The quizzes are 25-30 multiple choice and true/false questions, available on Blackboard. Here is a study guide for each chapter.
COM 1330 (OER) Study Guide for Stand Up, Speak Out
Chapter 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today
This test has questions about the difference between informative and persuasive speaking and the various models of communication (linear, transactional, etc.).
Chapter 2: Ethics Matters: Understanding the Ethics of Public Speaking
This quiz asks about the meaning of ethics, how to speak ethically, plagiarism, and freedom of speech.
Chapter 3: Speaking Confidently
Communication apprehension (AKA nervousness). Difference between “trait” and “state” apprehension. Four stages of speech delivery. Cognitive restructuring and other ways to deal with anxiety (deep breathing, getting organized, isometric exercises, positive visualization, and systematic desensitization.) How to handle interruptions and technical difficulties.
Chapter 4: The Importance of Listening
The difference between hearing and listening. Action, content, and time-oriented listening. Semantic, physiological, psychological and physical noise. Attention span. Receiver biases. Formative and summative feedback. Difference between fact and opinion. 3 stages of listening. Critical listening.
Chapter 14: Delivering the Speech
The difference between impromptu, manuscript, memorized and extemporaneous delivery. Vocal variety, vocal cues, articulation and inflection. Conversational style. Eye contact. Using notecards and lecterns.
Chapter 6: Finding a Purpose and Selecting a Topic
Specific and general purpose. Basic tips for your specific purpose. 5 basic questions (who, what, where and why). Attitudes, values and beliefs. Constraints (context, time frame, etc.) Narrowing your topic. Needs analysis. Rhetorical situation.
Chapter 7: Researching Your Speech
Questions about plagiarism and how to cite sources in three ways (Out loud, in-text and in the Works Cited). Forms of support. The purpose of research. Building an argument.
Chapter 8: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments
Forms of support. Clarification, credibility, accuracy and authority. Detecting biases in sources. Types of definitions. Informative and persuasive narratives. Paraphrasing. Pictographic support (a type of visual aid).
Chapter 16: Informative Speaking
Abstract versus concrete language. Multiple identities. Tangents. Accuracy, clarity and interest. Jargon. Definitions, descriptions, explanations, and examples. Chronological order. Types of informative speeches (objects, people, etc.)
Chapter 9: Introductions Matter: How to Begin a Speech Effectively
Attention getting devices. Purpose of preview. Thesis statement. Ethos (credibility). Specific purpose. Using references.
Chapter 10: Creating the Body of a Speech
Coming up with main points. Balancing and parallel structure. Logical Flow. Organizational patterns (topical, spatial, causal, etc.). Transitions and signposts. Internal previews and summaries.
Chapter 11: Concluding with Power
Purpose of conclusion. Serial position effect. Primacy and recency. Restating thesis. Concluding devices (or ‘clinchers’).
Chapter 12: Outlining
Types of outlines (working, full-sentence and speaking); specific purpose; thesis; scope of content; authoritative sources; logical relation between parts of speech; relevance; balance; proportion; singularity; consistency; parallelism; explication; evidence.
Chapter 13: The Importance of Language
Denotative and connotative meanings; oral vs. written communication; repetition; metaphor; heterosexism; clarity; economy; hedges; jargon; types of language (concrete; vivid; inclusive; obscure; powerful).
Chapter 15: Presentation Aids: Design and Usage
Functions of presentation aids; clarifying; emphasizing; aiding retention and recall; charts; graphs; diagrams; maps; computer-based presentation software; what Professor Lee says about text on slides.
Chapter 17: Persuasive Speaking
Core and dispositional beliefs; types of claims (definitional, factual, policy and value); Monroe’s motivated sequence (attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, action); problem/cause/solution.
