Informative Speech Test

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What are the 6 types of informative speeches?

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Speeches of description, definition, objects, processes, events, concepts

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what are the 8 goals of informative speaking?

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importance, timeliness, intellectual stimulation, explain new ideas, clarify complex processes, coherence, associate new ideas with old ones, motivate the audience

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What is inserted first in the introduction?

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attention getter

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What are the characteristics of a topic's importance?

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timeliness, direct relationship to audience needs and interests, (sense of curiosity)

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What is the specific purpose?

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reason for doing speech

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What does the preview in the introduction do?

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informs, tells your audience what you want them to believe/act on

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What are some ways of introducing a speech?

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refer to subject or problem, refer to the occasion, use a personal reference or greeting, ask a rhetorical question, make a startling statement of fact or opinion, use a quotation, cite a real or hypothetical illustration

Front 8

What does it take to get your attention? (also look in notes to know their details)

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activity, reality, proxemity, novelty, familiarity, suspense, conflict, humor, the vital, cueing

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What does the Body include?

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analysis or explanation of the preview

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Where do transitions go?

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between points 1-2 & 2-3 no more than three points

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What is the importance of a transition?

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to summarize what you've already discussed

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What are some transition sentences?

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next, now that we've talked about that, let's talk about this

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What are the four parts of a conclusion?

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signal closure, restate your purpose, summarize major points, use a memorable quotation

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What do effective informative speeches stress?

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relevance and usefulness

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What are the first 4 simple rules to better presentations?

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Keep it simple, be impassioned, balance the format of your information (don't heap on information), manage the relationships beforehand

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What are the middle 4 steps to better presentations?

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show, don't tell, get rid of distracting idiosyncrasies, know your material, get the audience to participate at varying levels

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What are the last two steps for better presentation?

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Don't misinterpret people's response and get discouraged, never go longer than your allotted time

Front 18

what are three purpose statements?

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general purpose, specific purpose, and thesis statement

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What is the general purpose?

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reason for giving speech (overall objective)

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What is the specific purpose?

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what you want your audience to be able to do or think about (particular action goal of speech)

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What does the thesis statement do?

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give the most important point about the speech

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What are the purpose statement guidelines?

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- does the speech fulfill the assignment?
- Is the sp focused on the audience?
- is the sp stated in precise terms?
- does the sp specify something specific for the audience?
- Is the sp attainable?
- Is the sp too trivial for audience?
- is the sp too technical?
- Is the sp a single, declarative sentence?
- Can the sp be accomplished within the time limits?

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What is audience analysis?

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the process of identifying audience traits unique to the speaking situation at hand

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What are the two types of audience analysis that will influence your speech development?

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Demographics and psychographics

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what is the level of abstraction?

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relative distance of a term or statement from an actual perception

Front 26

Define public speaking.

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speaker represents a relatively continuous message to a relatively large audience

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What is communication apprehension?

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fear or anxiety over communicating

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which type of apprehension defines fear of communication regardless of situation?

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"trait apprehension"

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Which type of apprehension deals with fear of a specific situation in communication?

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"state apprehension"

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What are taboo topics?

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subjects that should be avoided

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What is the topoi technique?

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ask series of questions about general topic (who, what, when, where, why, how?)

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Define belief in the realms of communication.

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confidence or conviction you have in the truth of some proposition

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This refers to your perception and of the worth or goodness of some concept or idea.

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Value

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What are the four things you need to analyze about the sociology of the audience?

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cultural factors, age, gender, and religion

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How is currency involved in public speaking?

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Generally the more recent the information, the more useful it will be

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This is the process of passing off the work of others as our own.

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Plagiarism

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What are explanatory narratives?

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explain the way things are

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What are exemplary narratives?

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provide examples of excellence-examples to follow or admire

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What are persuasive narratives?

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try to strengthen or change beliefs and attitudes

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This term refers to the opinions experts or accounts of eye witnesses that helps to amplify speech by adding a note of authority.

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Testimony

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This is a set of summary numbers that help you communicate the importance of characteristics of an otherwise complex set of numbers.

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Statistics

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What are some useful presentation aids?

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actual objects, models of the object, graphs, word charts, maps, people, photographs and illustrations

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What is a motivated sequence?

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Organizational pattern in which you arrange your information so as to motivate your audience so they will respond positively to your message

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what is a structure-function?

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discuss how something was constructed or formed

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why is claim and proof helpful?

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helps prove the truth or usefulness of a particular proposition

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What does multiple definition do?>

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helpful for explaining specific concepts

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What are the three purposes of an introduction?

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gain audience's attention, establish a speaker-audience connection, and orient the audience as to what is to follow

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What is an outline?

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blueprint for your speech; lays out the elements of your speech and their relationship to one another

Front 49

Which term differentiates from written language and deals with the quality of spoken language?

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oral style

Front 50

What are phrases that have lost their novelty and part of their meaning from overuse?

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cliches

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What is an improptu speech?

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talk without any preparation beforehand

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What is a manuscript speech?

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read aloud the entire speech that you've written

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What is memorized delivery

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when you memorize the speech you have written word for word

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Define extemporaneous speech?

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involves thorough preparation but no commitment to actual words, often involves memorizing opening lines, middle points and closing lines

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What are filled pauses?

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pauses in the stream of speaking filled with vocalizations such as er, um, like,and ah

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what are unfilled pauses?

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silences interjected into the normally fluent stream

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When are pauses ok to use?

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at transitional points, at the end of an important assertion, pause after asking a rhetorical question, pause before and important idea

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which term defines the speed at which you speak?

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vocal rate, 150 words per minute is average

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what is vocal pitch?

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the relative highness or lowness of voice perceived by audience