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WorksheetsPUBLIC SPEAKING 10 CHAPTER REVIEW
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
(a) , as its name implies, is a way of making your ideas public-of sharing them with other people and of influencing them.
During modern times, many women and men around the globe have spread their (a) and influence through public speaking.
In highly specialized fields such as civil and mechanical engineering, employers consistently rank the ability to (a) above technical knowledge when deciding whom to hire and whom to promote.
The ability to speak (a) is so prized that college graduates are increasingly being asked to give a presentation as part of their job interview.
The growth of the (a) and other new technologies reduced the need for public speaking.
In this age of Tiktok and Twitter, businesses are concerned that college graduates are losing the ability ___________________.
to play in a professional way
to greet in a professional way
to talk in a professional way
to sing in a professional way
Who said this famous line in public speaking, "One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain" it clearly"might as well never have thought at all on the subject."
Lindsey Pollak
Barack Obama
Martin Luther King
Greek leader Pericles
The key phrase in public speaking is " ________________________________"
make your ideas heard
make others life easier
make your voice known
make a difference
The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on ____________ in Egypt some 4,500 years ago.
manuscript
Arabic
papyrus
English
It was highly prized in ancient India, Africa, and China as well as among the Aztecs and other pre-European cultures of North and South America.
Eloquence
Aristotle's Rhetoric
oldest known handbook in Egypt
None of the above
In classical Greece and Rome, public speaking played a central role in ________ and ____________.
political/private sector
congress/assembly
education/civic life
audience/engagement purposes
It is composed during the third century B.C., is still considered the most important work on its subject, and many of its principles are followed by speakers (and writers) today.
oldest known handbook in Egpyt
Aristotle's Rhetoric
Eloquence
None of the above
He used his speeches to defend liberty and wrote several works about oratory in general.
Aristotle
Quintilian
Malala Yousafzai
Cicero
___________ is the well-known power of positive thinking in public speaking.
Stage fright
Nervousness
Adrenaline
Confidence
She is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize.
Hillary Clinton
Margaret Thatcher
Malala Yousafzai
Lindsey Pollak
Many skills used in conversation also apply to public speaking.
AGREE
DISAGREE
As you learn to speak more effectively, you won't learn to communicate more effectively in other situations.
AGREE
DISAGREE
To be nervous at the start of a speech is normal.
AGREE
DISAGREE
Don't think of yourself as having stage fright. Instead, think of it as "stage excitement" or "stage enthusiasm."
AGREE
DISAGREE
The more you learn about public speaking and the more speeches you give, the less threatening speechmaking will become.
AGREE
DISAGREE
