Exam 20: Public Speaking and Communication Skills

It is important to keep your audience in mind as you formulate the specific purpose for your speech.

To function effectively, a small group needs a specific leader.

In most cases, you should round ofstatistics when presenting them in a speech.

When taking research notes, it is important to distinguish among direct quotations, paraphrases, and your own ideas.

For your first speech, your textbook recommends trying to end on a clever or thought-provoking note.

Like magazine and journal articles, most documents posted on the Internet have been subjected to close editorial review.

Rehearsing how you behave at the beginning and end oyour speech is one othe easiest things you can do to improve your image with an audience.

Avoiding sexist, racist, and other kinds oabusive language is important primarily as a matter opolitical correctness.

Recognizing that some oyour listeners may have racial, ethnic, cultural, or sexual orientations that bear upon your topic is part odemographic audience analysis.

In topical order, the main points proceed from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, east to west, or some similar route.

Each main point in the body oyour first speech should cover a single aspect othe topic.

No matter what the occasion, listeners will have fairly definite expectations about the kinds ospeeches appropriate for the occasion.

The aim osuccessful speechmaking is to gain a desired response from listeners even ithe speaker must compromise his or her beliefs to do so.

As your textbook makes clear, a vivid, richly textured extended example is usually effective regardless ohow well it is delivered.

Connotative meaning is precise, literal, and objective.

A speech urging Congress to construct a memorial in Washington, D.C., to recognize women's contributions to the American Revolution is an example oa commemorative speech.

Research has shown that visual aids can increase both the clarity and the persuasiveness oa speaker's message.

According to your textbook, the strongest source oemotional appeal in a persuasive speech is the sincerity and conviction othe speaker.

According to your textbook, the best approach to brainstorming in a small group is for each member to write down her or his ideas before sharing them with the group.

The primary purpose ospeechmaking is to demonstrate your command othe topic.