home work 12b

1. A common misperception of public speaking is that the audience will only take you seriously if you’re serious.

• True

• False

   

   

  2. Posturing is an example of something identified in the study of:

  A. Paralanguage

  B. Kinesics

  C. Oculesics

  D. Proxemics

3. Understanding your listeners and preparing to deliver a speech that will be of high interest to them is called?

       4. Two techniques of epideictic speech are:

A. Identification and magnification.

B. Prop utilization and gesturing.

C. Motivation and inspiration.

D. Repetition and complexity.

5. We tend to associate people that have positive characteristics with:

A. Strong interpersonal skills.

B. Articulation and strong etiquette

C. Negative vocal image.

D. Positive vocal image.

6. The purpose of specialized speech is to inform to a professional audience.

• True

• False

8. To say that “You can learn about the mob life by watching a Joe Pesci movie” is an example of

A. An anecdote.

B. A lepidote.

C. A synecdoche.

D. An epidote.

9. When messages get replaced by facial expressions, this is called confliction.

• True

• False

10. Glossophobia is another word for:

A. The fear of social situations.

B. The fear of speaking on the phone.

C. The fear of people.

D. The fear of public speaking.