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COMM 1000 Study Guid
Study Guide for final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cindy is giving a speech about how to make candy. She is making eye contact with her peers. Two of her classmates are nodding their heads. This best describes which part of the speech process? | feedback |
| During her speech, Wanda stated, "Skydiving is kinda like riding on a rollercoaster, except you never know when and where the ride is going to stop." The statement represents an error in what? | articulation |
| Coleen delivered her conclusion dramatically, lowering her voice to a hush and slowing her speaking rate. She employed what type of ending? | dissolve ending |
| "To persuade my audience that the federal government should speed up efforts to develop alternative-fuel vehicles" is an example of what? | specific purpose |
| What is a good example of an effective central idea? | Leonardo da Vinci accomplished great things as a painter, inventor, and astronomer. |
| _____ is "what a speaker wants to audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech." | residual message |
| If your argument included three disease caused by drinking too much alcohol, you would be using______ . | causal reasoning |
| During the last election, someone said to a 16-year-old, "What do you know about politics? You're too young to vote!" What fallacy of reasoning was used in the statement? | ad hominem |
| _____ is "the name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility." | Ethos |
| A ____ shows changes in statistics over time or space. | line graph |
| A ___ is a belief, theory, idea, notion, principle, or the like. | concert |
| The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal. | Pathos |
| The mental give-and-take between speaker and listener during a persuasive speech. | mental dialogue with the audience |
| The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes, is called ____. No two people can have exactly the same ____. | frame of reference |
| The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of this are evidence and reasoning. | Logos |
| ____ is failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people. | incremental plagiarism |
| A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author, is ______. | abstract |
| ____ is language that does not stereotype, demean, or patronize people on the basis of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or other factors. | inclusive language |
| The means by which a message is communicated is a _____. | channel |
| ____ is a technique in which a speaker connects himself or herself with the values, attitudes, or experiences of the audience. | creating common ground |
| A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing certain values, goals, and experiences, is called what? | identification |
| A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken is known as what? | question of policy |
| A ______ is a question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action. | question of value |
| The physical production of particular speech sounds is _____. | articulation |
| Words that refer to ides or concepts are known as _____. | abstract words |
| _____ are changes in the pitch or tone of a speaker's voice. | inflections |
| Listening to understand the message of a speaker is which of the four types of listening described in the book? | comprehensive listening |
| In addition to listening for main points in a speech, you should also listen for what in order to focus your listening? | evidence and technique |
| The four causes of poor listening are: | not concentrating, listening too hard, jumping to conclusions, focusing on delivery, and personal appearance |
| The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values, beliefs, and well-being is known as _____ . | egocentrism |
| If you are running out of time, is it better to summarize your main points or continue with the speech and go over your limit? | summarize your main points |
| The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic is known as the speaker's ____. | credibility |
| What are some things to keep in mind when presenting your speech? | make eye contact, upright posture, gesture, use voice expressively |
| What is a good way to try to relax right before your speech? | take slow, deep breaths |
| A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern in known as _____. | spatial order |
| Name the four types of connectives: | transitions, internal previews, internal summaries, signposts |
| What are connectives used for? | making your speech more coherent and unified, connecting the ideas of a speech, indicating the relationship between ideas. |
| The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline the shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas is known as ______. | visual framework |
| You should attach what to the outline when citing your sources? | bibliography |
| Directions in your speaking outline that help you remember how you want to deliver key parts of the speech are called ________. | delivery cues |
| How can you brainstorm for a topic? | personal inventory (your experiences, hobbies...); clustering (9 columns, 9 topics, words associated with those topics); reference search; internet search |
| Something that should always be included in the conclusion is ______. | the central idea |
| The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs is known as _____. | ethics |
| Ethics and legality are identical. (T or F) | False |
| Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own is known as _____. | global plagiarism |
| What is an extemporaneous speech? | a carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes |
| The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice is called his or her _____. | pitch |
| What is the best thing to do if you don't know the answer to a question someone asks you? | Say you are not sure, that you take the question seriously and offer to check into it as soon as possible. |
| Your notes should be written large enough to read across the room. (T or F) | False |
| What is the difference between the general and specific purpose? | general purpose is the broad goal of a speech and the specific purpose is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish |
| A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech is known as what? | central idea |
| Speeches about a belief, theory, idea, notion, principle, or the like, are known as _____. | speeches about concepts |
| When first telling the subject of your speech to the audience, it is important to do what to make them interested? | relate the subject to the audience |
| What are the four types of informative speeches? | speeches about objects, speeches about processes, speeches about events, speeches about concepts |
| What are the three major kinds of supporting material? | examples, statistics, testimony |
| Describing a fictitious situation to help explain one of your ideas of your speech is known as using a ______. | hypothetical example |
| What is the definition of testimony? | a quotation or paraphrase used to support a point |
| The denotative meaning of a word is what? | literal/dictionary meaning |
| What is the difference between concrete and abstract words? | concrete words refer to tangible objects and abstract words refer to ideas/concepts |
| The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences is known as _____. | parallelism |
| A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researches is known as _____. | reference work |
| When preparing an interview what is the first step you should take? | define the purpose of hte interview |
| When evaluating Internet documents, what are the criteria to use to distinguish good and bad information on the Internet? | authorship, sponsorship, recency |
| How many different types of font do experts recommend to use on a visual aid, according to the book? | no more than 2 |
| It is a good idea to pass around a visual aid at the beginning of your speech? (T or F) | false |
| While explaining your visual aid, where should your eyes be? | looking at the audience (occasionally glancing at the aid) |
| The process of creating, changing, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions is what? | persuasion |
| What is a question of value? | a question about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth of an idea or action |
| A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken is _____. | question of policy |
| What are the three basic issues to face when discussing a question of policy? | need, plan, practicality |
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