Dr. Stout Public Speaking – MGCCC
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Chronological Order - ✔️✔️a method of speech organization in which the main points
follow a time pattern
Topical Order - ✔️✔️a method of speech organization in which the main points divide
the topic into logical and consistent subtopics
Main Points - ✔️✔️the major points developed in the body of a speech
Transition - ✔️✔️a word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one
thought and is moving on to another
Conclusion - ✔️✔️the final section of a speech
Extemporaneous Speech - ✔️✔️a carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is
presented from a brief set of notes
Gestures - ✔️✔️motions of a speakers hands or arms during a speech
Eye Contact - ✔️✔️direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Speaker - ✔️✔️the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message - ✔️✔️whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel - ✔️✔️the means by which a message is communicated
Listener - ✔️✔️the person who receives the speakers message
Frame of Reference - ✔️✔️the sum of a persons knowledge, experience, goals,
values, and attitudes. no two people can have exactly the same frame of reference
Feedback - ✔️✔️the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker
, Interference - ✔️✔️anything that impedes the communication of a message.
interference can be external or internal to listeners
Situation - ✔️✔️the time and place in which speech communication occurs
Ethnocentrism - ✔️✔️the belief that ones own group or culture is superior to all other
groups or cultures
Ice Breaker Speech - ✔️✔️a speech early in the term designed to get students
speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
Stage Fright - ✔️✔️anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience
Adrenaline - ✔️✔️a hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or
mental stress
Positive Nervousness - ✔️✔️controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for
her or his presentation
Visualization - ✔️✔️mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or
herself giving a successful presentation
Critical Thinking - ✔️✔️focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical
relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between
fact and opinion
Introduction - ✔️✔️the opening section of a speech
Body - ✔️✔️the main section of a speech
Topic - ✔️✔️the subject of a speech
Brainstorming - ✔️✔️a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free
association of words and ideas
General Purpose - ✔️✔️the broad goal of a speech
Specific Purpose - ✔️✔️a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker
hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
Central Idea - ✔️✔️a one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major
ideas of a speech
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Chronological Order - ✔️✔️a method of speech organization in which the main points
follow a time pattern
Topical Order - ✔️✔️a method of speech organization in which the main points divide
the topic into logical and consistent subtopics
Main Points - ✔️✔️the major points developed in the body of a speech
Transition - ✔️✔️a word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one
thought and is moving on to another
Conclusion - ✔️✔️the final section of a speech
Extemporaneous Speech - ✔️✔️a carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is
presented from a brief set of notes
Gestures - ✔️✔️motions of a speakers hands or arms during a speech
Eye Contact - ✔️✔️direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Speaker - ✔️✔️the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message - ✔️✔️whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel - ✔️✔️the means by which a message is communicated
Listener - ✔️✔️the person who receives the speakers message
Frame of Reference - ✔️✔️the sum of a persons knowledge, experience, goals,
values, and attitudes. no two people can have exactly the same frame of reference
Feedback - ✔️✔️the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker
, Interference - ✔️✔️anything that impedes the communication of a message.
interference can be external or internal to listeners
Situation - ✔️✔️the time and place in which speech communication occurs
Ethnocentrism - ✔️✔️the belief that ones own group or culture is superior to all other
groups or cultures
Ice Breaker Speech - ✔️✔️a speech early in the term designed to get students
speaking in front of the class as soon as possible
Stage Fright - ✔️✔️anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience
Adrenaline - ✔️✔️a hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or
mental stress
Positive Nervousness - ✔️✔️controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for
her or his presentation
Visualization - ✔️✔️mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or
herself giving a successful presentation
Critical Thinking - ✔️✔️focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical
relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between
fact and opinion
Introduction - ✔️✔️the opening section of a speech
Body - ✔️✔️the main section of a speech
Topic - ✔️✔️the subject of a speech
Brainstorming - ✔️✔️a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free
association of words and ideas
General Purpose - ✔️✔️the broad goal of a speech
Specific Purpose - ✔️✔️a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker
hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
Central Idea - ✔️✔️a one sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major
ideas of a speech
