Public Communication

Question 1

Speech style of public communication

Answer 1

Formal and Frozen

Question 2

Speech acts of public communication

Answer 2

Directive, Expressive, Declarative, Commissive

Question 3

Four Communication Anxiety

Answer 3

Communication apprehensions
Stage Fright
Protect their self-image
Lack of clear objective

Question 4

2 Types of Speech

Answer 4

Speech according to purpose
Speech according to manner of delivery

Question 5

Speech according to purpose

Answer 5

Exository or informative
Persuasive
Entertainment

Question 6

To provide information history, theories, practical applications that can and will help the listeners understand something unknown to them or already known to them but not yet clearly understood.

Answer 6

Expository

Question 7

To convince the listeners why the speaker’s side of the equation is more beneficial.

Answer 7

Persuasive

Question 8

To change the listeners’ opinion, attitude, or belief regarding a certain topic by providing materials

Answer 8

Persuasive

Question 9

To make the listeners smile or feel lighthearted after the speech

Answer 9

Entertainment

Question 10

To lead the audience into looking something familiar in totally different and completely humorous light by providing comparisons and contrasts

Answer 10

Entertainment

Question 11

Four speech according to manner of delivery

Answer 11

Reading from manuscript
Memorized speech
Impromptu
Extemporaneous speech

Question 12

Speech is fully written out, usually typed, and placed in a folder for neatness

Answer 12

Manuscript

Question 13

Allows for greater control of the wording of the speech when precise wording is paramount

Answer 13

Manuscript

Question 14

This is useful when you have embellished your thoughts and you want to deliver your sentences exactly as you wrote them

Answer 14

Manuscript

Question 15

Examples of manuscript

Answer 15

SONA
Presentation of Scietific Papers

Question 16

Drawbacks of Manuscript

Answer 16

• Speaker tends to read without emotion
• The speaker, most of the time, never looks up from the manuscript being read
• The speaker can lose his place in the speech
• The manuscript may be blown by the wind/ fan/ air conditioning unit
• Use of complex words, jargon, or technical language

Question 17

The written speech is fully memorized — every word, every phrase, every comma, and every period

Answer 17

Memorized Speech

Question 18

Drawbacks of Memorized Speech

Answer 18

• Forgetting the lines when one is already delivering the speech
• Lack of eye contact
• Deliver the speech without any inflection

Question 19

Most common problem encountered by the speaker in a memorized speech

Answer 19

Forgetting the lines

Question 20

This is delivered on short notice with little to no preparation

Answer 20

Impromptu

Question 21

“Thinking on your feet”

Answer 21

Impromptu

Question 22

Preparation comes from everything one has learned or experienced

Answer 22

Impromptu

Question 23

Content of an Impromptu

Answer 23

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

Question 24

Advantages of Impromptu

Answer 24

• The speech is delivered in a spontaneous in manner and in a more conversational tone
• The speaker can adjust the speech and add or skip an idea without any problem, obvious gaps, or long pauses

Question 25

Drawbacks of Impromptu

Answer 25

• The speaker can go on and on, and sometimes, with no point to make at all
• The speaker may be so rattled and disorganized that the speech ends up with not much sense

Question 26

Sounds like off-the-cuff delivery but it is not.
Speaker is given a short amount of time to prepare the outline of the speech.

Answer 26

Extemporaneous Speech

Question 27

Outpine of Extemporaneous Speech

Answer 27

• Helps the speaker remember the particular order of points he wants to make
• It allows the speaker to jump from one point to another or even rearrange theborder of the speech’s points.