Basic Oratory

Below are the definitions of public speaking, EXCEPT:

• A form of communicating certain messages to a group of people with certain speech arrangements.

• A face to face interaction and has certain objectives (to entertain, to persuade or to inform).

• An exchange of feeling, ideas, and information, whether by speaking, writing, signals, or behaviors.

• According to Aristotle, public speaking is the art of identifying and using the best available means in a given situation to ethically persuade an audience.

Below are the elements in the communication process, EXCEPT:

• Caller

• Speaker

• Message

• Channel

Listener is one of the elements in the communication process.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Interference is one of the elements in the communication process. Interference can be divided into two types; internal interference and external interference.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One of the examples of external interference in communication is when someone is feeling anxious over his/her personal problem.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Below are examples of physical symptoms of stage fright, EXCEPT:

• Dry throat

• Die

• Mild nausea

• Cold hands

The term ends in public speaking ethics means:

• the way the speech is delivered

• the outcome of the intended message

• ethical code of conduct that a society lives by