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Practice Quiz #6:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1. Which of the three speech introduction functions should always be done first?

a. establish the speaker's ethos
b. get the audience's attention
c. prepare the audience for the speech body
d. any one of the above. They may be done in any order.
2. What introduction device should always be used for a hostile audience?
a. establish the topic's importance
b. establish a common ground
c. focus the audience on the topic
d. none of the above
3. What introduction device should only be used for a friendly audience that are already interested in the speech topic?

a. illustration
b. direct statement of the topic
c. establish a common ground
d. none of the above
4. What introduction device designed to prepare the audience for the speech body should be used with a well-informed audience the speaker feels may not listen because they consider the topic to be old material they already know?

a. establish the topic's importance
b. establish a common ground
c. focus the audience on the topic
d. none of the above
5. Assume during a speech you get the audience's attention to the subject of cancer and then tell the audience you will be speaking about the more narrow topic of breast cancer in young women. What introduction device designed to prepare the audience for the speech body would this be an example of?

a. background information
b. establish a common ground
c. focus the audience on the topic
d. none of the above
6. Establish the topic's importance and background information are both designed to be used with what audience type?
a. friendly
b. neutral
c. hostile
d. none of the above
7. What introduction device is designed to be used at special events?

a. direct statement of the topic
b. establish the topic's importance
c. reference to the occasion
d. none of the above
8. What device designed to prepare the audience for the speech body heightens the speaker's ethos?

a. establish the topic's importance
b. focus the audience on the topic
c. background information
d. none of the above
9. What conclusion device dares the audience to do something as a result of the speech?

a. summary
b. quotation
c. challenge
d. none of the above
10. What is the only introduction device designed to prepare the audience for the speech body that sometimes begins a speech instead of an attention-getting device?

a. background information
b. establish a common ground
c. focus the audience on the topic
d. none of the above

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