Preparing Your First Speech Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a common problem avoided by preparing?

• leaving too little time for planning and practicing

• losing track of the time during the speech

• focusing on length rather than quality of the speech

• failing to follow assignment instructions

What should you consider when analyzing your audience? (choose 2)

• Learn about audience's interests and backgrounds.

• Take your audience into consideration when planning your outfit and words.

• Use knowledge of the audience to anticipate member's attitudes.

• Use context clues to understand why the audience came to hear you speak today.

What are things to consider when selecting a topic? (choose all that apply)

• Choose a topic that interests you

• Avoid overused topics

• Narrow the topicto fit the time limit of your presentation

• See what other people are choosing for a topic in order to not repeat topics and get ideas

Which is the best description of a thesis?

• A few sentences that outline the speech in the introduction

• A single sentence that sums up your main message, narrow topic, and rhetorical purpose

• A sentence meant to bring a speech together and lay out the speech's content

• A sentence that just gives the topic of the speech.

What are Cicero's Canons?

• invention, arrangement, style, memory, delivery

• invention, rhetoric, memory, organization, language

• invention, bias, memory, power, rhetoric

• Invention, delivery, rhetoric, arrangement, visuals

What are the three parts to a speech?

• introduction, conclusion, subpoints

• point, subpoint, conclusion

• introduction, body, conclusion

• thesis, conclusion, body

What does FIRES stand for?

• Facts, Incidents, Reasons, Examples, Statistics

• Facts, Inventions, Rhetoric, Examples, Statistics

• Facts, Introduction, Reasons, Exacting, Speech

• Faces, Intent, Reasons, Examples, Statistics

What are the two parts of a conclusion? (select 2)

• Summary of main points

• A quote or statistic that adds detail

• A vivid closing sentence or paragraph

Where should transitions be used? (choose all that apply)

• Between main points

• Between the final main point and the conclusion

• Between the introduction and first main point

• Between the subpoints in the body paragraphs

What is NOT a way to take care of yourself before a speech?

• Go to a fun event the night before to ease nerves and keep you up late.

• Get enough sleep so you feel refreshed.

• Avoid excess sugars and caffeine before a speech.

• Manage outside commitments before tackling the speech.