Complete Test Bank Ceremonial Speaking Ch16

CHAPTER 16 Test Bank

Multiple-Choice Questions

16.1. What type of speaking focuses on celebrating the meaning of special occasions?

a. informative

b. ceremonial

c. persuasive

d. after-dinner

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.2. Ceremonial speaking addresses all of the following questions EXCEPT _____

a. Who disagrees?

b. Who are we?

c. What can we become together?

d. What have we accomplished?

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.3. Identification occurs when speakers create a sense of shared _____ with listeners.

a. spatial proximity

b. social status

c. values and goals

d. non sequitur arguments

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.4. In her speech before the American Nurses Association, Gina invoked the memory of Clara Barton to embody their continuing mission and dedication as health care providers. Which ceremonial speaking technique does this best represent?

a. figurative analogy

b. accommodation

c. actualization

d. identification

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.5. When Abraham Lincoln exhorted us to be worthy of “our fathers” by establishing a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people,” he used what strategy for promoting identification in ceremonial speeches?

a. renewal of group commitment

b. a motivated sequence effect

c. crafting a vicarious narrative

d. engaging opposing views

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.6. While paying tribute to Mrs. Cass, his school principal, Thomas recounted the obstacles she had overcome in her career as well as stories illustrating her selfless dedication to students. What technique of ceremonial speaking did Thomas use?

a. accommodation

b. magnification

c. fallacies

d. identification

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.7. Marissa praised Tyler by saying, “He didn’t think twice about running into the burning building. He did not consider his own safety but only thought of those who needed his help.” What theme for magnification did Marissa use?

a. superior performance

b. benefit to society

c. unselfish motives

d. renewal of group commitment

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.8. Eloquent language use is particularly important _____ of a ceremonial speech.

a. within transitions

b. during the introduction

c. within the body

d. at the conclusion

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.9. A ceremonial tribute to someone who has just died is called a(n) _____.

a. eulogy

b. roast

c. keynote

d. toast

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.10. Upon receiving an award, a speaker should do all of the following EXCEPT _____.

a. express appreciation for the values represented by the award

b. thank those whom helped make the award possible

c. address peripheral political causes and concerns

d. express gratitude and humility

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.11. In addition to praising the recipient, what should you do while presenting an award?

a. emphasize your own contributions

b. explain the nature of the award

c. use humor to ease the situation

d. discuss others who should have won

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.12. Which of the following might be characterized as a ceremonial tribute in miniature?

a. a briefing

b.an acceptance speech

c.an award presentation

d. a toast

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.13. During an acceptance speech, how should you tailor your language?

a. to the formality of the occasion

b. to the least articulate member of the audience

c. to the members of the press who are present

d. to the mood of the audience

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.14. What quality of delivery is especially important to inspirational speaking?

a. congruency with audience

b. PowerPoint

c. a specific political objective

d. an enthusiastic demeanor

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.15. After-dinner speeches typically serve what purpose?

a. celebrating group accomplishments

b. asking listeners to change their attitudes

c. explaining new work protocols

d. asking listeners for behavioral changes

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.16. Which of these pieces of advice should a master of ceremonies follow?

a. plan to speak “off the cuff”

b. refute opposing views

c. be prepared to introduce the participants

d. minimize opening remarks

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.17. What is the best focus for using humor in after-dinner speeches?

a. divisive issues within the group

b. stock jokes form the Internet

c. the immediate situation

d. roasting absent members

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.18. Stating “We all know and respect today’s guest,” addresses what goal of a speech introducing a featured speaker?

a. previewing the speaker’s message

b. inoculating audience reservations

c. highlighting unusual accomplishments

d. establishing the speaker’s ethos

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.19. What type of narrative would you probably be using if you introduced it with, “Imagine yourself . . .”?

a. embedded master

b. vicarious experience

c. hypothetical

d. magnification

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.20. The plot is to a narrative as the _____ is to a speech.

a. introduction

b. body

c. internal summary

d. conclusion

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.21. Micala wove a story throughout her entire speech that ultimately ended in revealing the reason for the story, which was also the main point of her speech. This is an example of a(n) _____ narrative.

a. master

b. embedded

c. rhetorical

d. vicarious

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.22. The three components of narrative design are prologue, epilogue, and _____.

a. body

b. summary

c. plot

d. introduction

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.23. Which part of a narrative design sets the scene for what’s to come?

a. plot

b. prologue

c. rhetorical question

d. epilogue

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.24. A speaker should reveal the moral of a master narrative during the _____ of the speech.

a. epilogue

b. feedback

c. prologue

d. plot

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.25. Which of the following is comparable to the epilogue of a narrative?

a. transitions

b. outline

c. introduction

d. conclusion

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

True-False Questions

16.26. Ceremonial speaking strengthens our sense of group connections by emphasizing shared values and aspirations.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.27. Identification is established primarily through social status.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.28. Recognizing heroes and heroines is a strategy for promoting identification.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.29. One way a ceremonial speaker can use magnification is by recognizing the superior performance of the subject or honoree.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.30. Speeches of tribute often overlap with inspirational speeches.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.31. Toasting a friend on formal occasions is a good time for recounting embarrassing memories they would rather forget.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.32. Introducing participants and keeping the program on schedule are two roles of the master of ceremonies.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.33. A good speech of introduction should make the speaker feel welcome, strengthen the speaker’s ethos, and reveal the main speaker’s message.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.34. Ceremonial speakers should avoid the use of narrative and other appeals that usually distract attention away from the celebrated moment.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.35. An embedded narrative relies on the use of a hypothetical example.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

FILL-IN-THE BLANK Questions

16.36. When a speech creates a feeling of shared goals and emotions between the speaker and audience, it has established _____.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.37. Speakers use _____ to point out what is relevant, honorable, and praiseworthy about a subject.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.38. To recognize the achievements of the library board as they commemorate their new building, Kayla would use a speech of _____.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.39. Mallory would prepare a(n) _____ speech to give at a ceremony where she is being honored for her work on the retail center.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.40. A speech of _____ is designed to awaken or reawaken an audience to a goal, purpose, or set of values.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.41. Another name for a master of ceremonies is _____.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

16.42. Norris incorporated a story within his speech to illustrate the importance of buying good athletic shoes. He is using a(n) _____ narrative.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.43. “Imagine what it was like being the first person to step on the moon” would most likely be used to introduce a(n) _____ narrative.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.44. The opening of a narrative design is called the _____.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.45. The _____ of a narrative consists of a sequence of scenes.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

Short-Answer/Essay Questions

16.46. Discuss why identification and magnification are important in ceremonial speaking. Provide examples.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.1

Learning Objective: LO 16.1 Use techniques for enhancing identification and magnification in ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Techniques of Ceremonial Speaking

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.47. Define three types of ceremonial speeches in terms of their purpose or function. Provide examples.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.48. Discuss the nature and functions of speeches of inspiration. What are two characteristics of an effective speech of inspiration?

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

16.49. When and why would you use humor in a ceremonial speech? Discuss two factors to keep in mind.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.2

Learning Objective: LO 16.2 Prepare ceremonial presentations for a variety of special occasions.

Topic: Types of Ceremonial Speeches

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

16.50. Explain the structure of a narrative design.

Chapter: 16

Module: 16.3

Learning Objective: LO 16.3 Use the narrative design for developing ceremonial presentations.

Topic: Narrative Design

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts