Speech Preparation and Specific Purpose MCQs

According to your textbook, brainstorming is especially helpful when you are having trouble

• choosing a speech topic.

• determining the general purpose.

• determining the specific purpose.

• phrasing the central idea.

• analyzing the audience.

The process of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas is known as

• linking

• aggregating

• deliberating

• brainstorming

• advocating

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a method of brainstorming for a speech topic?

• clustering

• taking a personal inventory

• conducting an Internet search

• All of these answers are correct.

• Both clustering and conducting an Internet search.

After choosing a topic, what is the next step of speech preparation?

• phrasing the central idea

• analyzing the occasion

• selecting the specific purpose

• writing the introduction

• determining the general purpose

Which of the following is inappropriate in a speech to inform?

• advocating

• explaining

• reporting

• demonstrating

• telling

Advocating a position is most appropriate when the general purpose of your speech is to

• persuade.

• inspire.

• deliberate.

• entertain.

• inform.

When the general purpose of your speech is to__________, you act primarily as a teacher or lecturer.

• inform

• convince

• entertain

• persuade

• convert

When the general purpose of your speech is to__________, you act primarily as an advocate.

• persuade

• entertain

• demonstrate

• commemorate

• inform

According to your textbook, what is the most important early step in the process of developing a successful speech?

• creating a preliminary bibliography

• researching for speech materials

• formulating the specific purpose

• brainstorming for a central idea

• selecting the residual message

The__________ expresses precisely what you hope to accomplish with your speech.

• central idea

• specific purpose

• preview statement

• thesis statement

• goal statement