Chapter.9 Structuring And Outlining Your Speech Test Bank

CHAPTER 9 Test Bank

Multiple-Choice Questions

9.1. What principle of effective speech structure is reinforced by using language that is concise and direct?

a. simplicity

b. order

c. style

d. balance

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.2. In her speech, Nan says, “If you want the contractors to complete the task you have to give them the proper information, and if you want the contractors to do the job right you have to give them the right tools, and if you want the contractors to finish on time you have to be crazy.” What is Nan using to make her point?

a. rhetorical question

b. hypothetical example

c. parallel construction

d. expert testimony

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.3. You should first develop the _____ of the speech.

a. transitions

b. introduction

c. conclusion

d. body

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.4. According to the principle of _____, all major parts of a speech should receive appropriate development.

a. simplicity

b. order

c. balance

d. transitions

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.5. Which part of a speech should be the longest?

a. introduction

b. body

c. transitions

d. conclusions

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.6. Jason’s presentation discusses the similarities and differences between a private college and a public university. Which design would be best for Jason to use to organize the main points of his speech?

a. comparative

b. chronological

c. refutative

d. problem-solution

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.7. What would be the best design for a speech on three types of bosses?

a. refutative

b. categorical

c. spatial

d. sequential

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.8. Connor wants to explain how to build a deck. What would be the best design for his speech?

a. chronological

b. spatial

c. narrative

d. sequential

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.9. Genevieve is developing a presentation explaining how excessive use of agricultural fertilizers is contributing to the growth of toxic algae blooms in the waters of southern Florida. Which design should she use to arrange the points of her speech?

a. spatial

b. chronological

c. causation

d. comparative

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.10. The _____ design is a speech structure that develops a story from beginning to end through a prologue, plot, and epilogue.

a. problem-solution

b. narrative

c. spatial

d. refutative

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.11. What is a working outline?

a. a rigid structure

b. a conclusive tool

c. a tentative plan

d. a formal draft

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.12. The principle of _____ entails that speech materials in an outline should descend in importance from general main points to more specific subpoints and sub-subpoints.

a. subordination

b. coordination

c. balance

d. primacy

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.13. What do effective speakers use to demonstrate to their listeners that they are through with one part of their speech and are moving on to the next?

a. primacy

b. subpoints

c. transitions

d. recency

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.14. An internal summary is a type of _____.

a. narrative

b. working outline

c. rhetorical question

d. transition

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.15. What is a rhetorical question designed to do?

a. solicit an answer

b. make the audience think

c. present several alternatives

d. establish credibility

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.16. Which of these speakers is using humor appropriately?

a. Alyssa believed that cracking a joke about how nervous she is would gain sympathy from her audience.

b. In her presentation on self-driving vehicles, Shondra included the following joke: “What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick.”

c. Kyle laughed about getting so drunk last night that he wasn’t sure he could get through his speech.

d. Liam introduced his speech on being resilient by telling the audience, “Last year I broke my leg and this year I broke my savings account. How I long for yesteryear.”

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.17. When addressing skeptical audiences on controversial issues, speakers are especially encouraged to open their speeches with _____.

a. a humorous remark

b. the reason for the occasion

c. references to shared interests and values

d. a list of rhetorical questions

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.18. To give his speech a sense of closure, Armando reiterates the same quotation from the Irish prime minister about St. Patrick being an immigrant that he used to open his speech. This is referred to as _____.

a. an internal summary

b. echoing your introduction

c. a rhetorical question

d. reluctant testimony

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.19. When deciding whether to include a summary statement in your speech, the most important thing to consider is the _____.

a. age of the audience

b. number of scheduled speakers

c. context of the occasion

d. length of the speech

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.20. For relatively brief presentations, it is a good idea to memorize the _____ of the speech.

a. introduction and conclusion

b. main body

c. formal outline

d. speaking notes

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.21. The final polished plan for a speech is found in a _____ outline.

a. blueprint

b. working

c. formal

d. key-word

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.22. How should each main point and subpoint in a formal outline be worded?

