The 'Speech 103 Final Exam' assesses key public speaking skills, focusing on rhetoric, critical thinking, and effective speech delivery. It explores historical and practical aspects of speech, aiming to enhance rhetorical purpose and audience engagement.
Africans
Ancient Greeks
Chinese
Native Americans
Romans
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Act on emotion
Evaluate reasoning
Ignore outside opinions
Judge immediately
Rely on assumptions
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Appealing to the audience
Common in the mainstream media
Interesting only to the speaker
Potentially sensitive to some listeners
Wide ranging and highly technical
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Classical element
Defining delivery
Persuasion point
Rhetorical purpose
Subjective approach
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Content
Delivery
Focus
Length
Memory
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Adaptable by speaker
Culturally relative
Hasty generalizations
Plagiarism material
Post hoc fallacies
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Allow no questions from people who disagree.
Follow only legal guidelines.
Interpret the truth as needed.
Take no responsibility for the audience's well-being.
Tell the audience the truth.
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Attribution
Bandwagoning
Citation
Plagiarism
Quoting
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Argue with the speaker
Send text messages
Sit motionless until the end
Take notes to prompt recall
Whisper with other audience members
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Beeping fire alarm
Blinking projector light
Classroom conversation
Ringing cell phone
Worry about an exam
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Age
Body clock
Education
Gender
Religion
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Common ground
Demographics
Fixed responses
Situational analysis
Sympathy
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Brainstorming
Informing
Marking
Mind mapping
Word association
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Delay topic selection
Focus on multiple topics
Randomly select speech content
Select and stay with topics
Write many rhetorical purposes
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Amusing
Experienced
Flexible
Hostile
Persuasive
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Experience
Expertise
Objectivity
Observational capacity
Recency
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Atlases
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Magazines
Yearbooks
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Build listener interest
Enhance audience understanding
Entertain audience members
Evoke listeners' emotions
Win audience agreement
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Build listener interest
Enhance audience understanding
Entertain audience members
Evoke listeners' emotions
Win audience buy-in of claims
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Definition
Example
Narrative
Statistic
Testimony
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Listeners cannot review material when confused
Organization only works with spoken words
People tend to prefer a freeform writing style
Structure must be heard and not viewed
Written communication is generally simpler
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Audience's preferences
Listeners' counterarguments
Presentation's audiovisual aids
Speaker's personal experience
Speech's specific purpose
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Causal
Comparison
Narrative
Spatial
Temporal
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Establishing common ground
Exaggerating accomplishments
Providing numerous statistics
Revising the facts of real stories
Telling culturally based jokes
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Answered silently in one's mind
General to avoid controversy
Reviewed after a speech has ended
Spoken in review of a speech
Taken in context of the audience's concerns
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Inject humor to distract listeners
Introduce new topics
Recite a popular quotation
Review the introduction
Signal the thesis
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Attributions
Bibliography
Body
Introduction
Transitions
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One
Two
Three
Four
Five
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Casts the speaker as reassured and natural
Demands the audience to participate
Forces the speaker to follow a script
Imposes structure on the speaker's delivery
Inspires the audience to take notes
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Abstract language provides the most powerful spoken words
Jargon and slang can confuse listeners when undefined
Language choice reflects a speaker's ethos or credibility
Technical terms can jeopardize audience understanding
Word choice can inform, inspire, and uplift listeners
“Before cars, horses were a form of transportation.”
“Butterflies tend to be delicate and very colorful.”
“Diligence is a desired trait in most professions.”
“Hobbies are generally recognized as stress relievers.”
“The singer burst onto the country music scene.”
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Extemporaneous
Freeform
Impromptu
Interactive
Memorization
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Eye contact
Gestures
Pausing
Personal appearance
Proxemics
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Accompany the object with music
Bring the object closer to listeners
Convert the object to a chart or graph
Prompt listeners to visualize the object
Replace the object with an assistant
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Engaging listeners in their speeches
Experienced with audiovisual aids
Focused on audience interaction
Inexperienced with speaking
Maintaining appropriate eye contact
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Clarify points
Explain content
Persuade listeners
Provide ideas
Share information
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Event
Idea
Object
Process
Sensory
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Categorical
Causal
Narrative
Spatial
Temporal
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“Did you make the aids?”
“How many of us here?”
“What's in it for us?”
“When is the speech's end?”
“Who is the next speaker?”
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Change the main points of their presentations
Convince audience members to bring friends
Strengthen listeners' commitment to their perspectives
Take additional time for questions and answers
Weaken listeners' commitment to their perspectives
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Credibility
Emotion
Logic
All of the above
None of the above
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Ethos
Evidence
Fallacy
Logos
Pathos
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Causal
Example
Fallacious
Inductive
Reversed
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Acceptance
After-dinner
Introduction
Memorial
Presentation
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Acceptance
After-dinner
Eulogy
Introduction
Presentation
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Acceptance
After-dinner
Eulogy
Memorial
Presentation
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Address procedural needs
Facilitate group decisions
Help cultivate groupthink
Keep members on task
Model desired behaviors
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Allow emotions to erupt
Focus on disagreements
Refer to ideas by topic
Solve disagreements slowly
Take a self-oriented role take a self-oriented role
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