March 19 Entry Task 10.1

When planning a public speaking event, _____ is the source of the message, _____ is the message itself, and _____ is the audience.

• what, who, whom

• who, what, whom

• whom, who, what

• who, whom, what

Darrell is delivering a speech on the cruelty of animal testing in the cosmetics industry. His goal is to have members of the audience become outraged, which is known as _____.

• delivery

• effect

• affect

• message

Communication can take place through various types of delivery methods, such as email, company newsletters, and meetings. However, the speaker serves as the actual _____ for a public speaking engagement.

• message

• medium

• intent

• effect

Why is it important for an individual to master the skill of public speaking?

• To make other people ask you questions that put you on the spot.

• To avoid the need to have one-on-one conversations with people.

• To increase your self-confidence.

• To force yourself to be in uncomfortable situations.

_____ involves communicating purposeful information before a large audience in order to inform, influence, or entertain a group of listeners.

• Casual conversation

• Verbal communication

• Lecturing

• Public speaking

Jennifer has just come from an ASB meeting and is excitedly explaining to Max about a new rewards program that is available at school for behavior using two thumbs up and a fist bump. Max was caught a little off guard and is just trying to make sense of what Jennifer is saying and to take it all in. Which of the following is Max practicing?

• Noise

• Decoding

• Encoding

• Feedback

The interactional model of public speaking contains much more interface than the linear model with the addition of:

• Context, noise, and encoding

• Encoding, decoding, and feedback

• Encoding, noise, and feedback

• Decoding, context, and feedback

A listener who is suffering from a migraine, and a listener who is distracted by the hum of fluorescent lighting are examples of:

• Boredom

• Encoding

• Noise

• Context

The transactional model of public speaking is a more mutual communication effort between the sender and receiver with the addition of two elements. What are the two elements?

• Decoding and context

• Context and feedback

• Noise and feedback

• Context and noise

The linear model of public speaking is often compared to a 1-sided telephone conversation and involves a _____, a _____, and a _____.

• source, channel, receiver

• message, channel, context

• source, message, decoder

• context, channel, noise