TCU COMM FINAL questions with 100%
correct answers A+
Primacy/Recency Effect - correct answer ✔✔People pay more attention to what said first and last
What the Intro Should Accomplish - correct answer ✔✔Attention Getter
Relevance Statement
Credibility Statement
Thesis
Preview
Attention Getter - correct answer ✔✔A strong opening statement that uses some kind of creative device
to capture the audiences attention
-Rhetorical Question
-Quote
-Start with a startling statement
-Stimulate the audiences imagination
-Tell a story
-Use humor
-Refer to a recent event
Relevance Statement - correct answer ✔✔How does the topic relate specifically to your audience.
-Be very specific to your audience
Pick a topic of importance and indicate why you chose it
Credibility Statement - correct answer ✔✔Explains your connection to the topic.
Audience needs to believe what you say and how you say it
,Competence - correct answer ✔✔If the audience sees you as prepared, organized, and knowledgeable
you will be considered competent
Character - correct answer ✔✔If the audience sees you as honest, trustworthy, and having the listeners
best interest in mind you'll be considered having good character
Thesis - correct answer ✔✔A clear and concise sentence that provides an overview of your entire
presentation
-Most important sentence in your speech.
4 Guidelines to Writing a Thesis - correct answer ✔✔-Include the general purpose, focus of topic,
audience, and claims.
-Don't be too broad or general
-Use as few words as possible. NO figurative language.
-It is a complete statement not a question.
Preview Statement - correct answer ✔✔Provides a little more detail about each of the main claims
before you delve into them
Summary - correct answer ✔✔Review of your main claims
-Signposting: A hint that the summary is next
-Rephrase your thesis using past tense
-If the information is complicated, you may want to go over key points.
-Think about what you want the audience to get out of your speech, keeping in mind your purpose.
Memorable Close - correct answer ✔✔Serves as a last statement
-The purpose is to emphasize the end of your speech
Symbolic Language - correct answer ✔✔Words that stand for or symbolize things
-Words can have several meanings
, Arbitrary Language - correct answer ✔✔Words have no meaning in and of themselves. They get there
meaning from the people who use them.
Triangle of Meaning - correct answer ✔✔-Symbol: the word
-Thought: the meaning you give the word
-Referent: the actual thing
Social Reality - correct answer ✔✔Language creates a social reality because it tells us "what" and
"whom" to value in society.
-Ex. Policemen (says that men should be police) Police Officer (says anybody can be police)
Oral Style - correct answer ✔✔Written for the ear
-Can have more of an impact because you can give it direction, volume, and intensity.
Difference Between Oral and Written Styles - correct answer ✔✔-Uses Shorter Sentences
-With long sentences it is hard to catch your breath
-Long sentences can confuse the audience
-Less Formal
-We tend to use more slang to make connections with the audience when we speak
-We use more contractions (I'm, you're, etc...)
-More conversational
-More Repetitive
-Helps the audience grasp all the info because a speech happens in time.
Positive Slang - correct answer ✔✔Informal language that a speaker utilizes to signal identification with
the listener.
-Use slang sparingly and make sure its appropriate
Negative Slang - correct answer ✔✔Informal language that may be perceived as offensive by listeners
correct answers A+
Primacy/Recency Effect - correct answer ✔✔People pay more attention to what said first and last
What the Intro Should Accomplish - correct answer ✔✔Attention Getter
Relevance Statement
Credibility Statement
Thesis
Preview
Attention Getter - correct answer ✔✔A strong opening statement that uses some kind of creative device
to capture the audiences attention
-Rhetorical Question
-Quote
-Start with a startling statement
-Stimulate the audiences imagination
-Tell a story
-Use humor
-Refer to a recent event
Relevance Statement - correct answer ✔✔How does the topic relate specifically to your audience.
-Be very specific to your audience
Pick a topic of importance and indicate why you chose it
Credibility Statement - correct answer ✔✔Explains your connection to the topic.
Audience needs to believe what you say and how you say it
,Competence - correct answer ✔✔If the audience sees you as prepared, organized, and knowledgeable
you will be considered competent
Character - correct answer ✔✔If the audience sees you as honest, trustworthy, and having the listeners
best interest in mind you'll be considered having good character
Thesis - correct answer ✔✔A clear and concise sentence that provides an overview of your entire
presentation
-Most important sentence in your speech.
4 Guidelines to Writing a Thesis - correct answer ✔✔-Include the general purpose, focus of topic,
audience, and claims.
-Don't be too broad or general
-Use as few words as possible. NO figurative language.
-It is a complete statement not a question.
Preview Statement - correct answer ✔✔Provides a little more detail about each of the main claims
before you delve into them
Summary - correct answer ✔✔Review of your main claims
-Signposting: A hint that the summary is next
-Rephrase your thesis using past tense
-If the information is complicated, you may want to go over key points.
-Think about what you want the audience to get out of your speech, keeping in mind your purpose.
Memorable Close - correct answer ✔✔Serves as a last statement
-The purpose is to emphasize the end of your speech
Symbolic Language - correct answer ✔✔Words that stand for or symbolize things
-Words can have several meanings
, Arbitrary Language - correct answer ✔✔Words have no meaning in and of themselves. They get there
meaning from the people who use them.
Triangle of Meaning - correct answer ✔✔-Symbol: the word
-Thought: the meaning you give the word
-Referent: the actual thing
Social Reality - correct answer ✔✔Language creates a social reality because it tells us "what" and
"whom" to value in society.
-Ex. Policemen (says that men should be police) Police Officer (says anybody can be police)
Oral Style - correct answer ✔✔Written for the ear
-Can have more of an impact because you can give it direction, volume, and intensity.
Difference Between Oral and Written Styles - correct answer ✔✔-Uses Shorter Sentences
-With long sentences it is hard to catch your breath
-Long sentences can confuse the audience
-Less Formal
-We tend to use more slang to make connections with the audience when we speak
-We use more contractions (I'm, you're, etc...)
-More conversational
-More Repetitive
-Helps the audience grasp all the info because a speech happens in time.
Positive Slang - correct answer ✔✔Informal language that a speaker utilizes to signal identification with
the listener.
-Use slang sparingly and make sure its appropriate
Negative Slang - correct answer ✔✔Informal language that may be perceived as offensive by listeners
