Dr. Stout Public Speaking - MGCCC
Exam Real Questions And Correct
Answers Rated A+ New Update
Stage Fright - Answer - ✔✔ anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an
audience
Adrenaline - Answer - ✔✔ a hormone released into the bloodstream in response to
physical or mental stress
Positive Nervousness - Answer - ✔✔ controlled nervousness that helps energize a
speaker for her or his presentation
Visualization - Answer - ✔✔ mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself
or herself giving a successful presentation
Critical Thinking - Answer - ✔✔ focused, organized thinking about such things as the
logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences
between fact and opinion
Speaker - Answer - ✔✔ the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message - Answer - ✔✔ whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel - Answer - ✔✔ the means by which a message is communicated
Listener - Answer - ✔✔ the person who receives the speakers message
Frame of Reference - Answer - ✔✔ the sum of a persons knowledge, experience, goals,
values, and attitudes. no two people can have exactly the same frame of reference
Feedback - Answer - ✔✔ the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a
speaker
Interference - Answer - ✔✔ anything that impedes the communication of a message.
interference can be external or internal to listeners
Situation - Answer - ✔✔ the time and place in which speech communication occurs
Ethnocentrism - Answer - ✔✔ the belief that ones own group or culture is superior to all
other groups or cultures
, Ice Breaker Speech - Answer - ✔✔ a speech early in the term designed to get students
speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
Introduction - Answer - ✔✔ the opening section of a speech
Body - Answer - ✔✔ the main section of a speech
Chronological Order - Answer - ✔✔ a method of speech organization in which the main
points follow a time pattern
Topical Order - Answer - ✔✔ a method of speech organization in which the main points
divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics
Main Points - Answer - ✔✔ the major points developed in the body of a speech
Transition - Answer - ✔✔ a word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished
one thought and is moving on to another
Conclusion - Answer - ✔✔ the final section of a speech
Extemporaneous Speech - Answer - ✔✔ a carefully prepared and rehearsed speech
that is presented from a brief set of notes
Gestures - Answer - ✔✔ motions of a speakers hands or arms during a speech
Eye Contact - Answer - ✔✔ direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Topic - Answer - ✔✔ the subject of a speech
Brainstorming - Answer - ✔✔ a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free
association of words and ideas
General Purpose - Answer - ✔✔ the broad goal of a speech
Specific Purpose - Answer - ✔✔ a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a
speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
Central Idea - Answer - ✔✔ a one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the
major ideas of a speech
Residual Message - Answer - ✔✔ what a speaker wants the audience to remember
after it haws forgotten everything else in a speech
Exam Real Questions And Correct
Answers Rated A+ New Update
Stage Fright - Answer - ✔✔ anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an
audience
Adrenaline - Answer - ✔✔ a hormone released into the bloodstream in response to
physical or mental stress
Positive Nervousness - Answer - ✔✔ controlled nervousness that helps energize a
speaker for her or his presentation
Visualization - Answer - ✔✔ mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself
or herself giving a successful presentation
Critical Thinking - Answer - ✔✔ focused, organized thinking about such things as the
logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences
between fact and opinion
Speaker - Answer - ✔✔ the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message - Answer - ✔✔ whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel - Answer - ✔✔ the means by which a message is communicated
Listener - Answer - ✔✔ the person who receives the speakers message
Frame of Reference - Answer - ✔✔ the sum of a persons knowledge, experience, goals,
values, and attitudes. no two people can have exactly the same frame of reference
Feedback - Answer - ✔✔ the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a
speaker
Interference - Answer - ✔✔ anything that impedes the communication of a message.
interference can be external or internal to listeners
Situation - Answer - ✔✔ the time and place in which speech communication occurs
Ethnocentrism - Answer - ✔✔ the belief that ones own group or culture is superior to all
other groups or cultures
, Ice Breaker Speech - Answer - ✔✔ a speech early in the term designed to get students
speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
Introduction - Answer - ✔✔ the opening section of a speech
Body - Answer - ✔✔ the main section of a speech
Chronological Order - Answer - ✔✔ a method of speech organization in which the main
points follow a time pattern
Topical Order - Answer - ✔✔ a method of speech organization in which the main points
divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics
Main Points - Answer - ✔✔ the major points developed in the body of a speech
Transition - Answer - ✔✔ a word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished
one thought and is moving on to another
Conclusion - Answer - ✔✔ the final section of a speech
Extemporaneous Speech - Answer - ✔✔ a carefully prepared and rehearsed speech
that is presented from a brief set of notes
Gestures - Answer - ✔✔ motions of a speakers hands or arms during a speech
Eye Contact - Answer - ✔✔ direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Topic - Answer - ✔✔ the subject of a speech
Brainstorming - Answer - ✔✔ a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free
association of words and ideas
General Purpose - Answer - ✔✔ the broad goal of a speech
Specific Purpose - Answer - ✔✔ a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a
speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
Central Idea - Answer - ✔✔ a one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the
major ideas of a speech
Residual Message - Answer - ✔✔ what a speaker wants the audience to remember
after it haws forgotten everything else in a speech
