List and define three different components of the public speaking process.

What will be an ideal response?


Speaker: The person who stimulates public dialogue by delivering an oral message.Message: The information conveyed by the speaker to the audience. This can be verbal or nonverbal.Audience: The complex and varied group of people the speaker addresses.Channel: The means by which the message is conveyed.Noise: Anything that interferes with understanding the message being communicated.Feedback: verbal and nonverbal signals an audience gives a speaker.Context: environment or situation in which a speech occurs.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. When describing the consequences of a recommended behavior, it is more effective to focus on the consequences that are more desirable and personally relevant to the message receiver. 2. As compared to one-sided messages, two-sided messages are generally more persuasive. 3. A refutational two-sided message is generally more persuasive than a nonrefutational two-sided message. 4. Because of negativity bias, loss-framed messages are generally more persuasive than gain-framed messages. 5. If a threat is perceived as significant, but the message receivers doubts his or her ability to minimize the threat, he or she is likely to engage in a fear control response.

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All three parts of the speech (introduction, body, and conclusions) follow an outlining format

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Group norms do not have positive or negative effects on member behavior and group success

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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______ occur when people don’t know how a word works or what it means and thus misapply modifiers to it.

A. Split infinitives B. Run-ons C. Clichés D. Redundancies

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