The book lists 7 obstacles to effective verbal encoding and recommends solutions for each
obstacle. Describe 5 of these obstacles. Provide at least one example of an obstacle you have
faced and discuss how you overcame it or might have done so.
What will be an ideal response?
The obstacles are insufficient vocabulary, jargon, euphemisms, trigger words,
abstracting and allness, polarizing terms, and imprecise language and relative terms.
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Which of the following is NOT an evaluation principle that applies to both classroom and field
speeches? A) The critic needs to understand the rhetorical situation and the speaker's purpose. B) The critic must choose the effectiveness and/or the artistic standard. C) The ethical implications of the speech should be assessed. D) The validity of the speaker's reasoning should be assessed. E) The appropriateness of the topic to the assignment should be assessed.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following describe the type of relationship that reporters should have with their sources?
A. close friendship B. professional C. courteous D. contentious
The political correctness movement suffered a setback in what hate speech case?
A) Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire B) Roe v. Wade C) R.A.V. v. St. Paul D) Schenck v. U.S.
Matching
36) A tentative plan of what the speaker wants to say, allowing for review and changes 37) Words or phrases that act as guideposts for listeners, to connect ideas in the speech and move from one point to another 38) An organizational pattern involving a five-step plan of action 39) A method of organization describing things in the order in which they happened 40) All statements at the same level of an outline are equal in importance A) Spatial order B) Plotting outline C) Planning outline D) Chronological order E) Motivated sequence F) Subordination G) Transitions H) Connectives I) Coordination J) Problem-solution