Selecting A Topic And Purpose Exam Prep Ch.5

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Chapter 5: Selecting a Topic and Purpose

Multiple Choice

1. Choosing the right topic means choosing a topic that is appropriate for which of the following?

a. you

b. the occasion

c. your audience

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1 Formulate a Topic

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The goal of ______ is to generate as many ideas as possible without fear of critique.

a. brainstorming

b. topic selection

c. thesis formulation

d. general purpose formation

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Brainstorming is a process of free ______ in which your goal is to generate as many ideas as possible without fear of critique.

a. manipulation

b. association

c. interpretation

d. collation

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. When you mix and match ideas you’ve generated to form interesting combinations, you are ______ ideas.

a. marrying

b. piggybacking

c. gathering

d. joining

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. In a brainstorming exercise of listing on the left side of a sheet of paper everything you are able to see, hear, taste, smell, or touch from your present location and on the right side of your paper topics that might naturally evolve from each observation or experience, you are focusing on ______.

a. the then and there

b. the here and now

c. human nature

d. the senses

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. One brainstorming technique is that of dividing a sheet of paper into seven columns and writing down words associated with each of the following: ______, processes, phenomena, possessions, products, and programs.

a. postures

b. presences

c. plots

d. people

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The ______ approach is particularly useful in helping prevent “idea paralysis.”

a. ABC

b. 123

c. letter

d. chart

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Which of the following are media you can scan to brainstorm speech topics?

a. newspapers

b. sitcoms

c. broadcast news

d. you can use all of these

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. A ______ is a visual means of showing the relationship between brainstormed ideas.

a. mind map

b. brain map

c. mind chart

d. brain chart

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Virtually all speeches fulfill which of the following general rhetorical purposes?

a. to inform

b. to persuade

c. to entertain

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. An informative speaker acts like a ______ for his or her audience.

a. parent

b. law enforcement officer

c. lawyer

d. teacher

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Speakers deliver informative speeches for which of the following reasons?

a. to explain a process, procedure, organization, or function

b. when they describe a person, place, or thing

c. when they define a word or concept

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Which of the following would be a good topic for a persuasive speech?

a. why soda should be eliminated from schools

b. the health effects of soda

c. history of soda manufacturers

d. the effects of caffeine on the human body

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. An informative speaker pursues which of the following goals?

a. hoping to alter how the audience members feel

b. hoping to alter how the audience members act

c. often speaking on controversial topics

d. explaining a concept to the audience members

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which of the following would be a good topic for a persuasive speech?

a. the effects of the flu

b. how to prepare for a job interview

c. why public schools should provide free lunches to all students

d. how a smartphone works

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Hard

16. A humorous toast about your best friend would be considered a speech to ______.

a. mock

b. inform

c. persuade

d. entertain

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Hard

17. Which of the following would be a poor instance for speech to entertain?

a. a monologue at a club

b. a toast at a wedding

c. a speech during a casual lunch

d. a memorial speech on Veterans Day

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Which of the following would be the specific purpose of an informative speech?

a. to motivate individuals to run

b. to explain the signs of a heart attack

c. to encourage audience members to donate to earthquake relief

d. to convince people to vote for a specific candidate

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of the following is true of the specific purpose?

a. It should be stated as a question.

b. It should be broad and vague

c. It should be for your personal use.

d. It should focus on two or three related ideas.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The specific purpose should be written ______.

a. in abstract language

b. about three to four subtopics

c. from your perspective

d. from the audience’s perspective

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. A good specific purpose is ______ but does not ______.

a. trivial; disappoint

b. ambitious; overreach

c. trivial; overreach

d. ambitious; disappoint

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. The specific purpose is stated as ______.

a. an infinitive phrase

b. a full sentence

c. several full sentences

d. one word

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. In addition to formulating a specific purpose written from your own perspective, it is also helpful to assess the speech from the audience’s perceptive, including the composition of a desired ______ objective.

