Speech Midterm

Question 1

2 views of communication

Answer 1

Mediated and Unmediated

Question 2

Knowledge on a topic lends ____

Answer 2

authority and credibility

Question 3

Your ____ have a greater impact than the words you speak

Answer 3

actions

Question 4

Comedy ____ your audience

Answer 4

relaxes

Question 5

Name some of the musical tendencies in speech

Answer 5

pitch, tone, rate of speech, and phrasing

Question 6

Anaphora

Answer 6

Repetition of words or phrases in your speech

Question 7

What is the goal of audience analysis?

Answer 7

To use this understanding of your listeners to adjust to them and thereby maximize your potential for reaching them with you message.

Question 8

Nothing unifies the audience more than ______.

Answer 8

laughter

Question 9

What do Demosthenes and Abe Lincoln have in common?

Answer 9

they both studied oratory

Question 10

Who said this?

“Oratory is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.”

Answer 10

Winston Churchill

Question 11

What is effective in a speech?

Answer 11

personal connection to the subject

Question 12

Great speakers should be willing to _____

Answer 12

talk about/show their mistakes.

Question 13

Signs of public speaking anxiety

Answer 13

sweaty palms, shortness of breath, shaky knees

Question 14

What is the relaxation response

Answer 14

stretching out your arms and breathing deeply

Question 15

Humor in your speech should reflect ____

Answer 15

your personality

Question 16

Nothing draws men closer to the center than ____

Answer 16

…hearing important discussions wisely discussed in the fervor of manhood

Question 17

The single most important part of your speech is ____

Answer 17

action

Question 18

What made Queen Elizabeth’s speech so impactful?

Answer 18

She admitted her weakness

Question 19

Nothing is more powerful than that of the _____

Answer 19

human voice

Question 20

Jokes in your speech should ____

Answer 20

reflect the point you are making, not distract from it

Question 21

Vocal pitch is used to keep words from becoming

Answer 21

monotonous

Question 22

List 3 external factors to consider when making a speech

Answer 22

Location, size of audience, and occasion

Question 23

“He is a good speaker who can…”

Answer 23

“…turn an ear into an eye.”

Question 24

Name the 4 types of comedy in speech

Answer 24

build up, surprise, hyperbole, and incongruity

Question 25

Language and learning are _____

Answer 25

inseparable

Question 26

What is the most important question in preparation for your speech?

Answer 26

“With whom am I trying to communicate?”

Question 27

Name Aristotle’s 3 elements of speech:

Answer 27

The speaker, subject, and person in address (the most important)

Question 28

Describe the nature of communication

Answer 28

1. The source encodes his/her meaning in a signal (speaker)
2. Signal is transmitted to a receiver (how you send the signal)
3. The receiver decodes it and attributes meaning