1
Quizzes and Assignments: COM 181-005/006
Quizzes
There are seven quizzes that count toward your final grade in this class (70 points maximum). The instructor (that's me folks)
may give more than seven quizzes, and chose the top seven scores to add to your final grade. Quizzes are designed to make
sure that you are prepared for class, prepared for the final paper, and to establish a common ground of knowledge of public
speaking from which to develop your skills both as a public speaker and as a consumer of information.
Quizzes are graded either as pass/fail (you receive full credit for doing them or no credit for not doing them) or on a three point
scale with 10 points = excellent work, 7 points = average work, and 5 points = unacceptable work.
*All quizzes must be typed, and must cite the page number where the information is contained in the Lucas test
(Lucas, p. number) or the Workbook (Waldhart, p. number).
Due AUG 29: Quiz 1 (Ch. 1, 2, & 3; WKBK p. 24)
1. What strategies can a speaker use to deal with speech anxiety (“stage fright”)?
2. How is ethics important to public speaking both from a speaker’s perspective and from a listener’s perspective?
Due SEP 7: Quiz 2 (Ch. 4, 5, & 6; WKBK p. 40)
1. You have been asked to go to a company to give a presentation on how to choose topics for speeches. What would you tell
the audience?
2. Find and list 5 credible sources of information about “the blue people” of Kentucky. What are the criteria you used to
establish the credibility of the sources, and how well do your five sources meet these criteria?
2
Due SEP 12: Quiz 3 (Ch. 7, 8, & 10)
1. Complete the following 2 tables:
Table 1: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES FOR MAIN POINTS IN SPEECHES
Organizational Structure
Definition
Examples (appropriate topics)
Chronological order
Spatial order
Causal order
Problem solution order
Topical order
Connective
Table 2: CONNECTIVES FOR USE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES
Definition
Examples (appropriate expressions to use)
Transitions
Internal previews
Internal summaries
Signposts
2. Create a guideline for making preparation outlines (not speaking outlines).
3
Due SEP 19: Quiz 4 (Ch. 9 & 14; WKBK p. 25)
1. Define what a good introduction is and what a good conclusion is (include types of information used in each, the purposes
they serve, and so on).
2. What are the appropriate organizational structures to use when performing an informative speech about an object, a
process, an event, and a concept?
SEP 28: Outline 1 Due (Use form online)
Due OCT 3: Quiz 5 (Ch. 12; WKBK p. 28-29)
1. How does delivery support or detract from the content of a speech?
2. What are the best strategies to use to field questions from the audience?
OCT 10-12: Informative Speeches
Due OCT 17: Quiz 6 (Ch. 11 & 15)
1. Discuss the role that language plays in speech making (semantics, accuracy, clarity, vividness, appropriateness, and
inclusive language). It might help to create a list of things to do and not do.
2. What are the appropriate organizational structures to use when performing a persuasive speech on questions of fact,
questions of value, and questions of policy?
Due OCT 24: Quiz 7 (Ch. 16)
1. What are the 4 types of reasoning? What are advantages and disadvantages of each (include possible fallacies)?
2. What are the best strategies for using emotional appeals?
4
OCT 31: Outline 2 Due (Use form online)
NOV 7-14: Persuasive Speech 1
NOV 21: Outline 3 (revision of outline 2) Due (Use form online)
NOV 28-: Persuasive Speech 2
NOV 30: Evaluation of Speaker Paper Due