The strength of a ceremonial
speech depends primarily on the __________.
speaker's ability to use words and images to capture the occasion
All speaking occasions create _________.
B. constraints
Which of the following is TRUE of eulogies?
E.They should magnify the person's weaknesses and minimize his or her strengths.
A. They should focus on the honoree's virtues
Speakers exhibit______ when they fit their speech to the expectations of the listeners in a particular occasion.
decorum
Statements that listeners regard to be true are ______.
beliefs
Relying solely on demographic categories for audience analysis can lead the speaker to risk unwarranted ______.
stereotyping
When your audience analysis focuses on the perceptual processes of the audience, including their tendencies toward selective exposure and selective attention, you are assessing audience _____________.
psychology
Controversial topics need to be addressed _________.
with respect for the audience and the rhetorical situation
The specific purpose statement clearly identifies the __________.
desired outcome of the speech
Michelle, an advocate for women's rights, used her persuasive speech to urge her classmates to participate in the campus "Take Back the Night" event. Her purpose was to _____________.
induce a specific action
The process of deciding how a speech can best achieve its purpose is called ___________.
strategic planning
Speeches employing the informative strategy of reporting answer which question?
What happened?
when you aim to make the audience aware of an issue or problem they had not previously known about, your informative purpose will likely be ______.
agenda setting
"Forgetting curve" refers so ________________.
the rate at which information is forgotten over time
A well organized speech leads to which of the following results?
Listeners are more likely to understand and be influenced by your message
The two basic components of organization are _______.
selection and arrangement
Because the speaker must provide connections to help the audience bridge the gap between the elements of the speech, it is important to include _________ in the speech.
transitions
Which element of the conclusion functions to alert the listeners that the conclusion is beginning?
Summarizing the main ideas
Which of the following questions should most concern a speaker when opening a speech with a quotation?
Is the quote clearly tied to my thesis?
Citing statistics in the introduction works best when _______.
they contradict beliefs commonly held by the listeners
The most basic theory of _________ is that people seek pleasure and avoid pain
motivation
When listeners avoid evidence and arguments that challenge what they already believe by putting conflicting ideas into separate mental boxes, they are using a resistance strategy known as ______.
compartmentalization
Phillip gave a persuasive speech about why people should not smoke. His classmate, Morris, refused to accept Phillip's arguments, even though they were well supported, because he thought Phillip was just another "do-good liberal" who wanted to curtail people's freedom. Which act of selective perception did Morris exhibit?
Belittling the source
Selective influence can be prompted by which two conditions?
boomerang effect and polysemy
______ is an obstacle to persuasion related to the fact that different listeners interpret the same message in different ways.
"Polysemy"
When you rely on the information or opinions of others to support your claims, you are using reasoning by ________.
testimony
In his speech about effective study skills, Mark said, "Preparing for a test without reading is like going fishing without bait." What type of reasoning is he using?
Figurative analogy
When you argue that two things are related because one thing influenced or brought about the other, you are reasoning by _____________.
cause
Reasoning by sign proceeds by _______.
showing that when one thing stands for another, we can infer the existence of what it stands for
Which of the following is a characteristic of mathematical or scientific proof?
