific needs and expectations of your intended audience is integral to the rhetorical situation, you need to examine who they are by collecting both demographic and subject related data.

Answer 21

Analyze the audience

Question 22

T or F. In analyzing the audience, this information will help you select and tailor your topic and goal to meet their needs, interests, and expectations

Answer 22

T

Question 23

person’s approximate age, education level, sex, income, occupation, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religion, geographic uniqueness, and first language.

Answer 23

demographic data

Question 24

audience disposition data, including: their level of knowledge, initial level of interest in, and attitude toward the potential topics you are considering.

Answer 24

subject-related data

Question 25

most direct way to collect audience data

Answer 25

survey

Question 26

force respondents to choose between two answers (e.g., yes/no, for/against).

Answer 26

two-sided

Question 27

give respondents several alternatives from which to choose

Answer 27

multiple choice

Question 28

measure the direction of intensity of respondents’ feelings or attitudes toward something

Answer 28

scaled

Question 29

If you are familiar with audience members, you can learn a lot through informal observation

Answer 29

Observe informally

Question 30

when you are invited to speak to a group you are unfamiliar with, ask your contact person for demographic and subject-related audience data related to your topic.

Answer 30

question a representative

Question 31

if you can’t get information in any other way, you can make _______ based on indirect data such as the general makeup of the people who live in a certain community, belong to a certain organization, or are likely to attend the speech event.

Answer 31

educated guesses

Question 32

is the practice of ignoring values, needs, and interests of some audience members, leaving them to feel excluded.

Answer 32

Marginalizing

Question 33

if you discovered that most of your audience members have played adult video games, you will want to avoid marginalizing the few members who have never done so. So you might show a brief demonstration of one during the introduction of your speech on violence in adult video games

Answer 33

Marginalizing

Question 34

assuming all members of a group have similar knowledge, behaviors, or beliefs simply because they belong to that group.

Answer 34

stereotyping

Question 35

the range of demographic and subject specific differences represented in an audience.

Answer 35

Audience Diversity

Question 36

expected purpose and setting (location) for the speech

Answer 36

occasion

Question 37

T or F. The space does not affect the speech.

Answer 37

F

Question 38

overall intent of the speech

Answer 38

general goal

Question 39

general goal is usually dictated by the?

Answer 39

occassion

Question 40

the specific speech goal (or specific purpose) is a _____ statement that identifies the desired response a speaker wants from the audience.

Answer 40

single

Question 41

must be carefully crafted because it lays the foundation for organizing you speech

Answer 41

specific goal statement

Question 42

how many idea does a goal statement contain?

Answer 42

one central idea