a. with a single word

b. using qualifiers and clauses

c. as a memorable phrase

d. as simple declarative sentences

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.23. When is it especially important to document sources of information orally during a presentation?

a. after presenting any new information

b. to support technical or controversial points

c. at the end of the presentation

d. following any humorous remarks

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.24. If a professor asks you to provide a list of works consulted, you should give him or her a list of _____.

a. the sources you read but did not use for the presentation

b. the sources mentioned during the presentation

c. all the works you read in preparation for the presentation

d. the items you quoted from directly but not those you paraphrased

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.25. Why should you avoid speaking from a formal outline?

a. It restricts your creativity.

b. It masks the structure of your speech.

c. You will be better at remembering all the main points.

d. You will most likely digress into reading.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

True-False Questions

9.26. The principle of balance suggests that each part of a speech should receive appropriate development.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.27. Parallel construction uses the same or similar wording for the main points of a speech.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.28. The introduction and body of a brief speech should be approximately equal in length.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.29. A sequential design would be the correct choice when you need to explain the timing of historical events.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.30. A spatial design is based on physical relationships, such as east-west, north-south, or points on a map.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.31. The major divisions of the main points of a speech are called transitions.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.32. The principle of subordination means that you should carefully follow the instructions you have been given for preparing formal outlines.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.33. The purpose of asking rhetorical questions is to get your audience to “speak up” and engage you as you speak.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.34. The preview is the part of the introduction that identifies the main points that will be developed in the body of the speech.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.35. In a formal outline, the main points should be labeled using capital letters.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

FILL-IN-THE BLANK Questions

9.36. When you achieve _____ in a speech, you have limited the number of main ideas and used wording that is concise and to the point.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.37. You provide _____ to a speech when you follow a clear, consistent pattern of development from beginning to end.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.38. The main points and the supporting materials for these points are found in the _____ of a speech.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.39. A(n) _____ design would be used to demonstrate the similarities and differences among elements of the speech.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.40. The final step in the motivated sequence design is _____.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.41. Speakers use _____ to signal to the audience that they have finished making one point and are ready to move on to the next.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.42. When Javier asks the audience a(n) _____ question, he does not expect to receive an answer.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.43. A good _____ should serve as an effective transition from the introduction into the body of the speech, which will help listeners follow your message.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.44. The subpoints in your formal outline should be labeled with _____.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

9.45. A works _____ bibliography provides a list of the sources used in your presentation.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

Short-Answer/Essay Questions

9.46. Discuss two principles of a well-structured speech. Evaluate your last speech in this class in terms of these principles.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.1

Learning Objective: LO 9.1 Develop speeches that are simple, well ordered, and balanced.

Topic: Principles of a Well-Structured Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.47. Describe three designs you can use to organize a speech. Provide examples.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.48. Explain the two most basic principles of outlining. Provide examples.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.2

Learning Objective: LO 9.2 Understand the design options as you arrange the main points of your speech.

Topic: Structuring the Body of Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

9.49. Discuss two important functions of a speech introduction. Provide examples.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.3

Learning Objective: LO 9.3 Prepare introductions and conclusions.

Topic: Introducing and Concluding Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

9.50. Explain the parts of a formal outline, and what functions are served by each one.

The heading offers a “behind-the-scenes” orientation to the presentation with a title, topic, and specific purpose statement. The introduction, which is labeled but not numbered, includes attention material, the thesis statement, and the preview. The fully developed body of the speech follows the principles of coordination and subordination. All main points should be labeled with Roman numerals (I, II, III) in order of their appearance in the speech. Indented below each main point are the subpoints. These are labeled using capital letters (A, B, C). Below these and indented further are the sub-subpoints, which are labeled using Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3). If you have any sub-sub-subpoints, you should label them with a lowercase letter (a, b, c) and indent them to show their subordination. The conclusion, also labeled but not numbered, offers a summary statement and concluding remarks. Finally, a formal outline ends with a list of works consulted or cited, as the instructor indicates, to indicate the research you have done to create the presentation.

Chapter: 09

Module: 9.4

Learning Objective: LO 9.4 Complete a formal outline.

Topic: Preparing Your Formal Outline

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts