Understanding Text and Speech

What is the message of a text?

• What the text is trying to communicate.

• How the text is trying to communicate.

• When the text is trying to communicate.

• To whom the text is trying to communicate.

What three elements allow for deeper understanding of a text?

• Audience

• Purpose

• Context

• All of these

An effective introduction always ends with which of the following?

• Thesis statement

• Statement of Topic

• Preview of Points

• Speaker Credibility

In selecting a topic, one should consider…

• One’s current knowledge

• One’s interest

• The audience’s interest

• All of the above.

Which of the following is an informative pattern of organization?

• Spatial

• Pro-Con

• Cause and effect

• None of these

What is the rule of 5 ±2?

• Packets of information the human brain processes and remembers.

• The number of slides to use in a slideshow.

• The amount of transitions to use in a speech

• The number of minutes before your audience stops paying attention.

What must all speeches end with?

• A summary of points

• An outro

• A rhetorical question

• A vivid ending

Which pattern of organization is most appropriate:

Rodeos began in the Old West as contests of skill among cowboys during cattle roundups.

• E. Cause-Effect

• D. Problem-Solution

• B. Spatial

• A. Topical

• C. Chronological

Which pattern of organization is most appropriate:

A shortage of trained nurses has become a serious problem at hospitals throughout the United States.

• B. Spatial

• D. Problem-Solution

• A. Topical

• E. Cause-Effect

• C. Chronological

What might these three topics be an example of:

Keep a ledger, check your balance, and pay with cash to avoid overdrafting.

• A. Topic

• B. Central idea

• C. Main points

• D. None