Multiple choice

1. Listeners naturally appreciate and support speakers who address their interests and beliefs. 

True 

False 

2. While Bobby was listening to a speech about energy conservation, he hears the speaker discuss oil as a nonrenewable resource. This prompts him to think that it is time to change the oil in his car, and he begins to plan a trip to the Jiffy Lube. Which listening problem has Bobby fallen prey to? 

limited attention span 

listener distraction 

jumping to conclusions 

situational distraction 

transference 

3. Which of the following is NOT an element of the rhetorical situation? 

purpose 

audience 

speaker 

occasion 

speech 

4. The following statements make up an outline for a typical one-point speech. Which statement belongs in the body of the speech? 

For example 

So what? 

In general 

This concerns you 

Wake up!