SPC2608 Final Review

Question 1

extemporaneous speech advantages/disadvantages

Answer 1

Advantages:
1) direct communication with audience. 2) artificial manner is avoided. 3) speaker can adapt speech to the situation but still be organized.
Disadvantages:
1) speaker can have poor language choice. 2) speaker can deviate from outline.

Question 2

manuscript speech advantages/disadvantages

Answer 2

Advantages:
1) Lots of statistics, detailed, research is important. 2) technical or legal material which has been quoted in the media. 3) careful choice of words is crucial to the presentation.
Disadvantages:
1) speech may look good on paper but not be effective verbally. 2) spontaneous interaction with audience is lost. 3) eye contact is reduced. 4) preparation time is longer.

Question 3

memorized speech advantages/disadvantages

Answer 3

Advantages:
1. speaker can give a precisely worded speech, yet have freedom to move about, have eye contact, use effective gestures, etc.
Disadvantages:
1. speaker can forget.
2. presentation can sound mechanical.
3. no flexibility to adapt to specific situations which can arise during the speech.

Question 4

speech anxiety

Answer 4

Don’t Tell your audience you’re “nervous”

Question 5

Delivery

Answer 5

1) Use your eyes and body language to draw the audience into your speech
2) Confidence
3) Warmup
4) Animated conversation(take a show of hands)
5) Use your voice
6) Clarify

Question 6

informative speech

Answer 6

generally concentrate on explaining - telling how something works, means, or how to. If the presenter can tell/show listeners HOW they can apply/use the information, a much stronger “informative” speech will be presented.

Question 7

persuasive speech

Answer 7

Speech to convince, actuate, stimulate. When a subject is controversial, the “persuasive” speaker will present all sides of the issue, but can also emphasize their particular slant on which side of the issue is “best.”

Question 8

outline/speech structure

Answer 8

introduction/body/conclusion(purpose)

Question 9

audience analysis

Answer 9

Discovering as much as possible about an audience to improve communication in a public speaking setting. This includes Demographics (gender, age, ethnicity, economic status, occupation, education, religion, organizational membership, etc.)

Question 10

Audience adaptation

Answer 10

Making the message appropriate for the particular audience by using analysis and applying its results to message creation.

Question 11

use of visual aids

Answer 11

Don’t use to supersede “speech” component. But it can be used to clarify information, amplify, enhance a perspective, or to prove a point.

Question 12

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 12

useful for persuasive speaking. 1) Physiological needs 2) Safety needs 3) Belongingness and love needs 4) Esteem needs 5) Self-actualization

Question 13

extended narrative

Answer 13

telling a story; speech to entertain

Question 14

hypothetical examples

Answer 14

use of examples that are “made up” to illustrate a point

Question 15

testimony

Answer 15

using another person’s statements or actions to support a claim

Question 16

anecdote

Answer 16

a short story based on personal or another’s experiences

Question 17

rhetorical questions

Answer 17

questions audience members mentally rather than “overtly” answer

Question 18

overt questions and responses

Answer 18

a physical/verbal response is asked for from audience

Question 19

transitions

Answer 19

signposts, spotlights - leading from one point to another; telling your audience where you have been and where you are going.

Question 20

credibility

Answer 20

A speaker who is perceived as an expert on his/her subject matter