Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind

Dr. Descallar is preparing an informative talk about the genetic relationship between twins for a group of expectant parents. The most important factor Dr. Lutz should consider when analyzing her audience is probably its

The ____________ is the longest and most important part of the speech.

It is important to know your main points before you begin researching your speech.

The most effective order of main points in a speech depends on your _______

Public speaking has been taught and studied for thousands of years.

____________ is anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

It is normal—even desirable—to be nervous at the start of a speech.

_____________ is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation.

Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is.

Public speaking and ordinary conversation are similar in that both involve adapting to listener feedback.

Critical thinking includes _________________.

The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker are called ____________.

Most successful speakers do not experience stage fright.

____________ is mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation.

Because each person has a different frame of reference, the meaning of a message will never be exactly the same to a listener as to a speaker.

Avoiding ethnocentrism means that public speakers should _______

Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

The larger an audience becomes, the greater is the speaker's ethical responsibility to be fully prepared.

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, you are guilty of ____________.

When a speaker _____________, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words.

It is only necessary for a speaker to identify his or her source when quoting verbatim—not when paraphrasing.

Protecting a speaker's freedom to express his or her ideas implies agreement with those ideas.

People spend more time listening than doing any other communicative activity.

Hearing and listening are identical

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment is called ____________ listening.

____________ is listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.

Listening to understand the message of a speaker is called ____________ listening.

Listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it is called __________

Listening and critical thinking are so closely allied that training in listening is also training in how to think.

The two kinds of listening most closely tied to critical thinking are

To improve your listening, you should think of listening as a passive process.

Skilled listeners try to remember a speaker's every word.

At a coffee shop on campus, Jane listens to her friend Amy discuss his feelings about his mother's recent death. According to your textbook, Rachel is engaged in ____________ listening.

__________ listeners give their undivided attention to the speaker in a genuine effort to understand her or his point of view.

Jerry is attending a union meeting in which the union president is discussing the company's plan to decrease wages in exchange for an increase in vacation time. As Ian listens, he is trying to determine whether or not to vote for the plan. According to your textbook, Ian is engaged in ____________ listening.

The two major steps discussed in this chapter for developing your introductory speech are preparing your speech and delivering your speech.

Regardless of your topic, you should organize your introductory speech into three parts—introduction, body, and conclusion.

What method of delivery does this chapter recommend for your introductory speech?

What steps should you take when rehearsing your first speech?

What should take place before beginning a speech?

Which of these is an appropriate way to prepare before giving a speech?

Why is it important to conquer your fear of public speaking?

Which of the following is the most effective way to learn from your mistakes after giving a public speech?

What does it mean to add your own style when speaking publicly?

Which of the following is NOT a way to command your space?

What is body language?

What is public speaking?