Posted: April 23rd, 2016

Which of the following strategies encourages retention?

Speeches aimed at persuading listeners to change their minds or take action require only persuasive goals, while strengthening and weakening commitment employ both informative and persuasive strategies. T/F?

10. When using people as visual aids, speakers should remember that volunteers from the audience are much more reliable than confederates. T/F?

11. Speaker should appeal to multiple needs because audiences are generally made up of people with different needs. T/F?

12. Visual aids should be colorful because color is more vivid than black and white. T/F?

13. A presentation speech is a common:

Speech of greeting
Speech of tribute
Speech of testimony
Speech making an award
Speech of welcome

14. Karla knows that her audience is familiar with the many public messages about the dangers of alcohol. She decides to give her informative speech about recent studies showing that one drink per day can have health benefits, significantly reducing the risk of heart attacks. Her informative purpose is:

Agenda setting
Providing new perspective
Creating a negative feeling
Strengthening a feeling
Inducing an action

15. Speaking strategies which emphasize sharing ideas with the audience are called:

Entertaining
Persuading
Informing
Instructing
Disclosing

16. To plan the effective use of visual aids, you must be sensitive to:

Your audience
Your purpose
The physical circumstances
All of these
Your audience and your purpose only

17. A toast is a miniature version of a(n):

Speech of tribute
Speech marking an award
Speech of greeting
Introduction
Roast

18. By making visual aids simple, bold and large, the speaker is following which design principle?

Make sure that the visual aids can be easily seen.
Make the visual aids easy to handle
Make the visual aids aesthetically pleasing without being distracting
All of these
Make sure that the visual aids can be easily seen and make the visual aids aesthetically pleasing without being distracting only

19. Which of the following font types does the text recommend for computer-generated visual aids?

Serif
Sans serif
Ornamental
Decorative
Script

20. Which of the following purposes requires a balance of informative and persuasive strategies, as well as a focus on entertaining?

Agenda setting
Inducing action
Creating a positive or negative feeling
Weakening commitment
Equalizing a position

21. Describing is an informative strategy aimed at clarifying a term or concept that is vague or troublesome. T/F?

22. Visual aids have more potential drawbacks than potential advantages. T/F?

23. One important consideration when giving an informative speech is encouraging retention. Which of the following strategies encourages retention?

Reinforcement
Reportage
Inducement
Conversion
Induction

24. Describing is an informative strategy that requires the speaker to give specific, vivid details so that the listeners can paint a mental picture. T/F?

25. Which of the following is a general strategic resource for persuasive speaking?

Consciousness raising
Refutation
Seeking incremental change
Increasing the sense of urgency
Selecting appropriate supporting materials