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PUBLIC SPEAKING: DISCOURSE, RHETORIC AND PLAGIARISM

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Discourse is a fancy word for something we do every day: c (a)   .

2.

Communication is a process that has 8 components.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

In the communication process, the medium or method used to communicate is called:

a)

Feedback

b)

Listener

c)

Channel

4.

When a cell phone rings, when the internet goes off and when a dog barks are examples of:

a)

Listener

b)

Interference

c)

Public speaking

5.

Examples of discourse used to inform.

a)

An explanation during class.

b)

A conference about global warming.

c)

Stand up comedy

d)

A debate

6.

It is important not to practice, because it is normal to feel nervous when you are giving a speech.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Rhetoric is invented by:

a)

Aristotle

b)

Cicero

c)

Plato

8.

Examples if using ethos to convince:

a)

Emotions

b)

When you convince your audience that you are a good person

c)

When you convince of the truth in your message

9.

Examples of the use of pathos to convince:

a)

If you show pictures of the people affected

b)

When you show data like statistics.

c)

When you convice your audience of your point

10.

Examples of using logos to convince.

a)

Showing pics of kittens.

b)

Showing data about the numbers and statistics.

c)

Using emotion

11.

CICERO'S canons of rhetoric are 5.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

A canon of CICERO is (a)   and is the language that you use to deliver your speech.

13.

"Ideas worth spreading".

a)

Chris Anderson's first words about TED

b)

The slogan of TED

c)

Definition of TED

14.

The definition of TED is: __________, ____________ and _____________.

(a)  

15.

The difference between TED and TEDx is:

a)

They are the same

b)

TEDx is organized by local people with local speakers

c)

TED conference is a spinoff of TEDx

16.

Knowing where your information comes from (sources) and the way it affects your audience are equally important when planning a talk.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The study of right and wrong or systems of morals.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Ethos

c)

Ethics

18.

Using ideas or words of 2 or more sources as your own idea.

a)

Incremental plagiarism

b)

Global plagiarism

c)

Patchwork plagiarism

19.

When you use the whole idea of somebody else as your own is this type of plagiarism.

a)

Patchwork

b)

Global

c)

Incremental

20.

Is when you don't give credit for a particular idea or quote (plagiarism)

a)

Global

b)

Patchwork

c)

Incremental