| 1. | Which of the following processes addresses when to speak, what to say, and how to organize one's message? |
| 2. | When a speaker uses supporting material based on what he or she has seen or heard, that type of support is called: |
| 3. | When a room is too large, you can enhance the volume of your voice by using: |
| 4. | A speaker can combat the problem of the audience's limited attention span by: |
| 5. | Parallel statements at the same level of importance in the outline are: |
| 6. | A simplified drawing or sketch that resembles a more complex object is known as a: |
| 7. | When your audience analysis focuses on the perceptual processes of the audience, including their tendencies toward selective exposure and selective attention, you are assessing audience: |
| 8. | When asked to deliver a speech for which you are allowed to decide the purpose, you should assess how the: |
| 9. | Public speaking is a communication process that can best be described as a(n): |
| 10. | All of the following are goals of research in preparation for a speech, except: |
| 11. | Which of the following is not good advice when preparing to deliver your speech? |
| 12. | When group reports are presented orally to others, the occasion is called: |
| 13. | What is an internal summary? |
| 14. | Which element of the body in delivery not only helps communicate effectively to the audience, but also provides feedback to the speaker regarding the audience's response to the speech? |
| 15. | In order to respond appropriately to the rhetorical situation, you need to develop a(n) __________ that identifies the purpose of your speech. |
| 16. | Informative strategies ask listeners to: |
| 17. | When analyzing the four factors of the rhetorical situation, which of the following characteristics is a concern for the speaker? |
| 18. | Careful listening relies on two techniques: |
| 19. | The process of invention involves: |
| 20. | When a speech is well-suited to the expectations of a particular occasion, it has the quality of: |
| 21. | The principle of the residues pattern of arrangement is best reflected in which of the following phrases? |
| 22. | Which of the following conditions give rise to deliberative speaking? |
| 23. | Which of the following resources does not help to create vividness in a speech? |
| 24. | Which of the following represent the two types of testimony? |
| 25. | Which type of outline is made simple and brief to provide a memory aid while delivering the speech? |
| 26. | Organization is important for all of the following reasons, except: |
| 27. | Hearing is the __________ sounds. |
| 28. | The speaker can combat listener distractions by: |
| 29. | Which of the following characteristics refers to the idea that main points should be stated in single, short sentences? |
| 30. | The study of public speaking will benefit you by: |
| 31. | When you argue that tow things are related because one thing influenced or brought about the other, you are using reasoning by: |
| 32. | Many people misunderstand the term persuasion, believing that it only involves: |
| 33. | Which of the following strategies encourages information retention during an informative speech? |
| 34. | Which of the following is not a guidelines for the effective use of analogies? |
| 35. | Each main idea in an outline should address a separate idea so that the information under the main headings does not overlap. This characteristic is known as: |
| 36. | When poor listening is due to audience members letting their minds wander to things other than the speaker's message, this is known as: |
| 37. | In what way does listening differ from hearing? |
| 38. | What type of outline is developed in detail while composing the speech? |
| 39. | Speaking strategies which emphasize sharing ideas with the audience are called: |
| 40. | All speaking occasions create: |
| 41. | Which of the following is not one of the four elements of the rhetorical situation? |
| 42. | In public speaking, what is an exigence? |
| 43. | A speaker relies on an outline during the: |
| 44. | The final step in strategic planning is to: |
| 45. | When a speaker's style is unique and sets him or her apart from others, he or she is said to have a distinct: |
| 46. | __________ is the structure and substance of a speaker's ideas. |
| 47. | Surveys, focus groups, and interviews are all __________ methods of audience analysis. |
| 48. | Which of the following statements is true about effective delivery? |
| 49. | A good way to insure that your topic will be important to you and interesting to the audience is to: |
| 50. | Audience members provide verbal and nonverbal responses to a speaker. These messages from the audience to the speaker are referred to as: |