Public Speaking Ch. 6 Reading Quiz

There are two types of outlines: preparation and speaking.

• True

• False

One of the purposes of a connective is to keep the audience’s attention through repetition and sense of movement.

• True

• False

Having a climax pattern in a speech means that you

• Get louder in your volume as you move to the conclusion

• Put the strongest material in the conclusion

• Put the strongest argument or reason or information as the last

  point

• Put the strongest argument, reason, or information as the first

  point

• Use an effective visual aid in the conclusion.

The analogy used in the book between an outline of a speech and the speech itself was between

• A skeleton and a full body

• A blueprint and a house

• A map and a trip

• Clothing and the body

• A driver and a car

I respect Joni Eareckson Tada for three reasons.

I. She has lived as a quadriplegic for almost 50 years.

II. She is a wise and winsome communicator.

III. She gives her life to helping those with disabilities.

This outline uses a _______ pattern of organization.

• Chronological

• Spatial

• Topical/parts of whole

• Cause-effect

• Problem-solution

Which organizational pattern would be best to organize a speech with the specific purpose “To inform my audience how to start an online business”?

• Chronological

• Spatial

• Topical/part of whole

• Cause-effect

• Cause-effect

  e. Problem-solution

Which is not a type of connective?

• internal preview

• internal summary

• bridging statement

• signpost

• All of a-d are types of connectives

The value of a strong preparation outline is ____.

• It allows you to see the relative importance of ideas.

• It allows you a good foundation for practice.

• It makes you as a speaker include all the parts of a good speech.

• It allows another person to have a clear idea of what you will say.

• All of a-d

Why is organization important to a speech?

• Good organization benefits speaker credibility.

• Good organization helps your delivery

• Good organization takes less time to prepare.

• All of a-c

• None of a-c

The textbook says there are three steps in the process of organizing a speech in the

preparation phase. Which is correct?

• Labeling, grouping, distinguishing

• Grouping, labeling, ordering

• Connecting, labeling, ordering

• Grouping, connecting, labeling