Topic Selection and Management (MT-N)

Question 1

Simply a sustained formal presentation by a speaker to an audience

Answer 1

Public Speaking

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Public Speaking

Question 3

Refers to something that:

 Interest you and you know something about
 Can be adapted to address the needs, interests, and expectations of the audience
 Are appropriate for the occasion

Answer 3

Topic

Question 4

The topic can be adapted to address the audience’s what?

Answer 4

Needs, interest, and expectations

Question 5

Refers to age range, sex, economic status, nationality educ background, academic designations in audience analysis and topic selection

Answer 5

Audience demography

Question 6

Refers to values, beliefs, attitudes preferences in audience analysis

Answer 6

Psychology

Question 7

Refers to time, venue, occasion, and size in audience analysis and topic selection

Answer 7

Situation

Question 8

Three general speech purposes

Answer 8

To inform
To persuade
To entertain

Question 9

Type of speech that provides the audience with clear understanding of the concept or idea presented by the speaker

Answer 9

Informative Speech

Question 10

Type of speech that provides the audience with well-argued ideas that can influence their own beliefs and decisions

Answer 10

Persuasive Speech

Question 11

Type of speech that provides the audience with amusement

Answer 11

Entertainment Speech

Question 12

The objective of this step is to make the main idea about specific focused

Answer 12

Narrowing Down the Topic

Question 13

This step is to collect ideas, information, sources, and references relevant to the topic by visiting Library, browsing the web, conduct an interview or survey

Answer 13

Data Gathering

Question 14

What are the different Organizational patterns?

Answer 14

• Chronological order
• Narrative Order
• Biographical Order
• Logical reasons Order

Question 15

In choosing a topic, what should you consider?

Answer 15

Demography, psychology, and situation of audience

Question 16

Organizational pattern

Arranges main points in sequence or by steps in a process. When you explain how to do something, how to make something, how something works, or how something happened, you use this

Answer 16

Chronological order

Question 17

Organizational pattern

Conveys ideas through a story or series of stories; rooted in narrative theory, which suggests that one important way people communicate is through storytelling

Answer 17

Narrative order

Question 18

Organizational pattern

Structures the main points according to reasons for accepting the thesis as desirable or true; usually used when your goal is to persuade.

Answer 18

Logical reasons order

Question 19

This is a written framework of the sequential and hierarchical relationships among ideas in the speech

Answer 19

Outline

Question 20

What are the three levels of hierarchy?

Answer 20

Main point
Subpoint
Sub-subpoint

Question 21

A well-organized speech has which parts?

Answer 21

Intro, Body, Conclusion

Question 22

Generally, about 10 percent of the length of the entire speech

Answer 22

Introduction

Question 23

The objective of this is to get the attention of the audience (shortest)

Answer 23

Introduction

Question 24

You can start this by real-life experience, quotation, definition, question, current events, historical background, greetings, directly state the purpose

Answer 24

Introduction

Question 25

This is where you state the thesis

Answer 25

Introduction

Question 26

This is a one or two sentence summary that incorporates your general and specific goals and previews the main points of your speech.

Answer 26

Thesis statement

Question 27

Refers to * Providing explanation, examples, and details of the speech * Main idea/Central Idea * Longest part

Answer 27

Speech Body

Question 28

This aims to leave the audience a memorable statement

Answer 28

Speech Conclusion

Question 29

This should give a sense of satisfaction to the audience

Answer 29

Speech Conclusion

Question 30

You should end the speech with what?

Answer 30

Finality

Question 31

TRY to enumerate the speech writing process

Answer 31

* Conducting an audience analysis * Determining the purpose of the speech * Selecting a topic * Narrowing down a topic * Gathering data * Selecting a speech pattern * Preparing an outline * Creating the introduction of the speech * Preparing the speech body * Preparing the conclusion * Editing and/or Revising * Rehearsing