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Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches? Selected Answer:

Turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts.

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Visualize the worst things that could happen. Turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts. Avoid making direct eye contact with the audience. Stay up late the night before to finish preparing. Generate extra adrenaline as you speak.

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Question #12 Gradable: automatic Topic: Nervousness Question 2 4 out of 4 points

As your textbook explains, the means by which a message is communicated is termed the Selected Answer:

channel.

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channel. vehicle. carrier. catalyst. stimulus.

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correct Question #25 Gradable: automatic Topic: Speech Communication Process

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Question 3 4 out of 4 points

According to the advice given in your textbook, if you make a mistake when you are giving a speech, the best thing to do is Selected Answer:

keep going because your audience doesn’t know what you had planned to say.

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start that part of the speech over and deliver it the way you had planned. keep going because your audience doesn’t know what you had planned to say. stop and tell your audience that you messed up because you are so nervous. assume that your speech is a failure because you made a mistake. read from your notes for the rest of the speech to avoid further mistakes.

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Question #20 Gradable: automatic Topic: Confidence Topic: Nervousness Question 4 4 out of 4 points

Which of the following strategies is least likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches? Selected Answer:

concentrating on your stage fright

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thinking positively concentrating on your stage fright working especially hard on your introduction making eye contact with members of your audience using visual aids

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correct Question #17 Gradable: automatic Topic: Nervousness

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Question 5 4 out of 4 points

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches? Selected Answer:

Visualize yourself giving a successful speech.

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Tell your audience how nervous you are.

Avoid making eye contact with the audience. Focus on achieving perfection in your speech. Visualize yourself giving a successful speech. Tell a lot of jokes during your speech. Response Feedback:

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Question #13 Gradable: automatic Topic: Nervousness Question 6 0 out of 4 points

A listener's ethical obligations include Selected Answer:

being courteous and attentive during a speech.

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being courteous and attentive during a speech. agreeing with everything a speaker says. maintaining the free and open expression of ideas. All of these answers are correct. Both being courteous and attentive during a speech and maintaining the free and open expression of ideas.

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Question 7 4 out of 4 points

A listener's ethical obligation to avoid prejudging a speaker means that a listener should Selected Answer:

strive to understand the speaker before criticizing his or her ideas.

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agree with everything the speaker says. strive to understand the speaker before criticizing his or her ideas. focus on the speaker's delivery when responding to the speech. All of these answers are correct. Both agree with everything the speaker says and focus on the speaker's delivery when responding to the speech.

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Question #44 Gradable: automatic Topic: Listening Question 8 4 out of 4 points

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to avoid patchwork plagiarism? Selected Answer:

Consult a large number of sources in your research.

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Do most of your research on the Internet. Take all the notes from each source on a single page. Consult a large number of sources in your research. All of these answers are correct. Both take all the notes from each source on a single page and consult a large number of sources in your research.

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Question #28 Gradable: automatic Topic: Plagiarism Question 9 4 out of 4 points

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to steer clear of incremental plagiarism? Selected Answer:

Cite the sources of all quotations and paraphrases in your speech.

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Avoid using direct quotations from other people in your speech. Use only your original ideas so there is no risk of plagiarism.

Avoid citing sources that might make someone suspect plagiarism. Cite the sources of all quotations and paraphrases in your speech. Avoid paraphrasing information from other people in your speech. Response Feedback:

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Question #34 Gradable: automatic Topic: Plagiarism Question 10

4 out of 4 points

A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes is called a(n) __________ speech. Selected Answer:

extemporaneous

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extemporaneous spontaneous transitional contemporaneous informative

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Question #17 Gradable: automatic Topic: Delivery Question 11 4 out of 4 points

For her first speech, Rebekah plans to explain her interest in gymnastics beginning with her childhood and continuing through her days in high school. Which pattern of organization discussed in your textbook will s use in her speech?

Selected Answer:

chronological

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topical artistic chronological kinetic functional

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correct Question #7 Gradable: automatic Topic: Organization

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Question 12 0 out of 4 points

Which of the following does your textbook recommend that you do when rehearsing your first speech? Selected Answer:

Practice giving the speech to friends or family members.

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Rehearse the speech out loud. Prepare notes consisting of key words and phrases. Practice giving the speech to friends or family members. All of these answers are correct. Both prepare notes consisting of key words and phrases and practice giving the speech to friends or family members.

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Question #20 Gradable: automatic Topic: Delivery Question 13 0 out of 4 points

According to your textbook, when you prepare speaking notes for your first speech, you should Selected Answer:

write down key terms and phrases rather than complete sentences.