a. social

b. behavioral

c. cultural

d. political

Learning Objective: 5.4: Formulate a behavioral objective for audience members

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. “Donating blood can help save three lives, can encourage others to help their community, and can sense of personal accomplishment” is an example of ______.

a. a topic

b. a general purpose

c. a specific purpose

d. a thesis

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which of the following is another name for the thesis statement of an informative speech?

a. proposition

b. primary argument

c. central idea

d. call to action

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3a. Thesis Statements for Informative Speeches

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Which of the following is the least likely to be the behavioral objective of a persuasive speech?

a. attend a blood drive and donate blood

b. explain how media sharing sites work

c. register as organ donors

d. sign a petition for a political candidate

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.3b. Thesis Statements for Persuasive Speeches

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which of the following is true regarding evaluating the language of your thesis statement?

a. It should be phrased diplomatically.

b. It should inflame.

c. It should be complex.

d. You should use figurative language.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. An effective thesis statement fulfills which of the following criteria?

a. It avoids the specific purpose.

b. It keeps the organization of the speech a surprise.

c. It focuses the attention of audience members on what they should know, do, or feel after experiencing the speech.

d. It is formulated in multiple sentences.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. Which of the following media would be a good place to find subject matter?

a. newspapers

b. advertisements

c. sitcoms

d. all of these

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1b. Use Other Topic Selection Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. When listeners are asked what your speech was about, they should be able to respond by offering what?

a. thesis

b. congratulations

c. behavioral objective

d. statistics

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

Fill-in-the-Blank

1. When you list everything you are able to see, hear, taste, smell, or touch from your present location as a technique to brainstorm, you are focusing on the ______.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. When brainstorming for speech topics you should approach your speech both systematically and ______.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Mixing and matching ideas you’ve generated to form interesting combinations is known as a ______.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. It is important to choose a topic that is appropriate for ______, ______, and ______.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Newspapers and TV shows are media you can scan to ______ speech topics.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. A ______ is a visual means of showing the relationship between brainstormed ideas.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The ______ approach uses the alphabet to help find a potential topic.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. ______ is a process of free association in which your goal is to generate as many ideas as possible without fear of critique.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The ______ of a speech is the overall effect you hope to have on your audience.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The concept of focusing the content of your speech on what the audience will find interesting is an example of a(n) ______ objective.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Formulate a behavioral objective for audience members

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The ______ of a speech is your personal statement of the speech’s main objective.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. “After listening to my speech, audience members will…” is an example of a ______.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Formulate a behavioral objective for audience members.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. A ______ makes a clear point about the topic in addition to dividing the speech into components.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Whether the speech is informative or persuasive, the ______ is your speech “in a nutshell.”

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. “How to make a pot of coffee” is an example of a(n) ______ speech.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. The thesis statement should be ______ sentence(s).

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. The speech to persuade is designed primarily to ______ the thoughts and/or the behaviors of receivers.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.3b. Thesis Statements for Persuasive Speeches

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. When listeners are asked what your speech was about, they should be able to respond by offering your ______.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Unlike the ______ purpose, the ______ is usually delivered directly to the audience.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. An informative speech is designed to ______.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. A speech to persuade is primarily to change the thoughts or ______ of an audience.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. The specific purpose statement of an informative speech may include words such as ______, ______, or ______.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. When brainstorming, it is preferable to censor yourself.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. An online topic generator can help you find a topic.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. When brainstorming for speech topics you should approach your speech systematically.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The chart approach is particularly useful in helping prevent “idea paralysis.”

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The ABC approach uses the alphabet to help find a potential topic.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. A mind chart is a visual means of showing the relationship between brainstormed ideas.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Mixing and matching ideas you’ve generated to form interesting combinations is known as a sensor.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. When a speaker mixes and matches ideas they’ve generated to form interesting combinations, they are piggybacking ideas.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. After you have picked a topic, you should ask yourself “What purpose do I want to fulfill by speaking on this topic?”

