Test Bank Chapter 15 Supporting And Organizing Your Speech

Chapter 15 Test Bank

Multiple Choice

15.1. _____ are brief specific forms of support that can be real or hypothetical.

A) Testimonies

B) Examples

C) Narratives

D) Illustrations

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.2. _____ is a specific form of support told in a story-like form.

A) A testimony

B) An example

C) A narrative

D) An illustration

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1: Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.3. In using examples, illustrations, and narratives, it is important to

A) stress the relevancy of the material to your audience.

B) present real and hypothetical examples in the same way.

C) always create extended examples to add the most clarity.

D) avoid the use of hypothetical examples.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.4. In her speech about how to handle decreased funding in higher education, Susan compared her university’s situation to another university in her state. She is using a

A) figurative analogy.

B) narrative.

C) definition.

D) literal analogy.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.5. Jacob defined the term artificial intelligence by citing a leading researcher in the field’s explanation of the concept. He is using definition by

A) authority.

B) negation.

C) specific examples.

D) testimony.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.6. When you use _____, you use the opinions of experts or the accounts of eyewitnesses to support your main points.

A) examples

B) narration

C) statistics

D) testimony

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.7. Which of the following is recommended by the text when using numerical data in a speech?

A) Use numerical data whenever possible.

B) Don’t use numerical data.

C) Use complete figures for accuracy, don’t round them off.

D) Reinforce your numerical data with a presentation aid.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.8. Presentation aids do all of the following EXCEPT

A) contribute to credibility and confidence.

B) reinforce your message.

C) increase communication apprehension.

D) help you gain attention and maintain interest.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.9. As a general rule (to which there are many exceptions), the BEST presentation aid is

A) a model.

B) a graph.

C) a word chart.

D) the object itself.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.10. _____ are useful presentation aids for showing differences over time or for comparing different amounts or sizes.

A) Word charts

B) Models

C) Graphs

D) Flipcharts

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.11. Carol displayed her presentation aid throughout her speech, even though she only referred to it in the beginning. Which suggestion for using presentation aids did she ignore?

A) Avoid talking to your aid.

B) Use your aid only when it’s relevant.

C) Know your aids intimately.

D) Integrate presentation aids into your speech seamlessly.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.12. Which of the following is a suggestion for effectively designing slides for a speech using presentation software?

A) Use many colors on each slide to gain interest.

B) Use several different type faces/fonts in each slide to get the audience’s attention.

C) Try not to put more than one complete thought on a slide.

D) Always have at least one visual on each slide.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.13. According to the textbook, you can make your list of main points shorter and more meaningful in all of the following ways EXCEPT by

A) eliminating points that seem least important to your thesis.

B) selecting points that are most relevant to or that interest your audience.

C) wording each of your main points in a different style.

D) combining points that have a common focus.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.2 Explain how main points can be developed.

Topic: Step 5: Develop Your Main Points

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.14. In Lavinia’s speech, it was necessary to describe the layout of a hospital. She would most likely use the _____ organizational pattern.

A) spatial

B) topical

C) chronological

D) temporal

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.15. A speech on the types of animals that make good pets might best be organized in the _____ pattern.

A) temporal

B) problem-solution

C) topical

D) cause-effect/effect-cause

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.16. When speaking about the various majors in college, the speaker may divide the topic into logical subtopics, such as science and technology, humanities, and social sciences. This organizational pattern is known as

A) temporal.

B) topical.

C) problem-solution.

D) transactional.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.17. A speech in which you try to convince your audience that drinking during pregnancy leads to complications at birth might best be organized into the _______ pattern.

A) cause-effect/effect-cause

B) spatial

C) topical

D) temporal

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.18. All of the following are functions of an introduction EXCEPT

A) to orient the audience.

B) to provide evidence to validate your main points.

C) to establish a speaker-audience-topic relationship.

D) to gain attention.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.19. One function of conclusions, most appropriate in persuasive speeches, is to _____ audiences.

A) analyze

B) orient

C) motivate

D) inform

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.20. Which of the following is a recommended way to provide closure at the end of your speech?

A) Use humor by telling a joke.

B) Use a quotation.

C) Give a general idea of your thesis.

D) Introduce the final main point.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.21. Which type of transition is used between major parts of your speech to help listeners follow your organizational structure, and is indicated in your outline in square brackets?

A) preview

B) signpost

C) review

D) connective

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.22. _____ are also known as internal summaries.

A) Previews

B) Signposts

C) Reviews

D) Connectives

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.23. _____ is best described as the blueprint for a speech.

A) The preparation outline

B) A skeleton note structure

C) Infrastructure

D) The general purpose

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.5 Explain the nature and function of preparation, template, and presentation outlines for your speeches.

Topic: Outlining Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.24. When constructing an outline, it is important to

A) outline the introduction, body, and conclusion as connected units.

B) use a consistent set of symbols.

C) use keywords and phrases.

D) avoid the use of transitions.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.5 Explain the nature and function of preparation, template, and presentation outlines for your speeches.

Topic: Outlining Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.25. A _____ outline should be used when giving your speech.

A) template

B) presentation

C) speaking

D) skeletal

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.5 Explain the nature and function of preparation, template, and presentation outlines for your speeches.

Topic: Outlining Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

True/False

15.26. Narratives are long and detailed examples.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.27. Analogies are divided into hypothetical and literal types.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.28. When using a testimony, you should stress its unbiased nature.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.29. Infographics are visual representations of information that combine the verbal and the nonverbal.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.30. If you wanted to demonstrate the muscles of the body, it would be appropriate to use a bodybuilder as a presentation aid.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.31. PowerPoint, Prezi and Keynote are all examples of presentation software.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.32. In a structure-function pattern of organization, there are generally three main points.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.33. The only function your introduction serves is to gain attention.

Chapter: 15

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.34. You can create closure in the conclusion of the speech by connecting the conclusion with the introduction.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

15.35. If you feel your speech didn’t go well, it is acceptable to apologize to your audience at the end.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

Essay

15.36. What are some types of supporting materials you should integrate into your speeches? Provide an example of the types of materials that would be useful for a speech on recycling.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.37. Discuss the types and uses of at least 6 presentation aids. Explain how you would use each of these presentation aids to improve your public speaking.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.1 Identify the major types of supporting material and provide examples of each.

Topic: Step 4: Collect Supporting Materials

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

15.38. Choose an organizational pattern covered in the chapter and a speech topic. Construct an ordered list of the main points you would discuss in a speech on this topic using your chosen organizational pattern.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.3 Explain the major patterns of organization.

Topic: Step 6: Organize Your Speech

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.39. Discuss the functions of introductions and conclusions. Construct an introduction and a conclusion for a speech on a topic of your choice.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

15.40. Define transitions and discuss the four types of transitions. Then, write connective transitions for the main points of the list created in question 3.

Chapter: 15

Module: 15.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 15.4 Identify the characteristics of effective introductions, conclusions, and transitions.

Topic: Step 7: Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know