COM 161 FINAL MURRAY STATE | COM 161 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE |
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Ethos - ANS ✔✔to convince an audience of the author's credibility; ethics
Logos - ANS ✔✔to convince an audience by use of logic or reason;
Pagos - ANS ✔✔Emotional appeal; used to provoke sympathy from an audience
3 Types of audience analysis - ANS ✔✔Demographic, Situational, Attitudinal
Types of Survey Questions - ANS ✔✔open ended, closed ended, scales
Speaker Centered - ANS ✔✔Says what the speaker will teach you
Audience Centered - ANS ✔✔mentions what the audience will gain from the presentation
Methods/theories for reducing speaker anxiety - ANS ✔✔Skills training/practice, deep breathing,
imagery re-framing, positive self talk/thoughts
Types of Audience Members - ANS ✔✔Apathetic, confused, skeptic, choir
Preparation Outline - ANS ✔✔Formal outline; includes most of what speaker plans to say
Delivery Outline - ANS ✔✔outline used by presenter during presentation; should be kept short and only
include necessary parts
Organizational patterns - ANS ✔✔Chronological, spatial, causal, topical
Chronological organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized main points by time
Spatial organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized by location or direction. follow a logical path
causal organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized to show cause and effect relationship
Topical organization pattern - ANS ✔✔divides presentation into natural divisions according to speaker's
discretion
Synergy - ANS ✔✔when the group is able to achieve more than the sum of each member's efforts
Parts of a presentation - ANS ✔✔intro, body, conclusion
Functions of an introduction - ANS ✔✔1.) set the tone of a presentation
2.) gains the audience's attention
3.) Establish speaker credibility
4.) Preview the main points
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Ethos - ANS ✔✔to convince an audience of the author's credibility; ethics
Logos - ANS ✔✔to convince an audience by use of logic or reason;
Pagos - ANS ✔✔Emotional appeal; used to provoke sympathy from an audience
3 Types of audience analysis - ANS ✔✔Demographic, Situational, Attitudinal
Types of Survey Questions - ANS ✔✔open ended, closed ended, scales
Speaker Centered - ANS ✔✔Says what the speaker will teach you
Audience Centered - ANS ✔✔mentions what the audience will gain from the presentation
Methods/theories for reducing speaker anxiety - ANS ✔✔Skills training/practice, deep breathing,
imagery re-framing, positive self talk/thoughts
Types of Audience Members - ANS ✔✔Apathetic, confused, skeptic, choir
Preparation Outline - ANS ✔✔Formal outline; includes most of what speaker plans to say
Delivery Outline - ANS ✔✔outline used by presenter during presentation; should be kept short and only
include necessary parts
Organizational patterns - ANS ✔✔Chronological, spatial, causal, topical
Chronological organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized main points by time
Spatial organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized by location or direction. follow a logical path
causal organizational pattern - ANS ✔✔organized to show cause and effect relationship
Topical organization pattern - ANS ✔✔divides presentation into natural divisions according to speaker's
discretion
Synergy - ANS ✔✔when the group is able to achieve more than the sum of each member's efforts
Parts of a presentation - ANS ✔✔intro, body, conclusion
Functions of an introduction - ANS ✔✔1.) set the tone of a presentation
2.) gains the audience's attention
3.) Establish speaker credibility
4.) Preview the main points
