which of the following is the most effective way to establish a trust bond with your audience?
which of the following is the first step that helps establish your own style of public speaking?
why does this american life tell stories that are full of plot twists, red herrings and surprise endings?
before you decide on the style of your speech, you should consider all of the following except_______.
how do we think of people around when they think or act differently from us?
you should always use the styles you have learned instead of building your own style.
according to the website, the sage is the hero of information.
the wizard speakers are very often full of power and passion.
'the jesters' are natural born humorists.
speaking as who you are means you can say whatever you like in your speech without any preparation.
the four speaker personality types we have discussed are: the sage, the wizard, the monarch and the jester.
speaking as who you are is the best policy.
speaking as who you are means you know your personality type and the situation that you speak in.
the four speaker personality types are fit for all occasions and situations.
when the general purpose of a speech is to inform, your aim is to ________.
when you need to decide the topic by yourself, you may brainstorm from the following categories except _____.
which of the following is suggested to use to specify the specific purpose in the outline of your speech?
the central idea is __________.
your speech topic is determined by the occasion, the audience and the speaker's qualifications.
the general purpose of a speech is either to inform or to encourage.
most of the time the central idea will encapsulate the main points to be developed in the body of the speech.
according to robert waldinger, the key to happiness is wealth and fame.
good relationships keep us both physically and mentally healthy.
people tend to ignore maintaining close relationships because it's considered negative.
the body of your speech contains _________ main points.
in what way are original thinkers different from the average minds?
the most often used connectives include: transitions, internal previews, internal summaries and signposts.
questions are particularly effective as internal summaries because they get the audience involved with the speech.
according to grant, self-doubt drives originals to energize themselves and motivates them to test, to experiment and to refine.
originals feel fear more of failing to try than of failing, and regret not of actions but of inactions.
internal summaries summarize the point(s) the listeners have just heard.
according to grant, there are two kinds of doubt, self-doubt and idea-doubt.
we can use all of the following to support our main point except ______.
the most important thing to consider when we are using quotes as support is ______.
you make the statistics meaningful to the audience by the following ways except ______.
brief examples are often called narratives, illustrations or anecdotes.
when we use testimony, the person we quote from should be an expert in a certain field.
good speeches should not be full of personal opinions and hasty generalization.
all of the examples given by lera boroditsky are english, so she thinks the judgements of human mind may be narrow and biased.
thought comes before language and determines what we say.
according to boroditsky, language profoundly shapes the way we think.
the beginning of a speech serves all of the following purposes except __________.
in order to get attention from the audience you can do all of the following except ____________.
the reason why suzanne went back to school is that __________.
which of the following does a mother tree not do to the younger trees?
the beginning prepares listeners for what is to come.
the conclusion ties up everything and alerts listeners that the speech is going to end.
keeping the attention of your audience is easy once you start talking.
credibility means whether the speaker is a scientist to speak on a given topic.
at the beginning of suzanne's talk, she relates the topic to her audience by asking them to imagine being a tree.
we need to consider the sustainability of forests and take a more holistic veiw towards them.
which of the following kind of informative speech explains the meaning, theory or philosophy of a specific topic?
making comparison or contrast, or using simile, metaphor or ogy is a very good way to avoid ______ in an informative speech.
what is amy cuddy's response to the public's viewing her findings as being 'fake'?
when you speak to inform, your aim is to win your audience over.
there are four types of subjects in informative speeches: objects, processes, events and concepts.
the most often used methods in informative speeches are description, explanation, definition and demonstration.
a concept is a systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product.
processes include beliefs, theories, ideas, principles and the like.
a demonstration speech creates a vivid picture in your audience's mind regarding a person, an animal or a place, etc.
which of the following is an argumentation device that shows if two things are similar in some ways, they are similar in other ways as well?
credibility means the audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic. it is mainly affected which of the following two factors of the speaker?
in the talk 'how great leaders inspire action', simon sinek wants to ________.
when you ________, you progress from a number of particular facts to a general conclusion.
sometimes in order to move listeners to action, we can substitute emotional appeals for evidence and reasoning.
reasoning from principle moves from the general to the specific.
when reasoning from principle, you do not need to care whether listeners will accept your general principle without evidence at all.
when both the general principle and minor premise are soundly based, your audience will be more likely to accept your conclusion.
reasoning is the process of drawing a logical conclusion on the basis of evidence.
according to simon, when making a decision, the inspiring leaders progress from 'why' to 'how' to 'what' while ordinary people starts from outside in.
a speaker can make his/her meaning comprehensible by doing all of the following except __________.
if a speaker wants to move people with vivid, animated language, he/she can do all of the following except __________.
in order to make language vivid, we often use rhetorical devices like the following except __________.
in order to make clear speeches, we need to use big words at all time instead of short ones.
if your want to move people with your speeches, try to use vivid, animated language.
simile is an implicit comparison between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
garry kasparov competed with ibm super computer, deep blue, twice and won the first match.
garry took machine's triumph as 'a human triumph', and believed 'the world of chess still wanted to have a human chess champion'.
the one thing that you can not do when using powerpoint slide is __________.
when you are preparing visual aids for your speech, you had better do all of the following except __________.
which of the following statement is not true about procrastinators?
the panic monster will suddenly wake up and start to panic when __________.
both of procrastinators and non-procrastinators have a rational decision maker, which is responsible for making the rational decision.
if you are going to use powerpoint effectively, you need a clear idea of exactly why, how and when you are going to use it in your speech.
as long as the video you present can explain the point you make, it doesn't matter how long the video lasts.
when you use your own body as a visual aid, it requires special practice to coordinate your actions with your words and to maintain eye contact with the audience.
procrastinators enjoy the leisure activities that are not supposed to be happening, not feeling guilty and anxiety at all.
__________ is the highness or lowness of the speaker's voice.
__________signals the end of a thought unit, give an idea time to sink in, and lend dramatic impact to a statement.
the rules of using gestures include all of the following except that the gestures you make__________.
good delivery usually contains two parts, your voice and your body.
the aspects of voice you should work on include volume, pitch, rate, pause, pronunciation and articulation.
the aspects of body you should work on are eye contact, posture, facial expression and gestures.
if you are too nervous when you speak, you may look at the ceiling of the room instead of looking at your audience.
when your body language is consistent with your words, you are most likely to convey your ideas to the audience successfully.
when you choose to view your stress as positive and helpful, you build your self-confidence to cope with it better.