COMM 301 Week Quiz

COMM 301 Week Quiz  | Los Rios Community College

Question 1

The specific purpose of a speech should be:  

·         familiar to listeners.  

·         focused and concrete.  

·         easy to understand.  

·         an interesting topic.

 

Question 2

The main points in the body of the speech are:  

·         cues that help the audience give an appropriate response.  

·         points during which you must reclaim audience attention.  

·         important facts and concepts your audience should know.  

·         the key ideas that allow the speech to accomplish its purpose.

 

 Question 3

In deciding how many main points to include, you should consider:  

·         having one main point that includes all the information you will use.  

·         directly announcing each main point when it’s time to present it. 

·         making sure that your audience responds positively to each one.  

·         that fewer main points, rather than many, will be easier to remember.

 

 Question 4

In deciding what your main points should be, you should consider:  

·         what information your audience needs in order to understand your topic.  

·         including a review of information the audience may have forgotten  

·         making a statement about your commitment to disagree with experts.  

·         the element of surprise that will get and hold the attention of the audience.

 

 Question 5

Balancing your main points means:  

·         leaving your audience uncertain as to your views on the topic. 

·         making certain that every statement will be fair and objective.

·         treating each point with the same depth of detail, emphasis, and length.  

·         putting both “pro” and “con” information into each main point.

 

 Question 6

 

When we refer to the logical flow of main points, we refer to:  

·         the effectiveness of the examples we provide.  

·         making sure each main point is important.  

·         the accuracy of information in each main point.    

·         whether they make sense in a particular order.

 

Question 7

Thinking strategically about the body of your speech means:  

·         creating persuasive strategies in order to get audience agreement.  

·         determining what is essential and important to its purpose.  

·         making sure all claims are fully supported by authoritative citations.  

·         creating psychological strategies to maintain audience attention.

 

Question 8

The purpose of your speech should be as broad and inclusive as possible

You Answered  

·         True  

·         False

 

 

Question 9

Each main point should be directly related to the other main points and to the purpose of the speech.  

·         True 

·         False

 

Question 10 

.A speech is most influential if it has a substantial number of main points.  

·         True 

·         False