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Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

	To _______________ is to teach an audience new information, ideas, concepts, principles, or processes.   Motivate Inform Persuade Coerce Entertain

	If a listener accurately interprets your intended meaning of a message, you have fulfilled which goal of informative speaking?   All of the above Speaking to maintain interest None of the above Speaking to enhance understanding Speaking to be remembered

	Natalie gives a speech on how to invest in the stock market. This is what type of informative speech?   Speech about a procedure Speech about an idea None of the above Speech about an object Speech about an event

	Joel is giving a speech on Islam. What type of organizational pattern should he use?   Procedural Spatial Complexity Any of the above Chronological

	When someone speaks with clarity, you would expect which of the following?   Frequently summarize key ideas Provide a handout prior to your talk with the major points outlined Don't present too much information too quickly All of the above Preview your main ideas in the introduction

	Asking the audience questions is an aspect of which adult-learning principle?   Adult learners like to be given information they can use immediately Adult learners are problem-oriented learners Adult learners like to know how information is relevant to their lives Adult learners like to be actively involved in their own learning Adult learners connect their life experiences with the new information that they learn

	Josh gave a speech on surfing, and showed a video of a surfing competition and told his listeners where they can learn to surf. Which strategy to enhance audience understanding did Josh use?   Definition by example Use effective visual reinforcement Use principles and techniques of adult learning All of the above Clarify complex processes

	Pausing and gesturing are strategies that speakers use to:   Reinforce key ideas nonverbally Pace information flow Reinforce key ideas verbally Bore their audience members Build in redundancy

	Which is NOT a technique of a speaker to make her/his speech more interesting to the audience?   Present information relevant to listeners None of the above Tell a story Motivate the audience to listen Incorporate more volume

	In an informative speech about Hawaii, Tyler described for his audience the warm sand beneath his feet, the roar of the Pacific Ocean, and the pungent smell of hibiscus flowers. What was Tyler attempting to do?   Use vivid language Appeal to his listeners' senses of touch, hearing, and smell Use word pictures All of the above Help his listeners form a mental image

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