Extemporaneous Speaking

Extemporaneous public speaking is speaking _____________________________.

• to a group with more than 15 individuals
• with less than 10 minutes to prepare
• to an unknown audience
• with less than 30 minutes to prepare

Which of the following scenarios would be considered extemporaneous speaking?

• You are asked to speak at an event at the end of the month for a charity.
• You are asked to be the keynote speaker at the local club's banquet next week.
• You are a replacement for a speaker at an event and only have 20 minutes to prepare
• You are speaking at a local art festival in a couple of days, but were not given a specific topic.

Which of the following are three characteristics you need to know about your audience?

• age, gender, occasion
• education level, experience, alma mater
• age, number of people, occasion
• occasion, gender, education level

Which of the following would be an example of an informative speech?

• A - a speech about global warming
• B - a speech about the digestive system
• C - a speech about winning a national championship
• D - both A and B

Extemporaneous speeches should be arranged in which of the following orders?

• introduction, connection, preview, body, review, conclusion
• introduction, preview, connection, body, review, conclusion
• introduction, connection, preview, body, conclusion, review
• preview, introduction, connection, body, review, conclusion

A connection ____________________________.

• introduces you to the audience
• builds a relationship with the audience
• gives the audience a sneak peek at the speech
• summarizes the main points of the speech

The body of a speech is made up of __________________.

• main points, supports, and application
• connections, main points, and supports
• main points and connections
• supports and a review of the content

Which of the following are characteristics of a review section?

• recap all of the main points
• reinforce valuable data
• brief
• all of these

Which of the following scenarios is an example of plagiarism?

• paraphrasing the words in a published document and citing the appropriate source
• summarizing the ideas of a document and citing the appropriate source
• copying words from a website and not citing the source because websites are public domain
• using a direct quotation from a document and citing the source