Even when he is saying that he loves her, his eyes are wandering around the
crowd. This form of nonverbal communication is called - Answer: contradiction.
Speech topics have a life of their own. Some topics endure for decades while
others fade fast. Which topic below is likely to have a brief life span? - Answer:
which film will win the most prizes this year for quality and popularity
"The United States needs to improve the quality of higher education" is a -
Answer: thesis statement.
Which of the following is most likely a largely voluntary audience? - Answer:
people who paid to attend a lecture on modern art at a local museum
Before giving a speech to his class, Jaehyun searched his school's website for
statistics about the school's students—such as their average SAT and ACT scores,
their racial and ethnic background, their gender, and their most popular majors—
to begin to get a sense of the audience he would be addressing. In doing so,
Jaehyun was engaging in - Answer: demographic analysis.
,Faced with an audience that opposes your ideas, the best strategy is to - Answer:
acknowledge your differences and do what you can to show the merit of your
position.
When selecting a topic for a public presentation, it is best to focus on - Answer:
what you know or are willing to learn.
Being well informed about a topic will not necessarily make it a good choice for a
presentation. You will make a far better presentation if you also feel some
________ the topic, meaning that you have or will invest some time and effort in a
cause related to the topic. - Answer: commitment to
If you adapt to your audience, you are more likely to accomplish all of the
following EXCEPT - Answer: changing the audience's values in relation to the
topic.
Because the students at her school all live at home and commute to classes, Mika
concluded that she could best hold her classmates interest with a speech devoted
to local issues. In drawing this conclusion, Mika was engaging in - Answer:
inference.
If you use a questionnaire to rank audience feelings about such topics as identity
theft, college tuition, and immigration reform, you are assessing their - Answer:
attitudes.
,Which of the following is NOT a mistake beginning speakers often make? -
Answer: choosing a topic about which the audience knows more than the speaker
Observation could reveal all of the following characteristics of an audience EXCEPT
- Answer: audience values and beliefs.
Which of the following is a good example of audience analysis? - Answer:
collecting and interpreting publicly available demographic information about the
audience
Which of the following is most deeply embedded in a person? - Answer: a value
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a demographic characteristic useful for
audience analysis? - Answer: shoe size
If you use a questionnaire in which you ask your audience to rank the importance
of items such as wisdom, freedom, equality, and faith, you are assessing their -
Answer: values.
What is the relationship among attitudes, beliefs, and values? - Answer: Values
(like health) underlie beliefs (for example that diet affects health), which underlie
attitudes (like concern about the effects of pesticide use).
, Which item below is NOT good advice for a useful audience analysis
questionnaire? - Answer: Ask several open-ended questions to make sure you
understand the deep values of your audience.
Which of the following best summarizes the relation between speaker and
audience? - Answer: Good public speakers successfully impose their point of view
on their listeners.
Which item below is an inference about an audience? - Answer: They look
conservative.
Which sentence below best states a specific purpose? - Answer: My audience will
be able to explain three ways the Affordable Health Care for America Act benefits
college students.
The specific purpose of a public presentation - Answer: summarizes what it is
about the topic that the speaker expects the audience to come away with.
Which of the following topics is the narrowest? - Answer: Crispus Attucks and the
Boston Massacre
One of your high school teachers invites you back to your high school to give a talk
to the students in her economics class. Your major in econ and your excellent
performance in her class are the reasons she would like to have you make some
encouraging remarks to her current class. The information she has given you and
crowd. This form of nonverbal communication is called - Answer: contradiction.
Speech topics have a life of their own. Some topics endure for decades while
others fade fast. Which topic below is likely to have a brief life span? - Answer:
which film will win the most prizes this year for quality and popularity
"The United States needs to improve the quality of higher education" is a -
Answer: thesis statement.
Which of the following is most likely a largely voluntary audience? - Answer:
people who paid to attend a lecture on modern art at a local museum
Before giving a speech to his class, Jaehyun searched his school's website for
statistics about the school's students—such as their average SAT and ACT scores,
their racial and ethnic background, their gender, and their most popular majors—
to begin to get a sense of the audience he would be addressing. In doing so,
Jaehyun was engaging in - Answer: demographic analysis.
,Faced with an audience that opposes your ideas, the best strategy is to - Answer:
acknowledge your differences and do what you can to show the merit of your
position.
When selecting a topic for a public presentation, it is best to focus on - Answer:
what you know or are willing to learn.
Being well informed about a topic will not necessarily make it a good choice for a
presentation. You will make a far better presentation if you also feel some
________ the topic, meaning that you have or will invest some time and effort in a
cause related to the topic. - Answer: commitment to
If you adapt to your audience, you are more likely to accomplish all of the
following EXCEPT - Answer: changing the audience's values in relation to the
topic.
Because the students at her school all live at home and commute to classes, Mika
concluded that she could best hold her classmates interest with a speech devoted
to local issues. In drawing this conclusion, Mika was engaging in - Answer:
inference.
If you use a questionnaire to rank audience feelings about such topics as identity
theft, college tuition, and immigration reform, you are assessing their - Answer:
attitudes.
,Which of the following is NOT a mistake beginning speakers often make? -
Answer: choosing a topic about which the audience knows more than the speaker
Observation could reveal all of the following characteristics of an audience EXCEPT
- Answer: audience values and beliefs.
Which of the following is a good example of audience analysis? - Answer:
collecting and interpreting publicly available demographic information about the
audience
Which of the following is most deeply embedded in a person? - Answer: a value
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a demographic characteristic useful for
audience analysis? - Answer: shoe size
If you use a questionnaire in which you ask your audience to rank the importance
of items such as wisdom, freedom, equality, and faith, you are assessing their -
Answer: values.
What is the relationship among attitudes, beliefs, and values? - Answer: Values
(like health) underlie beliefs (for example that diet affects health), which underlie
attitudes (like concern about the effects of pesticide use).
, Which item below is NOT good advice for a useful audience analysis
questionnaire? - Answer: Ask several open-ended questions to make sure you
understand the deep values of your audience.
Which of the following best summarizes the relation between speaker and
audience? - Answer: Good public speakers successfully impose their point of view
on their listeners.
Which item below is an inference about an audience? - Answer: They look
conservative.
Which sentence below best states a specific purpose? - Answer: My audience will
be able to explain three ways the Affordable Health Care for America Act benefits
college students.
The specific purpose of a public presentation - Answer: summarizes what it is
about the topic that the speaker expects the audience to come away with.
Which of the following topics is the narrowest? - Answer: Crispus Attucks and the
Boston Massacre
One of your high school teachers invites you back to your high school to give a talk
to the students in her economics class. Your major in econ and your excellent
performance in her class are the reasons she would like to have you make some
encouraging remarks to her current class. The information she has given you and
