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speech order, transitions, and citations

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following needs citations? (Pick all that need a citation)

a)

At the time of her launch, The Titanic was the biggest existing ship and the largest moveable object ever built

b)

The Titanic was 882 feet long and weighed about 46,000 tons.

c)

Titanic accommodated around 2,345 passengers and 860 crew-members.

d)

When someone mentions "The Titanic," most of us think of a giant failure.

2.

Which of the following needs citations? (Pick all that need a citation)

a)

Sharks existed even before dinosaurs.

b)

the oldest trace evidence of sharks are scales that are about 420 million years old

c)

Modern sharks began to appear about 100 million years ago and have continued to evolve

d)

The U.S. averages 16 shark attacks each year, only two of which are fata

3.

Which of the following needs citations? (Pick all that need a citation)

a)

The internet has had a huge impact on our lives

b)

Whether it is tik tok, facebook, or snapchat, most of us spend a lot of time looking at our phones

c)

If I were to ask you about the first smartphone, many of you might say it was the iphone but it wasn't.

d)

The first smartphone was the IBM Simon and it was released in 1994 - more than a decade before the iphone was released

4.

Which of the following is an example of a good, full transition? (Pick all that are good)

a)

Now that I have talked about the history of the smartphone, next I will talk about the future of smartphones

b)

Next I will talk about the future of smartphones

c)

Now let's look at the future of smartphones

d)

So that is how smartphones were invented, but what about the future of them?

5.

Which of the following is a good example of an oral citation? (Pick all that are good)

a)

According to Stephanie Barczewiski's book, Titanic: A Night Remembered, "The Titanic tragedy was a combination of natural disaster and human incompetence."

b)

According to page 234 of Stephanie Barczewiski's book, Titanic: A Night Remembered, "The Titanic tragedy was a combination of natural disaster and human incompetence."

c)

"The Titanic tragedy was a combination of natural disaster and human incompetence," according to Stephanie Barczewiski's book, Titanic: A Night Remembered

d)

In her book, Titanic: A Night Remembered, Stephanie Barczewiski argues, "The Titanic tragedy was a combination of natural disaster and human incompetence."

6.

In this class to receive credit for a citation all you need to do is

a)

say the source out loud in the speech when you use it

b)

make a works cited slide

7.

If you just cited a source in one sentence and you get more information from that same source in the next sentence, you don't need to cite it again.

a)

true

b)

false

8.
spatial organization
a)
organizes information into groups
b)
is used to talk about time
9.
You could put the events on a timeline if you read this organizational pattern.
a)
chronological
b)
enumeration
c)
process
d)
generalization
10.
Which of the following topics would best fit the chronological organizational pattern?
a)
How-to build and race a remote control air plane
b)
The Cause and Effect of Seasonal Affective Disorder
c)
The background, causes, and treatments of brain aneurisms
d)
A tour of the White House
11.
One organizational pattern you can use is to describe where things are. This is called
a)
spatial order
b)
order of importance
c)
comparison and contrast
d)
chronological order
12.
In topical order, the main points proceed from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, east to west
a)
False
b)
True
13.
“To inform my audience of the steps involved in the process of making ice cream” What organizational pattern is this?
a)
chronological
b)
spatial
c)
topical
d)
casual
14.

"To inform my audience how outbreaks of bird flu move from region to region” What organizational pattern is this?

a)

spatial

b)

none of these

c)

topical

d)

casual