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SPC exam 2 Questions and Answers (Expert
Solutions)
Q: The conclusion should not include ANS 🗹🗹: the speakers credentials **
Q: To convey ideas through a story, using character, plot, settings, and imagery, use a
_______ pattern of arrangement. ANS 🗹🗹: narrative
Q: "A theory is like a set of glasses we put on to look through" is an example of ANS 🗹🗹:
an analogy.
Q: Previewing the speech in the introduction ANS 🗹🗹: tells the audience the order in
which the main points will be addressed.
Q: _________ points in an outline are of roughly equal importance and weight in the
speech. ANS 🗹🗹: Coordinate
Q: Impromptu means ANS 🗹🗹: improvised and unpracticed.
Q: The speech body should follow logically from the introduction, and the conclusion
should follow logically from the body. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: To help your audience follow your speech do all of the following except ANS 🗹🗹:
employ rhetorical devices such as repetition and parallelism.
Q: The full-sentence speaking outline allows for greater eye contact with the audience.
ANS 🗹🗹: false
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Q: The audience must be able to understand and relate to the speaker's language. ANS
🗹🗹: true
Q: One key to achieving effective vocal variety is ANS 🗹🗹: enthusiasm.
Q: A person delivering a speech who remains steadily positioned in one place behind a
podium is known as a(n) ANS 🗹🗹: talking head.
Q: A metaphor compares one thing to another, using like or as to do so. ANS 🗹🗹: false
Q: Before creating the working outline, organize the main points and subpoints of the
speech in a delivery outline. ANS 🗹🗹: true**
Q: Forms of expression that make striking comparisons between the unfamiliar and the
known, allowing listeners to more quickly grasp meaning, are called ANS 🗹🗹: figures of
speech.
Q: An effective way of gaining audience attention is to pose a question. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: Beginning a speech by telling a story can personalize issues and make your topic
relevant. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: In which type of speech does the speaker challenge audience members to use what
they have learned in a way that benefits them? ANS 🗹🗹: informative
Q: Speech humor should always match the audience, topic, purpose, and ANS 🗹🗹:
occasion.
Q: with a speaking outline, ANS 🗹🗹: condense full sentences into key words or phrases.
Q: Abstract language is specific, tangible, and definite. ANS 🗹🗹: false
SPC exam 2 Questions and Answers (Expert
Solutions)
Q: The conclusion should not include ANS 🗹🗹: the speakers credentials **
Q: To convey ideas through a story, using character, plot, settings, and imagery, use a
_______ pattern of arrangement. ANS 🗹🗹: narrative
Q: "A theory is like a set of glasses we put on to look through" is an example of ANS 🗹🗹:
an analogy.
Q: Previewing the speech in the introduction ANS 🗹🗹: tells the audience the order in
which the main points will be addressed.
Q: _________ points in an outline are of roughly equal importance and weight in the
speech. ANS 🗹🗹: Coordinate
Q: Impromptu means ANS 🗹🗹: improvised and unpracticed.
Q: The speech body should follow logically from the introduction, and the conclusion
should follow logically from the body. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: To help your audience follow your speech do all of the following except ANS 🗹🗹:
employ rhetorical devices such as repetition and parallelism.
Q: The full-sentence speaking outline allows for greater eye contact with the audience.
ANS 🗹🗹: false
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Q: The audience must be able to understand and relate to the speaker's language. ANS
🗹🗹: true
Q: One key to achieving effective vocal variety is ANS 🗹🗹: enthusiasm.
Q: A person delivering a speech who remains steadily positioned in one place behind a
podium is known as a(n) ANS 🗹🗹: talking head.
Q: A metaphor compares one thing to another, using like or as to do so. ANS 🗹🗹: false
Q: Before creating the working outline, organize the main points and subpoints of the
speech in a delivery outline. ANS 🗹🗹: true**
Q: Forms of expression that make striking comparisons between the unfamiliar and the
known, allowing listeners to more quickly grasp meaning, are called ANS 🗹🗹: figures of
speech.
Q: An effective way of gaining audience attention is to pose a question. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: Beginning a speech by telling a story can personalize issues and make your topic
relevant. ANS 🗹🗹: true
Q: In which type of speech does the speaker challenge audience members to use what
they have learned in a way that benefits them? ANS 🗹🗹: informative
Q: Speech humor should always match the audience, topic, purpose, and ANS 🗹🗹:
occasion.
Q: with a speaking outline, ANS 🗹🗹: condense full sentences into key words or phrases.
Q: Abstract language is specific, tangible, and definite. ANS 🗹🗹: false
