Public Speaking Final Exam Study Guide

Format and Content of the Exam

Part One: Matching.  23 terms divided into 2 sections.
     Terms: Sender, Receiver, Message, Feedback, Channel, Encoding, Decoding, Types of interference,
     Nonverbal, Pitch, Vocal quality, Impromptu speaking, Manuscript speaking, Memorized
     speaking, Extemporaneous speaking, Visual-image speech, Persuasion, 2 kinds of persuaders
     (coercive & coactive), Dissonance, 3 kinds of receivers/audiences (hostile, doubtful, favorable)
     
Part Two: The communication process diagram

Part Three: 49 True/False on various concepts:
Concepts: Feedback, Levels of information, Interference, Gestures and other nonverbals, Barriers to
listening, Listening tips, Audience analysis, Support materials: using examples, personal experiences,
statistics, definitions, repetition, quotations; Credibility, Outlining, Delivery of speeches: initial
impression, vocal characteristics, dialect, pause, movement, volume, eye contact, facials;
Preparing/practicing different kinds of speeches; Audio-Visual aids and their usage; Monroe’s
Motivated Sequence steps, Fear and Self-Confidence

Part Four: Listing
Concepts to know: Audience analysis, library use, outline construction, audio-visual aids and their
usage, notecard use, manuscript, impromptu, and demonstration speech practice and preparation tips,
Monroe’s Motivated Sequence, Works Cited guidelines

Chapters covered on the Exam & papers to add to this folder!!!

From Person to Person
Chapters 1, 2,  5, and 6 -- Study your quizzes and notes, and a handout on Fear/Self confidence
Chapter 15 on Preparing a Speech -- See the blue worksheet you did on the first part of this
Chapter 16 on Delivering a Speech -- See your gold worksheet
Chapters 18 on Persuasion -- See your pink handout or notes

From the old book (the yellow packet)
Chapters 9 and 11 on Demonstration and Audio-Visual Aids-- See the yellow worksheet you did over
     the packet

Other Materials to add to this folder
Fear and self-confidence handout (2-sided, white)
Outlining part of the Information Speech Handout (Green)
Outlining part of the Persuasive Speech Handout (Red) on Monroe's Motivated Sequence Steps