Exam 1: Foundations of Public Speaking

According to your textbook, public speaking is a(n)________________ process.

Dressing professionally, being poised as you speak, and citing credible evidence all convey ____________

Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of an ethical speaker?

The _______ is the overall framework of your speech and includes the introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions..

After Eva's speech about the harmful effects of not recycling, you noticed that she discarded her empty water bottle in the nearest trashcan.  Which ethical principle has Eva violated?

Public speaking has been revered as a(n)______________ in democratic civilizations since ancient times.

Presenting the ideas, words, or created works of another as one's own by failing to credit the source is called:___________.

The process of tailoring the message to address exigence in terms of the audience's unique interests, needs, and expectations is called:

The reason why a course devoted in part or entirely to public speaking is often required in a general education curriculum is that __________.

Psychological noise is any external sight or sound that distracts us from the message of a speech.