Exam 12: Generating Audiencinteres

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Story fidelity" refers to how truthful story appears.

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

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

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

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

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?”

"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

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

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