Exam 12: Generating Audiencinteres

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The Story-Building Chart in your textbook can help you put all the right pieces in the right order for your story.

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Using appropriate and effective visual aids is an effective way to gain and maintain an audience’s attention.

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Most audiences forget a significant portion of what they see and hear in a presentation.

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The first step when creating a Story-Building Chart is Character Development.

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Satire compares two (often opposite) concepts or events resulting in unexpected, humorous outcomes.

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Which of the following might NOT be an appropriate source for a good story?

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If you leave out the punch line of a story, the story may not make any sense.

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In terms of delivery, a speaker’s expressiveness has a particularly strong impact on audience interest levels.

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Audience members tend to remember humorous speakers positively even when they are not enthusiastic about the speaker’s message or topic.

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According to Peggy Noonan’s book, no speech should last more than 45 minutes.

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The vitality, variety, and sincerity that speakers put into their delivery are called “speech content.”

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"Story fidelity" refers to how truthful story appears.

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Walter Fisher, a communication scholar, has devoted significant energy and intellect to studying the nature and purpose of

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Storytelling can be an effective tool for generating audience interest because listeners want to know what will happen.

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The average adult in an audience can sustain undivided attention for fifteen minutes.

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The four kinds of truths found in an effective story include all of the following EXCEPT

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Most good stories follow an effective organizational pattern as illustrated in the textbook’s Story-Building Chart. Which phase of the Story-Building Chart answers the question “Is there a sentence or phrase that communicates the climax of the story?”

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"Whado you mean this isn't healthy meal? It contains all the basic food groups: salt, sugar, alcohol, and fat."This is an example of

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Researchers conclude that humor has direct health benefits such as lowering blood pressure and reducing depression.

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You can involve audience members in your presentation by asking questions, encouraging interaction among audience members, and asking for feedback.

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