Chapters 1-10 Exam

Question 0

Trait anxiety

Answer 0

Apprehension about communicating with others in any situation.

Question 1

Audience centered

Answer 1

Considerate of the positions, beliefs, values, and needs of an audience.

Question 2

Communication apprehension

Answer 2

Level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons.

Question 3

Interference

Answer 3

Anything that stops or hinders a listener from receiving a message.

Question 4

General purpose

Answer 4

Speech’s broad goal: to inform, invite, persuade, introduce, commemorate, or accept.

Question 5

Specific purpose

Answer 5

Focused statement that identifies exactly what a speaker wants to accomplish with a speech.

Question 6

Thesis statement

Answer 6

Statement that summarizes in a single declarative sentence the main ideas, assumptions, or arguments you want to express in your speech.

Question 7

Dialogue

Answer 7

Interaction, connection, and exchange of ideas and opinions with others.

Question 8

Attitude

Answer 8

General positive or negative feeling a person has about something.

Question 9

Belief

Answer 9

Person’s idea of what is real, not real, true, or not true.

Question 10

Plagiarism

Answer 10

Presenting another person’s words and ideas as your own.

Question 11

Claim

Answer 11

Assertion that must be proved.

Question 12

Evidence

Answer 12

Materials that speakers use to support their ideas; consists of examples, narratives, statistics, testimony, and definitions.

Question 13

Warrant

Answer 13

The evidence you have to be certain your grounds support your claim.

Question 14

Testimony

Answer 14

Opinions or observations of others.

Question 15

Transition

Answer 15

Phrase that indicates a speaker is finished with one idea and is moving on to a new one.

Question 16

Internal summary

Answer 16

Statement in the body of speech that details what the speaker plans to discuss.

Question 17

Problem-solution pattern

Answer 17

Organization Pattern that focuses on persuading an audience that a specific problem exist and can be solved or minimized by specific solutions.

Question 18

Spatial pattern

Answer 18

Pattern of organization that arranged ideas in term of location or direction.

Question 19

Topical pattern

Answer 19

Pattern of organization that allows the speaker to divide a topic into subtopics, each addresses a different aspect of the larger topic.

Question 20

Introduction

Answer 20

Attention getter, thesis statement, credibility, and preview of main points

Question 21

Conclusion

Answer 21

Logical outcome of an argument that results from the combination of the major and minor premises.

Question 22

Extemporaneous Speaking

Answer 22

Speech that is prepared and practiced from brief notes rather than from memory or a written manuscript.

Question 23

Articulation

Answer 23

Physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible.

Question 24

Pronunciation

Answer 24

An act of saying words correctly according to the accepted standards of a language.

Question 25

Proxemics

Answer 25

Use of space during communication.

Question 26

Eye contact

Answer 26

Visual contact with another person’s eyes.

Question 27

Dialect

Answer 27

Pattern of speech that is shared by an ethnic group or people from specific geographical location.

Question 28

Impromptu speaking

Answer 28

Speech that is not planned or prepared in advanced.

Question 29

Manuscript speech

Answer 29

Speech that is read to an audience from a written text.