Public Speaking Matters 2nd Edition By Kory Floyd – Test Bank

Public Speaking Matters 2nd Edition By Kory Floyd – Test Bank

Public Speaking Matters, 2e (Floyd)

Chapter 12   Introduce and Conclude Your Speech

1) Presenting statistics helps to personalize a speech.

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Understand

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2) Humor is a useful way to capture listeners’ attention because it can help generate positive feelings toward you.

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Remember

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3) A speaker should avoid posing a question and asking for a show of hands because that antagonizes the audience.

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Understand

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4) When speakers point out their topic’s relevance, they demonstrate that they are thinking about the audience.

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Understand

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5) A speaker should wait until the body of the speech to introduce people or objects related to the topic because it is too distracting to do so in the introduction.

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Understand

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6) If the speaker does something shocking during the introduction of the speech, he or she is likely to upset the audience and lose their attention.

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  Attention-getting techniques

Bloom’s:  Understand

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7) Aristotle used the term ethos to describe a speaker’s credibility.

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  Credibility

Bloom’s:  Remember

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8) The wisdom component of ethos means that the speaker has credibility because he or she is perceived as having worked hard on the speech.

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  Credibility

Bloom’s:  Remember

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9) One example of the virtue component of ethos is the speaker detailing how she traveled to a remote area to do the research for her presentation.

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  Credibility

Bloom’s:  Remember

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