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Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind
When you deliver your speech
When you organize and outline your speech
When you choose a topic for your speech
At every step of speech preparation and presentation
According to your textbook, which of the following is a factor in situational audience analysis?
The size of the audience
The religion of the audience
The gender of the audience
The age of the audience
The .................... is a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the main points of a speech.
Signpost
Central Idea
Internal Summary
Hypothesis
.................... is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation
Restrained Anxiety
Positive Nervousness
Focused Nervousness
.................... is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.
Name-calling
Ethnocentrism
Hyperbole
.................... is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Linguistics
Ethics
Theology
The .................... is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.
Introductory statement
General purpose statement
Specific purpose statement
Central idea
According to your textbook, .................... is anything that impedes the communication of a message
Interference
Blockage
Distortion
When your general purpose is to .................... , you act as a teacher or lecturer.
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
When you want to change or structure the attitudes of your audience, your general purpose is to
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
.................... is a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas
Imaging
Brainstorming
Channeling
When a speaker ...................., she restates or summarizes an authors ideas in her own words.
Illustrates
Rationalizes
Paraphrases
According to your textbook, stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as ones own is called
Global plagiarism.
Patchwork plagiarism.
Incremental plagiarism.
Admissible plagiarism.
The knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes through which each listener filters a message make up the listeners
Frame of Reference
Cognitive Screen
Psychological Filter
Attitudinal Field
.................... is mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation
Focusing
Visualization
Representation
Channeling
What method of delivery does this chapter recommend for your introductory speech?
Extemporaneous
Impromptu
Manuscript
Memorized
.................... is the belief that ones own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Ethnocentrism
Egocentrism
Elitism
Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy .................... responsibilities.
Ethical
Psychological
Sociological
Which of the following does your textbook discuss as major factors in demographic audience analysis?
Education, cultural background, and interest in the topic
Physical setting, religion, and audience size
Gender, age, group membership, and sexual orientation
Social status, ethnicity, and attitude toward the topic
The primary purpose of speechmaking is to
Display your knowledge about a topic
Gain a desired response from listeners
Enhance the audience's self-concept
Promote your ethical standards
