cmst 102 unit 1

The practice of oratory, or

rhetoric, emerged full force in

Greece in the fifth century

B.C.E.

• True

• False

Benefits of public speaking do not include

• earning practical skills and knowledge.

• finding new ways to be an engaged citizen.

• improving hand-eye coordination.

• accomplishing professional and personal goals.

Invention refers to

• discovering evidence and arguments you will use to make your case.

• organizing your ideas to suit your audience.

• practicing the speech until it can be artfully delivered.

• coming up with original gestures as a form of persuasion.

The audience’s response to a message is referred to as

• shared meaning

• feedback

• the medium

• decoding

Which of the following is the process a message goes through when it is received and interpreted?

• feedback, receiver, decoding

• source, receiver, encoding, noise

• source, encoding, receiver, decoding

• source, receiver, channel

Properly channeling your nervousness can boost speech performance.

• true

• false

A speaker’s general fear or anxiety associated with either actual or anticipated communication to an audience is known as

• communication nervousness.

• communication uneasiness.

• public-speaking anxiety.

• stage fright.

Maureen began to feel nervous once she began organizing and writing her speech. Which type of anxiety did Maureen experience?

• pre-preparation anxiety

• preparation anxiety

• pre-performance anxiety

• performance anxiety

What is NOT a successful strategy for gaining public-speaking confidence?

• modifying thoughts and attitudes.

• evaluating your own speech performance.

• visualizing success.

• practicing the speech.

A form of breathing in which the center of breathing is felt in the stomach rather than in the chest is called ______ breathing.

• Stress Control Breathing

• Stress Control Breathing