PUBLIC SPEAKING 1315
Ms. Elanor J. McCoy
Test 1 Study Guide
Part 1
List benefits of public speaking for personal and professional development.
List the 3 main forms of communication and provide a brief definition of each.
What is included in the speech context?
Why should you define clear goals for your speech?
When preparing your speeches which familiar skills should you draw from, how and
why?
List the canons of rhetoric and provide a brief explanation.
List the steps to construct and deliver a speech.
List 4 levels of anxiety a public speaker might experience.
What skills sought by employers or organization rank number 1 on the list of desired
skills.
List the steps in the element of communication (The communication Process). Tell how
each is used to accomplish communication.
What 3 parts make up the outline for the speech?
What is included in an introduction?
What is included in the body of the speech?
What is concluded in the conclusion of the speech?
What is nonverbal delivery?
What is audience analysis?
What is the purpose of using analogies, metaphors and other figures of speech when
developing you speech?
List some types of external noise.
List some types of internal noise.
Why is listening a large part of the communication process?
What does active listen involve?
What does being an ethical speaker mean?
Discuss 4 ways a speakers can establish credibility with listeners?
What is the difference between a legal speech and an ethical speech?
What factors underlies the fear of public speaking?
List some ways to overcome speech anxiety.
Key Terms
Active listening External listening distractions
defensive listening
critical thinking valid generalization overgeneralization ethos fighting words
slander Defamatory statement
values
jargon
stereotype hate speech
plagiarism
Paraphrase
cybercheating demographics dyadic communication
public speaking
Feedback
Source encoding
receiver
decoding
audience perspective
message channel
noise shared meaning rhetorical
situation rhetorical proofs
ethnocentrism
rhetoric
Circular response
listening
selective perception