COMM 1110 midterm questions with complete solutions 2025/2026

COMM 1110 midterm questions with
complete solutions 2025/2026

public speaking - ANS ✔✔the process of designing and delivering a message to an audience



benefits of knowing how to give speeches - ANS ✔✔critical thinking skills

research skills

verbal and nonverbal skills

communication

overcome anxiety



Modes of Persuasion - ANS ✔✔ethos, pathos, logos



ethos - ANS ✔✔credibility, authority, reliability



pathos - ANS ✔✔emotion, imagination, sympathy



logos - ANS ✔✔logic, reason, rationality



2 areas of delivery - ANS ✔✔verbal and nonverbal



4 types of delivery - ANS ✔✔impromptu

manuscripts

memorization

extemporaneous

, impromptu - ANS ✔✔off the top of your head, unplanned



manuscript speech - ANS ✔✔a speech that is written out word for word and read to the
audience



memorization - ANS ✔✔commit speech to memory

"machine gun inflection"



extemporaneous speaking - ANS ✔✔delivering a well-developed, well-organized, carefully
rehearsed speech without having memorized exact wording



good delivery - ANS ✔✔eye contact

vocal expression

posture

gestures

face

movement

dress

practice



practice speech - ANS ✔✔in front of friends

record yourself



glossophobia - ANS ✔✔fear of public speaking

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