SPC 205 – Public Speaking – Final Exam Review – Questions and Key
Concepts – 2025/2026
What is persuasion? - ANS✔✔ The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs
or actions
How long has persuasion been studied? - ANS✔✔ More than 2000 years
What is mental dialogue? - ANS✔✔ It is a mental give and take between the speaker and
listener during a persuasive speech
What is a target audience? - ANS✔✔ The portion of the whole audience that the speaker most
wants to persuade.
What are questions of fact? - ANS✔✔ It is a question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.
Can all questions of facts be answered absolutely? - ANS✔✔ No. Some questions deal with
topics that aren't clear or inconclusive
What is the situation for an informative speech? - ANS✔✔ It is nonpartisan. The aim is to give
information as impartially as possible.
What is the situation for a persuasive speech? - ANS✔✔ It is partisan. The aim is to present one
side of the facts as persuasively as possible.
How are persuasive speeches on questions of fact usually organized? - ANS✔✔ Topically
, What are questions of value? - ANS✔✔ Questions about the worth, rightness, morality and so
forth of an idea or action.
How are persuasive speeches on questions of value usually organized? - ANS✔✔ Topically
How do you justify questions of value? - ANS✔✔ You justify your judgement against some
identifiable standard
What are questions of policy? - ANS✔✔ Questions about whether a specific course of action
should or shouldn't be taken.
Do questions of policy involve questions of fact? - ANS✔✔ Sometimes, but questions of policy
must go beyond fact to decide whether something should be done or not
What word do questions of policy usually include? - ANS✔✔ "Should"
What is a speech to gain passive agreement? - ANS✔✔ It is a speech where the speaker's goal is
to convince the audience that a given policy is desirable without encouraging the audience to
take action in support.
What is a speech to gain immediate action? - ANS✔✔ It is a speech where the speaker's goal is
to convince the audience to take action in support of a given policy
Why is a speech to gain immediate action more desirable than a speech to gain passive
agreement? - ANS✔✔ Immediate action reinforces belief from the audience
What is the need of a question of policy? - ANS✔✔ It is where you convince listeners that there
is a problem with how things currently are.
Concepts – 2025/2026
What is persuasion? - ANS✔✔ The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs
or actions
How long has persuasion been studied? - ANS✔✔ More than 2000 years
What is mental dialogue? - ANS✔✔ It is a mental give and take between the speaker and
listener during a persuasive speech
What is a target audience? - ANS✔✔ The portion of the whole audience that the speaker most
wants to persuade.
What are questions of fact? - ANS✔✔ It is a question about the truth or falsity of an assertion.
Can all questions of facts be answered absolutely? - ANS✔✔ No. Some questions deal with
topics that aren't clear or inconclusive
What is the situation for an informative speech? - ANS✔✔ It is nonpartisan. The aim is to give
information as impartially as possible.
What is the situation for a persuasive speech? - ANS✔✔ It is partisan. The aim is to present one
side of the facts as persuasively as possible.
How are persuasive speeches on questions of fact usually organized? - ANS✔✔ Topically
, What are questions of value? - ANS✔✔ Questions about the worth, rightness, morality and so
forth of an idea or action.
How are persuasive speeches on questions of value usually organized? - ANS✔✔ Topically
How do you justify questions of value? - ANS✔✔ You justify your judgement against some
identifiable standard
What are questions of policy? - ANS✔✔ Questions about whether a specific course of action
should or shouldn't be taken.
Do questions of policy involve questions of fact? - ANS✔✔ Sometimes, but questions of policy
must go beyond fact to decide whether something should be done or not
What word do questions of policy usually include? - ANS✔✔ "Should"
What is a speech to gain passive agreement? - ANS✔✔ It is a speech where the speaker's goal is
to convince the audience that a given policy is desirable without encouraging the audience to
take action in support.
What is a speech to gain immediate action? - ANS✔✔ It is a speech where the speaker's goal is
to convince the audience to take action in support of a given policy
Why is a speech to gain immediate action more desirable than a speech to gain passive
agreement? - ANS✔✔ Immediate action reinforces belief from the audience
What is the need of a question of policy? - ANS✔✔ It is where you convince listeners that there
is a problem with how things currently are.
