Speech Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Active listening - CORRECT ANSWER - channeling our energies and efforts so that we
actively concentrate on the speakers complete message
Ad Hominem - CORRECT ANSWER - The fallacy that occurs when a speaker substitutes
an attack on a person for a refutation of that persons image
Affective Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Strong, provocative language that stirs up
and audiences emotions
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER - A repetitive pattern of of initial sounds in a sequence
of words, used to gain attention and reinforce an idea
analogical reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - inferring that what is true of one case will
be true of another, similar case
antithesis - CORRECT ANSWER - placing two images together that have sharply
different meanings
argument - CORRECT ANSWER - a series of ideas, each one supported by evidence, used
to advance a particular position about an issue
Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER - The ideas or assumptions we have about what is true or
factual in the worl
Burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER - the standards or expectations that define a
reasonable argument in a particular situation, or the proof necessary to warrant serious
consideration and further debate over an advocates claims
, captive audience - CORRECT ANSWER - an audience that is required to attend a
presentation
categorical pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which several
independent, yet interrelated, categories are used to advance a larger idea
causal pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which ideas focus on
causes or effects, or are arranged to reveal cause to effect or effect to cause relationships
causal reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - reasoning that aims to prove relationships
between effects and causes
chronological pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which ideas
are arranged in a logical, time based or sequential order
civic engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - actively participating in community or public
affairs, not only by voting but also keeping up with news, discussing issues with fellow citizens,
and participating in civic and volunteer activites
civic literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - the historical, political and cultural knowledge
necessary to participate actively as a citizen in a democracy
civic virute - CORRECT ANSWER - the attitudes and behaviors of good citizenship in a
democracy
Commenting modifiers - CORRECT ANSWER - modifiers that attempt to boost the
meaning of a word but reveal nothing new
communication apprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - the feeling of anxiety that a
speaker experiences before and or during a public presentation
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Active listening - CORRECT ANSWER - channeling our energies and efforts so that we
actively concentrate on the speakers complete message
Ad Hominem - CORRECT ANSWER - The fallacy that occurs when a speaker substitutes
an attack on a person for a refutation of that persons image
Affective Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Strong, provocative language that stirs up
and audiences emotions
Alliteration - CORRECT ANSWER - A repetitive pattern of of initial sounds in a sequence
of words, used to gain attention and reinforce an idea
analogical reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - inferring that what is true of one case will
be true of another, similar case
antithesis - CORRECT ANSWER - placing two images together that have sharply
different meanings
argument - CORRECT ANSWER - a series of ideas, each one supported by evidence, used
to advance a particular position about an issue
Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER - The ideas or assumptions we have about what is true or
factual in the worl
Burden of proof - CORRECT ANSWER - the standards or expectations that define a
reasonable argument in a particular situation, or the proof necessary to warrant serious
consideration and further debate over an advocates claims
, captive audience - CORRECT ANSWER - an audience that is required to attend a
presentation
categorical pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which several
independent, yet interrelated, categories are used to advance a larger idea
causal pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which ideas focus on
causes or effects, or are arranged to reveal cause to effect or effect to cause relationships
causal reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - reasoning that aims to prove relationships
between effects and causes
chronological pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - an organizational pattern in which ideas
are arranged in a logical, time based or sequential order
civic engagement - CORRECT ANSWER - actively participating in community or public
affairs, not only by voting but also keeping up with news, discussing issues with fellow citizens,
and participating in civic and volunteer activites
civic literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - the historical, political and cultural knowledge
necessary to participate actively as a citizen in a democracy
civic virute - CORRECT ANSWER - the attitudes and behaviors of good citizenship in a
democracy
Commenting modifiers - CORRECT ANSWER - modifiers that attempt to boost the
meaning of a word but reveal nothing new
communication apprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - the feeling of anxiety that a
speaker experiences before and or during a public presentation
