COMM 11 - A POCKET GUIDE TO
PUBLIC SPEAKING - EXAM 1:
CHAPTERS 1, 5, 8, 11, 14- QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
Source - Answer-or sender, creates a message
Encoding - Answer-Creating, organizing and producing the message
- Converting thoughts into words
Receiver - Answer-Recipient of teh sources message / audience
Decoding - Answer-Interpreting the message
- Audiences decode the meaning fi the message selectively, based on their own
experiences and attitudes.
Feedback - Answer-The receiver's response to a message
Message - Answer-content of the communication
Channel - Answer-the means by which a message is communicated
Noise - Answer-Any interference with the message
Rhetorical situation - Answer-a circumstance calling for a public response
CHAPTER 5 - Answer-LISTENERS AND SPEAKERS
Selective Perception - Answer-The phenomenon that people often pay the most
attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own
predispositions.
Active Listening - Answer-Focused and purposeful
Listening Distraction - Answer-anything that competes for the attention we are trying to
give to something else
Defensive Listening - Answer-decide either they won't like what the speaker is going to
say or that they know better
, 1. Identify your listening needs - Answer-I must know my classmates thesis, purpose,
main points, and type of organization in order to complete and hand in a written
evaluation
dialogic communication - Answer-open sharing of ideas in an atmosphere of respect
CHAPTER 11 - Answer-ORGANIZING THE BODY OF THE SPEECH
CHAPTER 8 - Answer-Supporting material
Introduction - Answer-established purpose of speech, and shows its relevance to the
audience
Supporting material - Answer-illustrates and elaborates on the meaning of your ideas,
proves statements by adding evidence, and arouses interest and encourages
engagement with the message
Body - Answer-Presents main points that are intended to fulfill the speech purpose
Example - Answer-A typical, specific instance of something
Conclusion - Answer-Brings closure to the speech by restating the speech tehsis and its
relevance
Brief Examples - Answer-offer a single illustration of a point
Main points - Answer-express the key ideas of the speech
Hypothetical example - Answer-an example that is fictional
Supporting Points - Answer-materials designed to prove or substantiate your main
points
Story/narrative - Answer-A communicative account of an event that has a beginning,
middle, end, characters, and conflicts.
indentation - Answer-to show sub points in an outline
Anecdotes - Answer-Brief, often amusing/humorous stories from real life
coordination and subordination - Answer-the logical placement of ideas relative to their
importance to one another
Testimony - Answer-firsthand findings, eyewitness accounts, and people's opinions
Coordinate points - Answer-indicated by their parallel alignment
PUBLIC SPEAKING - EXAM 1:
CHAPTERS 1, 5, 8, 11, 14- QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
Source - Answer-or sender, creates a message
Encoding - Answer-Creating, organizing and producing the message
- Converting thoughts into words
Receiver - Answer-Recipient of teh sources message / audience
Decoding - Answer-Interpreting the message
- Audiences decode the meaning fi the message selectively, based on their own
experiences and attitudes.
Feedback - Answer-The receiver's response to a message
Message - Answer-content of the communication
Channel - Answer-the means by which a message is communicated
Noise - Answer-Any interference with the message
Rhetorical situation - Answer-a circumstance calling for a public response
CHAPTER 5 - Answer-LISTENERS AND SPEAKERS
Selective Perception - Answer-The phenomenon that people often pay the most
attention to things they already agree with and interpret them according to their own
predispositions.
Active Listening - Answer-Focused and purposeful
Listening Distraction - Answer-anything that competes for the attention we are trying to
give to something else
Defensive Listening - Answer-decide either they won't like what the speaker is going to
say or that they know better
, 1. Identify your listening needs - Answer-I must know my classmates thesis, purpose,
main points, and type of organization in order to complete and hand in a written
evaluation
dialogic communication - Answer-open sharing of ideas in an atmosphere of respect
CHAPTER 11 - Answer-ORGANIZING THE BODY OF THE SPEECH
CHAPTER 8 - Answer-Supporting material
Introduction - Answer-established purpose of speech, and shows its relevance to the
audience
Supporting material - Answer-illustrates and elaborates on the meaning of your ideas,
proves statements by adding evidence, and arouses interest and encourages
engagement with the message
Body - Answer-Presents main points that are intended to fulfill the speech purpose
Example - Answer-A typical, specific instance of something
Conclusion - Answer-Brings closure to the speech by restating the speech tehsis and its
relevance
Brief Examples - Answer-offer a single illustration of a point
Main points - Answer-express the key ideas of the speech
Hypothetical example - Answer-an example that is fictional
Supporting Points - Answer-materials designed to prove or substantiate your main
points
Story/narrative - Answer-A communicative account of an event that has a beginning,
middle, end, characters, and conflicts.
indentation - Answer-to show sub points in an outline
Anecdotes - Answer-Brief, often amusing/humorous stories from real life
coordination and subordination - Answer-the logical placement of ideas relative to their
importance to one another
Testimony - Answer-firsthand findings, eyewitness accounts, and people's opinions
Coordinate points - Answer-indicated by their parallel alignment