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double-space or triple-space your notes so they are easy to see. write down key terms and phrases rather than complete sentences. write or print on only one side of the index cards or paper. All of these answers are correct. Both double-space or triple-space your notes so they are easy to see and write or print on only one side of the index cards or paper.

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Question #18 Gradable: automatic Topic: Delivery Question 14 0 out of 4 points

As explained in your textbook, the central idea of your speech Selected Answer:

sums up or encapsulate the major ideas of your speech.

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is usually formulated after you have done some research. is more precise than your specific purpose statement. sums up or encapsulate the major ideas of your speech. All of these answers are correct. Both is more precise than your specific purpose statement and sums up or

encapsulate the major ideas of your speech. Response Feedback:

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Question #47 Gradable: automatic Topic: Central Idea Question 15 0 out of 4 points

"To inform my audience about the three basic steps in preventive medicine" is an example of a Selected Answer:

general purpose.

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main point. specific purpose. thesis statement. central idea. general purpose.

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Question #14 Gradable: automatic Topic: Purpose Statement Question 16 4 out of 4 points

The specific purpose of Stephanie's informative speech is "To inform my audience about economics." Are t any flaws in Stephanie's specific purpose?

Selected Answer:

Yes. Stephanie's specific purpose is too broad.

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No. Stephanie has a strong specific purpose statement. Yes. Stephanie's specific purpose is too impersonal. Yes. Stephanie's specific purpose is written as a statement rather than a question. Yes. Stephanie's specific purpose mentions her audience. Yes. Stephanie's specific purpose is too broad.

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Question 17 0 out of 4 points

Charity's specific purpose statement for her classroom informative speech is "To inform my audience abou changes in Medicare benefits for next year." According to your textbook, are there any flaws in Charity's specific purpose?

Selected Answer:

No. Charity has a strong specific purpose statement.

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No. Charity has a strong specific purpose statement. Yes. Charity’s specific purpose statement is too broad. Yes. Charity’s specific purpose should have been expressed as a question. Yes. Charity’s specific purpose statement is not relevant to her audience. Yes. Charity’s specific purpose statement is too trivial for her audience.

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incorrect Question #40 Gradable: automatic Topic: Purpose Statement Topic: Selecting a Topic

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Question 18 4 out of 4 points

You are giving a speech on a community building project to a local service organization at its monthly lunc Dessert dishes are being cleared away as you walk into the overcrowded, overheated room. The most important situational factor to consider when adapting to your audience would probably be the Selected Answer:

physical setting for your speech.

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age of your audience. audience's attitude toward you. physical setting for your speech. education of your audience. gender of your audience.

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correct Question #40 Gradable: automatic

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Topic: Audience Analysis Question 19 0 out of 4 points

If you were constructing an audience-analysis questionnaire and wanted to learn the strength of your liste attitudes for or against the use of animals in medical research, which of the following would be the best ki question to ask? Selected Answer:

open-ended question

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demographic question open-ended question leading question scale question fixed-alternative question

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Question #59 Gradable: automatic Topic: Audience Questionnaire Question 20 4 out of 4 points

One of the ways speakers analyze audiences is by looking at traits such as age, gender, sexual orientation religion, group membership, and racial, ethnic and cultural background. According to your textbook, what this called? Selected Answer:

demographic audience analysis

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demographic audience analysis psychological audience analysis background audience analysis situational audience analysis descriptive audience analysis

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Question #13 Gradable: automatic Topic: Audience Analysis Question 21 4 out of 4 points

Gemma wants to persuade her classmates to become vegans. The most important factor for Gemma to consider when analyzing her audience is probably its

Selected Answer:

attitude toward the topic.

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knowledge of the topic. disposition toward the speaker. attitude toward the topic. disposition toward the occasion. racial composition.

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Question #48 Gradable: automatic Topic: Audience Analysis Question 22

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4 out of 4 points

Which of the following should be accomplished first, prior to drafting your speech outline? Selected Answer:

Determine a specific purpose

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Determine main points Choose relevant sources Determine a specific purpose Select appropriate visual aids

Question 23

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0 out of 4 points

John is gathering audience demographic information for his speech in order to: Selected Answer:

Determine the place and occasion where the speech will be held

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Know his topic better NO Predict audience reactions to the topic Know how long to make the speech Determine the place and occasion where the speech will be held

NO

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Question 24 4 out of 4 points

If you have prepared a speech, but do not plan to use the same exact

wording during actual delivery, you will be speaking: Selected Answer:

Extemporaneo usly

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Impromptu Extemporaneo usly From memory From a manuscript

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Question 25 4 out of 4 points

Choose the most effective way to manage public speaking apprehension: Selected Answer:

Focus on delivering your message

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Focus on suppressing your fear Be honest with your audience about your nervousness Write out your speech and read it with expression Focus on delivering your message...