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement | 5.3. Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2. Formulate General and Specific Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Informative speeches are often controversial.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement | 5.3. Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2. Formulate General and Specific Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The speech to persuade is designed primarily to change the thoughts or behaviors of receivers.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate General and Specific Purposes

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. An informative speaker acts like a parent for his or her audience.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. The speech to entertain is designed to amuse an audience.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. “How to open a bank account” is an example of an informative speech topic.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The general purpose of a speech is your statement of the speech’s main objectives.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. “Following my speech, the audience should,” is an example of an informative purpose.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Formulate a behavioral objective for audience members.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Writing a behavioral objective will help the speaker focus the content of their speech on those aspects that audience members will find most interesting.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. A thesis is limited to one central idea that is expressed as a declarative sentence.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. When your speech is an informative one, the thesis statement is sometimes called a claim.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3b. Thesis Statements for Persuasive Speeches

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. The general purpose of a speech is your statement of the speech’s main objectives.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. A good specific purpose is ambitious but does not overreach.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. A thesis statement for a persuasive speech is also called the claim.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Whether the speech is informative or persuasive, the thesis statement is your speech “in a nutshell.”

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3. Formulate the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. The specific purpose should be supported by the thesis statement.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Unlike the general purpose, the specific purpose is usually delivered directly to the audience.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. The specific purpose statement of a persuasive speech would often include words like persuade, motivate, or convince.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer/Essay

1. Discuss and exemplify how you brainstorm using categories as stimuli.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Why is it important not to sensor during brainstorming?

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. How can a speaker make a topic inventory? What is the benefit of doing this?

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Describe an “on looking” walk and “the here and now” during brainstorming.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Create a list of five topics from any general purpose that you believe, which are worthy of both your and an audience’s time.

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: 5.1a. Use Brainstorming Techniques

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. What is a mind map, and how would you create one?

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.1b. Use Other Topic Selection Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Why should you conduct online searches for “cultural mistakes or taboos” when developing a speech?

Learning Objective: 5.1: Choose a topic appropriate for you, your audience, and the occasion

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.1b. Use Other Topic Selection Techniques

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Describe and example of an informative speech and the thesis statement/central idea.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Describe an example of a persuasive speech and the claim associated with the central idea.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Compose a specific purpose for an informative speech you might give on a health-related topic and explain what elements you have included in the specific purpose and why.

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Compose a sample behavioral objective for a persuasive speech on blood donation and explain what you have included and why.

Learning Objective: 5.4: Formulate a behavioral objective for audience members

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Discuss and exemplify how to formulate a thesis statement.

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.2c. Consider the Audience’s Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Discuss and exemplify how to evaluate a thesis statement.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Describe the difference between a thesis statement and a specific purpose.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Describe the purpose of an informative speech.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Describe the purpose of a persuasive speech.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Describe the purpose of an entertainment speech.

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. How can humor be helpful in presenting a speech topic? In what general purpose of a speech would you most often use humor?

Learning Objective: 5.2: Develop an effective general purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2a. Formulate the General Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. What is a claim?

Learning Objective: 5.5: Create an effective thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: 5.3b. Thesis Statements for Persuasive Speeches

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Make a checklist of criteria to evaluate a thesis statement (central idea).

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Using the words persuade, motivate, convince, and act, list specific purposes for persuasive speeches. (Example: To motivate listeners to buy organic food)

Learning Objective: 5.3: Develop an effective specific purpose statement

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.2b. Formulate the Specific Purpose

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Make a checklist of the five criteria that an effective thesis statement or central idea would fulfill.

Learning Objective: 5.6: Evaluate the effectiveness of your general and specific purpose statements as well as your thesis (central idea)

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5.3c. Evaluating the Thesis Statement or Central Idea

Difficulty Level: Medium