College Speech Mid-Term True/False

The goals of an informative speech are to impart knowledge, enhance understanding, or persuade the audience

• True
• False

Speeches about concepts challenge the speaker to make specific something that is abstract. 

• True
• False

A speech focus that is too specific will make your speech harder for the audience to remember.

• True
• False

Inaccurate information can do potential harm to listeners, either mental or physical. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

Listeners will interpret what they hear and integrate it into their frames of reference 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

As a public speaker, you seek to fill two voids: a blank sheet of paper and an empty space before an audience

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A speaker should NOT simply "use what you know" as a starting point in the topic selection process

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When you decide on a topic area, use visual brainstorming to determine some of its divisions, or subtopics. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.K.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.K.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Speakers motivated by their topics are almost overwhelmed by the speech process.

• True
• False

A thesis statement may change as you continue to work on and develop your speech

• True
• False