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Public Speaking Final Exam WwithComplete Solution
How are public speaking skills used every day? Answer: informally- answering questions in class,
participating in meetings, persuading friends and family, and sharing information with others
formally- presentations in class, at work, or in the community
What are the parts of the process of communication? Answer: 1. speaker (sender)
2. audience (receiver)
3. message
4. feedback
5. channel (the way in which the message is sent: a person, telephone, text message, or webcam)
6. noise refers to any interference that prevents messages from being understood
7. context is the setting for the communication
8. environment includes all the outside forces that might affect communication.
What are the three goals of a speech? Answer: to inform, to persuade, and to entertain
Define ethics according to your book and notes. Answer: a culture's rules or standards about what is
right and wrong
What is speech anxiety? Answer: the fear of speaking in front of an audience
Name the ways to manage speech anxiety. Answer: use relaxation techniques, re-labeling,
visualization, planning and preparing
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, What is plagiarism? Answer: taking someone else's ideas and work and presenting them as your
own
Define Ethnocentrism Answer: the belief that your world views, based on your cultural background,
is super to others' world views
What is audience analysis? Answer: shows how much you know about your audience
What is the difference in demographic and psychographic information? Answer: demographic- age,
gender, race, ethnicity, or educational level
psychographic- behaviors and values
How can the setting influence what you say and how you say it? Answer: advantages and
disadvantages of locations, room analyzation, and geographic location gather information about
possibilities and constraints
What three evaluation criteria should be applied when locating information for your speech? Answer:
reliability, validity, and currency
Should you cite your sources only in the biography, only in the oral citation of the speech, or both?
Answer: both
Name five ways listed in your book to gain the attention of your audience. Answer: 1. cite a
surprising fact or statistic to call attention to your topic
2. tell an emotionally arousing but brief human-interest story
3. tell a joke to introduce the topic and get the audience interested
4. use the information you have collected about your audience
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