Public Speaking Midterm Review

Considering the needs, interests, and expectations of listeners during the entire speech preparation process is called:

The specific group of audience members that you, as a speaker, most wish to address or influence is your:

The environment or situation in which a speech occurs is termed:

Trying to determine what an audience believes or thinks about a speech topic is termed:

It is necessary to determine what individual or organization is responsible for a website in order to determine its:

The main reason to use previews, summaries, and signposts is to:

The principle of recency means that an audience will best remember your last supporting point.

Hypothetical illustrations, descriptions, and opinions are considered to be:

A linear logic in which the first-step results in the second is called:

An examination by the speaker of the time and place of the speech, size of the expected audience, and the occasion is:

Ms. Lee's speech on the fitness facility described gyms, locker rooms, and spas and used which organizational pattern?

Transitions, previews, and summaries are all examples of:

A form of communication which has much in common with modern public speaking is:

The speaker's outline which contains the specific purpose, introduction, main ideas, supporting material, and conclusion

It is important in an intro to build trust, to have the audience believe and like you. This is called:

What are important guidelines for the use of statistics in a speech?

One of the ways that public speaking and conversation are different is that public speaking is:

When you save the most important material for last, you are using the principle of:

Television, radio, and computers are all examples of:

A linear organizational pattern that categorizes a speech by dividing a subject into natural parts is called:

The preparation outline is typically used by a speaker during the speech:

A speech that is designed to teach, define, illustrate, clarify, or elaborate on a topic reflects:

The final step in an introduction is to provide your audience with an overview of your speech. This step is known as:

Translating ideas and images in the speaker's mind into verbal or nonverbal messages that an audience can understand is:

In the communication process, what is the term for something that interferes with the communication process?

Collecting information about an audience concerning their age range, gender, and ethnicity is part of:

When an audience member translates the speaker's verbal and nonverbal messages into information and ideas:

The pattern of speech organization that progresses in order of time:

When divided or partitioned, main points must have a minimum of _______ subpoints?

The nineteenth-century practice of delivering famous speeches from history, instead of one's own, is called: