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WorksheetsPrinciples of Speech Writing
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
This entails looking into the profile of the target audience.
audience analysis
demography
psychology
situation
The profile of the audience include knowing their values, beliefs, attitudes, preferences, cultural backgrounds and racial ideologies and needs.
audience analysis
demography
psychology
situation
This profile pertains to age range, male-female ratio, educational background and affiliations, degree program taken, nationality, economic status, academic or corporate designations.
audience analysis
demography
psychology
situation
This profile of the audience pertains to the time, venue, occasion, and size.
audience analysis
demography
psychology
situation
This is the intended goals or objectives of the speaker. It has three categories.
Audience analysis
topic
purpose
data gathering
This purpose engage the audience and provides them with amusement
entertainment
informative
emotional
persuasive
This purpose provides the audience with a clear understanding of the concept or idea presented by the speaker.
emotional
entertainment
informative
persuasive
This purpose provides the audience with well-argued ideas that can influence their own beliefs and decisions.
emotional
entertainment
informative
persuasive
Once you have decided on your purpose, you can determine this, for this is the focal point of your speech.
data gathering
narrowing down the topic
purpose
topic
This process means making your main idea more specific and focused.
audience analysis
data gathering
narrowing down the topic
topic
This is the stage where you collect ideas, information, sources, and references relevant or related to the specific topic.
data gathering
narrowing down the topic
topic
purpose
In general, these are structure that will help you organize the ideas related to your topic.
Audience analysis
Outline
Writing patterns
Data gathering
This writing pattern presents an identified problem, its causes, and recommended solutions.
Biographical
Causal
Chronological
Problem/solution
This writing pattern presents description of your life or of a person, famous or not.
Biographical
Causal
Comparison/Contrast
Problem/solution
This writing pattern presents related categories supporting the topic.
Causal
Categorical/topical
chronological
comparison/contrast
This writing pattern presents the idea in time order.
Causal
Chronological
Categorical/topical
comparison/contrast
It is a hierarchical list that shows the relationship of your ideas.
Narrowing down the topic
Data gathering
Outline
Edit/Revising
This process provides explanations, examples, or any details that can help you deliver your purpose and explain the main idea of your speech.
Body of the speech
introduction
conclusion
outline
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.
body of the speech
introduction
conclusion
outline
This process restates the main idea of your speech. It provides a summary, emphasizes the message, and calls for action.
body of the speech
conclusion
introduction
outline
This involves correcting errors in mechanics, such as grammar, punctuation, capitalization, unity, coherence, and others.
Narrowing down the topic
data gathering
editing/revising
rehearsing
This principle of editing is making all ideas in your speech clear by arranging them in logical order.
Edit for concision
edit for clarity
edit for focus
edit for variety
"I don't understand the message because the examples or supporting details were confusing?
edit for clarity
edit for continuity
edit for concision
edit for focus
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?
edit for clarity
edit for concision
edit for continuity
edit for variety
This principle of speech editing ensure that everything you have written, from introduction to conclusion is related to your central message.
edit for clarity
edit for concision
edit for continuity
edit for focus
"I didn't enjoy the speech because it was boring." This statement is under what principle of speech editing?
edit for concision
edit for continuity
edit for variety
edit for impact and beauty
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.
edit for continuity
edit for focus
edit for impact and beauty
edit for variety
By adding transition words and phrases will keep the flow of your presentation smooth.
edit for continuity
edit for focus
edit for impact and beauty
edit for variety
Which of the following statement is TRUE about the guidelines in speech writing?
Use jargon, acronyms, or technical words to help audience understand your speech.
Use passive verbs and contractions because they add to the personal and conversational tone of your speech?
Be sensitive of your audience. Be very careful with your language, jokes, and non-verbal cues.
Make your speech more personal. Use the pronoun "They" "Their" "Them".
This is an abbreviation consisting of the first letter of each word in the name of something, pronounced as a word.
Initialism
Acronym
Abbreviation
Capitalizationism
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)
Initialism
Abbreviation
Capitalization
Acronym
It is an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g. DFA, MDRRMO, PNHS)
Initialism
Abbreviation
Acronym
Capitalization
"Constant practice makes perfect." This is the best thing to remember in this stage.
Outline
Rehearsing
Editing / Revising
Topic
Which of the following statement is FALSE about principles of speech writing?
An outline determines whether your supporting ideas match your main idea or not.
Rehearsing is a major requirement.
Word choice is one consideration in writing a speech.
In the introduction, you give examples, explanations that can help deliver your main idea of your speech.
What is the correct order of the speech-writing process?
1. gathering data;
2. conducting an audience analysis;
3. rehearsing;
4. selecting a topic;
5. preparing an outline
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2-1-4-5-3
2-4-1-5-3
2-5-4-1-3
2-3-4-1-5
