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Principles of Speech Writing

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

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Class
Date
1.

This entails looking into the profile of the target audience.

a)

audience analysis

b)

demography

c)

psychology

d)

situation

2.

The profile of the audience include knowing their values, beliefs, attitudes, preferences, cultural backgrounds and racial ideologies and needs.

a)

audience analysis

b)

demography

c)

psychology

d)

situation

3.

This profile pertains to age range, male-female ratio, educational background and affiliations, degree program taken, nationality, economic status, academic or corporate designations.

a)

audience analysis

b)

demography

c)

psychology

d)

situation

4.

This profile of the audience pertains to the time, venue, occasion, and size.

a)

audience analysis

b)

demography

c)

psychology

d)

situation

5.

This is the intended goals or objectives of the speaker. It has three categories.

a)

Audience analysis

b)

topic

c)

purpose

d)

data gathering

6.

This purpose engage the audience and provides them with amusement

a)

entertainment

b)

informative

c)

emotional

d)

persuasive

7.

This purpose provides the audience with a clear understanding of the concept or idea presented by the speaker.

a)

emotional

b)

entertainment

c)

informative

d)

persuasive

8.

This purpose provides the audience with well-argued ideas that can influence their own beliefs and decisions.

a)

emotional

b)

entertainment

c)

informative

d)

persuasive

9.

Once you have decided on your purpose, you can determine this, for this is the focal point of your speech.

a)

data gathering

b)

narrowing down the topic

c)

purpose

d)

topic

10.

This process means making your main idea more specific and focused.

a)

audience analysis

b)

data gathering

c)

narrowing down the topic

d)

topic

11.

This is the stage where you collect ideas, information, sources, and references relevant or related to the specific topic.

a)

data gathering

b)

narrowing down the topic

c)

topic

d)

purpose

12.

In general, these are structure that will help you organize the ideas related to your topic.

a)

Audience analysis

b)

Outline

c)

Writing patterns

d)

Data gathering

13.

This writing pattern presents an identified problem, its causes, and recommended solutions.

a)

Biographical

b)

Causal

c)

Chronological

d)

Problem/solution

14.

This writing pattern presents description of your life or of a person, famous or not.

a)

Biographical

b)

Causal

c)

Comparison/Contrast

d)

Problem/solution

15.

This writing pattern presents related categories supporting the topic.

a)

Causal

b)

Categorical/topical

c)

chronological

d)

comparison/contrast

16.

This writing pattern presents the idea in time order.

a)

Causal

b)

Chronological

c)

Categorical/topical

d)

comparison/contrast

17.

It is a hierarchical list that shows the relationship of your ideas.

a)

Narrowing down the topic

b)

Data gathering

c)

Outline

d)

Edit/Revising

18.

This process provides explanations, examples, or any details that can help you deliver your purpose and explain the main idea of your speech.

a)

Body of the speech

b)

introduction

c)

conclusion

d)

outline

19.

This is the foundation of your speech. The primary goal is to get the attention of your audience and present the subject or main idea of your speech.

a)

body of the speech

b)

introduction

c)

conclusion

d)

outline

20.

This process restates the main idea of your speech. It provides a summary, emphasizes the message, and calls for action.

a)

body of the speech

b)

conclusion

c)

introduction

d)

outline

21.

This involves correcting errors in mechanics, such as grammar, punctuation, capitalization, unity, coherence, and others.

a)

Narrowing down the topic

b)

data gathering

c)

editing/revising

d)

rehearsing

22.

This principle of editing is making all ideas in your speech clear by arranging them in logical order.

a)

Edit for concision

b)

edit for clarity

c)

edit for focus

d)

edit for variety

23.

"I don't understand the message because the examples or supporting details were confusing?

a)

edit for clarity

b)

edit for continuity

c)

edit for concision

d)

edit for focus

24.

Keeping your speech short, simple, and clear by eliminating unrelated stories or sentences and using simple words is one of what principles of speech editing?

a)

edit for clarity

b)

edit for concision

c)

edit for continuity

d)

edit for variety

25.

This principle of speech editing ensure that everything you have written, from introduction to conclusion is related to your central message.

a)

edit for clarity

b)

edit for concision

c)

edit for continuity

d)

edit for focus

26.

"I didn't enjoy the speech because it was boring." This statement is under what principle of speech editing?

a)

edit for concision

b)

edit for continuity

c)

edit for variety

d)

edit for impact and beauty

27.

One of the strategies of this principle of speech editing is by using vivid descriptive images and figures of speech to make your speech memorable.

a)

edit for continuity

b)

edit for focus

c)

edit for impact and beauty

d)

edit for variety

28.

By adding transition words and phrases will keep the flow of your presentation smooth.

a)

edit for continuity

b)

edit for focus

c)

edit for impact and beauty

d)

edit for variety

29.

Which of the following statement is TRUE about the guidelines in speech writing?

a)

Use jargon, acronyms, or technical words to help audience understand your speech.

b)

Use passive verbs and contractions because they add to the personal and conversational tone of your speech?

c)

Be sensitive of your audience. Be very careful with your language, jokes, and non-verbal cues.

d)

Make your speech more personal. Use the pronoun "They" "Their" "Them".

30.

This is an abbreviation consisting of the first letter of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word.

a)

Initialism

b)

Acronym

c)

Abbreviation

d)

Capitalizationism

31.

This is a shortened form of a word used in place of the full word (e.g. Math in Mathematics, Fil in Filipino, Marge in Margarita)

a)

Initialism

b)

Abbreviation

c)

Capitalization

d)

Acronym

32.

It is an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g. DFA, MDRRMO, PNHS)

a)

Initialism

b)

Abbreviation

c)

Acronym

d)

Capitalization

33.

"Constant practice makes perfect." This is the best thing to remember in this stage.

a)

Outline

b)

Rehearsing

c)

Editing / Revising

d)

Topic

34.

Which of the following statement is FALSE about principles of speech writing?

a)

An outline determines whether your supporting ideas match your main idea or not.

b)

Rehearsing is a major requirement.

c)

Word choice is one consideration in writing a speech.

d)

In the introduction, you give examples, explanations that can help deliver your main idea of your speech.

35.

What is the correct order of the speech-writing process?

  1. 1. gathering data;

  2. 2. conducting an audience analysis;

  3. 3. rehearsing;

  4. 4. selecting a topic;

  5. 5. preparing an outline

  6. .

a)
  1. 2-1-4-5-3

b)
  1. 2-4-1-5-3

c)
  1. 2-5-4-1-3

d)
  1. 2-3-4-1-5