Exam 12: Developing a Public Presentation

The introduction and conclusion should make up 50% of a speaker's presentation time.

Speakers should establish their expertise or personal experience on their subject in the introduction in order to:

In selecting an organizational pattern for a presentation, a speaker should:

The balance principle as applied to speech organization and development implies that:

In applying the guidance principle when preparing a presentation, a speaker should be sure to:

Announcing to your audience verbally and nonverbally that you have reached the conclusion of your speech is known as:

Explain the use of the unity principle in developing the body of a speech.

In developing the body of a speech, the speaker should seek to have:

Using humor in a presentation, whether in the introduction, body, or conclusion, requires:

In the conclusion, the speaker should do all of the following except:

Discuss why a speaker should state his/her purpose in giving the speech as a part of the introduction.

A clincher statement is a phrase that that allows you to end your speech strongly and smoothly.

Quotations are less effective in an introduction if:

Argumentation is not the same as disagreement.

In writing an attention-getter for the introduction, a speaker must be sure he/she is comfortable with it.

Explain the guidelines speakers should follow in creating an attention-getter for the introduction.

Introductions and conclusions should be written before finishing the body of the speech.

An important guideline to remember in using a rhetorical question in an introduction is:

When deciding between using a problem-solution or an elimination pattern to organize a presentation, a speaker should consider: