SPCH 1315: public speaking- final exam
study guide correctly answered (6)
*The Communication Process (consists of at least 3 components) - correct answer ✔✔1) A speaker
2) A listener
3) Some means of sharing facts, ideas, reasoning, and information between them
Prepare - correct answer ✔✔Choose a topic, audience, goals, arguments, research, organization, and
words
Perform - correct answer ✔✔Delivery, anxiety, and speaking aids
*Ethics (related to ethos) - correct answer ✔✔The principles that govern people's actions, or your habits
of relationship to yourself and others (not just
about what you think or believe; it is also about what you do)
*Seven Principles of Civil Public Speakers - correct answer ✔✔1) Be honest.
2) Be transparent.
3) Be generous.
4) Be balanced.
5) Represent evidence responsibly.
6) Take appropriate risks.
7) Choose engagement.
*How to Create an Ethical Speech - correct answer ✔✔1) Respect your audience.
2) Respect your topic.
3) Present other views and treat them fairly.
, *Audience Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Thinking about the beliefs, values, experiences, and motivations
that characterize your audience (the
Who, What, Where, When, Whys of audience interaction)
*The Literal Audience: Demographics - correct answer ✔✔The standard categories we use to understand
who people are; classifications that can give a rough
picture of essential characteristics of the audience (examples: age, gender, race, socioeconomic status,
religious beliefs, nationality, political commitments, sexual orientation, educational level, occupation,
and
income)
*Types of Rhetorical Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Who the audience can become when you convince
them to think about themselves, and your topic, differently
1) Sympathetic Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Already see their interests aligned with yours
2) Apathetic Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Don't care about a topic because they don't know they
should care about it
3) Hostile Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Fairly sure that they do know what their interests are, and they
are the opposite of what you want to propose
4) Occasional Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Have gathered for a specific purpose
*Adapting Your Speech to Your Audience - correct answer ✔✔1) Identify common interests.
2) Make the most of shared experience.
3) Work from common premises.
4) Be directive.
Passive Listening - correct answer ✔✔Doesn't actively engage the speaker's ideas and arguments
study guide correctly answered (6)
*The Communication Process (consists of at least 3 components) - correct answer ✔✔1) A speaker
2) A listener
3) Some means of sharing facts, ideas, reasoning, and information between them
Prepare - correct answer ✔✔Choose a topic, audience, goals, arguments, research, organization, and
words
Perform - correct answer ✔✔Delivery, anxiety, and speaking aids
*Ethics (related to ethos) - correct answer ✔✔The principles that govern people's actions, or your habits
of relationship to yourself and others (not just
about what you think or believe; it is also about what you do)
*Seven Principles of Civil Public Speakers - correct answer ✔✔1) Be honest.
2) Be transparent.
3) Be generous.
4) Be balanced.
5) Represent evidence responsibly.
6) Take appropriate risks.
7) Choose engagement.
*How to Create an Ethical Speech - correct answer ✔✔1) Respect your audience.
2) Respect your topic.
3) Present other views and treat them fairly.
, *Audience Analysis - correct answer ✔✔Thinking about the beliefs, values, experiences, and motivations
that characterize your audience (the
Who, What, Where, When, Whys of audience interaction)
*The Literal Audience: Demographics - correct answer ✔✔The standard categories we use to understand
who people are; classifications that can give a rough
picture of essential characteristics of the audience (examples: age, gender, race, socioeconomic status,
religious beliefs, nationality, political commitments, sexual orientation, educational level, occupation,
and
income)
*Types of Rhetorical Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Who the audience can become when you convince
them to think about themselves, and your topic, differently
1) Sympathetic Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Already see their interests aligned with yours
2) Apathetic Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Don't care about a topic because they don't know they
should care about it
3) Hostile Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Fairly sure that they do know what their interests are, and they
are the opposite of what you want to propose
4) Occasional Audiences - correct answer ✔✔Have gathered for a specific purpose
*Adapting Your Speech to Your Audience - correct answer ✔✔1) Identify common interests.
2) Make the most of shared experience.
3) Work from common premises.
4) Be directive.
Passive Listening - correct answer ✔✔Doesn't actively engage the speaker's ideas and arguments
