Deck 8: Organizing the Main Points of Your Speech

Question 1

How does organization affect a speech?

A) It empowers the speech.
B) It hinders the speech.
C) It muddies the speech.
D) It burdens the speech.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Creating a speech has been compared with ______.

A) playing a game
B) writing an essay
C) taking a test
D) playing football

Answer 2

B

Question 3

______ generally contain short sentences, whereas ______ often contain complex sentences.

A) Speeches; essays
B) Essays, speeches
C) Arguments; speeches
D) Speeches; arguments

Answer 3

A

Question 4

We begin by introducing the topic, offering a preview of what's to come. This done, we go on to discuss the topic, developing it fully. Then, we wrap up with a concluding statement that summarizes the main points and ties the presentation together. This formula is called ______.

A) the principle of redundancy
B) the principle of speaking
C) the principle of writing
D) the essay writing principle

Question 5

A speech has a ______ organization if its main points develop and relate directly to the thesis or topic sentence that comes early in the presentation.

A) circular
B) straightforward
C) linear
D) simple

Question 6

The principle of ______ refers to the notion that the use of repetition reduces the uncertainty of receivers.

A) chronemics
B) causality
C) ethics
D) redundancy

Question 7

Which of the following is a traditional or linear approach to ordering material?

A) chronological order
B) timing order
C) problem-solution order
D) manuscript order

Question 8

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you explain to your audience members the order in which events happened.

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 9

Chronological ordering can be especially useful in ______ speaking.

A) informative
B) persuasive
C) academic
D) business

Question 10

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you follow various aspects of your topic from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, or north to south.

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 11

For a speech where you discuss major cities' proximity to one another, you would likely use ______.

A) chronological organization
B) cause and effect organization
C) spatial organization
D) topical organization

Question 12

Which of the following speeches would likely be organized spatially?

A) a speech on railroad development from east to west
B) a speech on the largest hurricanes each year
C) a speech on the reasons for cancers in the United States
D) a speech on the health problems related to tobacco

Question 13

Like chronological order, ______ order is used most frequently in informative speeches.

A) configural organization
B) cause and effect organization
C) spatial organization
D) topical organization

Question 14

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you specify the reasons and the consequences of specific phenomena.

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 15

A speech in which you began by discussing the percentage of drivers during a particular period of time who were drunk when involved in car accidents and then discussed number of deaths each year attributed directly to driving under the influence of alcohol, would be using which organizational pattern?

A) topical
B) cause-and-effect
C) chronological
D) spatial

Question 16

Cause-and-effect speeches lend themselves well to ______.

A) informative and persuasive speeches
B) informative speeches and speeches on topics related to location
C) speeches on topics related to location and time
D) persuasive speeches and speeches on topics related to time

Question 17

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you reveal an issue that needs a resolution and then you find the best way to address is.

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) problem-solution

Question 18

A speaker who organized his or her speech by discussing health issues related to traditional 5-day school weeks before presenting the notion of a 4-day school week would be using a/an ______ organizational pattern.

A) problem solving
B) problem-solution
C) issue solving
D) issue-solution

Question 19

In a ______ organizational pattern, the emphasis is on how a problem can be resolved.

A) problem-solution
B) topical
C) spatial
D) chronological

Question 20

Which of the following would be an appropriate topic for a problem-solution organizational pattern?

A) income equality in the United States and a law aimed at changing it
B) Why it has been historically difficult for women to break into STEM fields?
C) the reasons for chemical dependency
D) the problem with childhood obesity

Question 21

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you may arrange your material into a series of appropriate topics.

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 22

A speech examining the pros and cons of online anonymity would likely be using which linear organization?

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 23

A ______ is a device that is used to trigger memory.

A) analogy
B) mnemonic
C) mental reminder
D) cue

Question 24

When a speech does not fit a typical pattern, the speaker may arrange the material into a series of appropriate topics. This is known as ______ order.

A) topical
B) numeric
C) chronological
D) rational

Question 25

Jane used the word BRIEF as follows to organize the body of the presentation, as follows: Brainstorm ideas, Research ideas, Interpret ideas, Energize ideas, Finalize ideas. What type of organization pattern did Jane use?

A) chronological
B) cause and effect
C) spatial
D) topical

Question 26

Linear organizational patterns are generally preferred by ______-context cultures.

A) high
B) moderate
C) low
D) collective

Question 27

Speakers who use ______ patterns devise a series of "stepping stones" that circle their topic instead of hitting it head on.

A) configural
B) linear
C) topical
D) chronological

Question 28

In the ______ pattern, the main points of a speech gradually build up to the speaker's thesis, which the speaker does not reveal until the speech is nearly over.

A) web
B) deferred-thesis
C) linear
D) narrative

Question 29

In the ______ pattern, threads of thought refer back to the speaker's central purpose.

A) web
B) deferred-thesis
C) linear
D) narrative

Question 30

In the ______ pattern, the speaker tells a story or series of stories without stating a thesis or developing it with main points.

A) web
B) deferred-thesis
C) linear
D) narrative

Question 31

When speaking to an audience composed of people from diverse cultures, speakers may consider adjusting their ______ preferences.

A) topical
B) organizational
C) speech
D) stylistic

Question 32

Instead of previewing and discussing main points one a time, ______ thinkers approach their subject from a variety of perspectives.

A) topical
B) configural
C) linear
D) narrative

Question 33

The principle of ______ refers to the notion that the use of repetition reduces the uncertainty of receivers.

Question 34

Organization and ______ are equal partners in speech development.

Question 35

By building a certain amount of repetition into a speech, a speaker improves receiver ______.

Question 36

______ are logical groupings of the most important ideas or what will be the main points of a speech.

Question 37

Unless audience members are able to ______ and ______ your speech, they might as well not listen to it.

Question 38

Organization has the ability to ______ a speech.

Question 39

A speech has a ______ format if its main points develop and relate directly to the thesis or topic sentence.

Question 40

Linear organizational patterns are generally preferred by ______-context cultures.

Question 41

______ ordering can be especially useful in informative speaking.

Question 42

Time order is also referred to as ______ order.

Question 43

If you can observe your subject in space, it may be a candidate for ______ order.

Question 44

______ is a device that is used to trigger memory.

Question 45

______ order requires you to categorize your materials into those related to the causes of a problem, and those related to its effect.

Question 46

Arranging your material into a series of appropriate topics is referred to as ______ order.

Question 47

A speaker who uses configural patterns devises a series of "______" that circle their topic instead of hitting it head on.

Question 48

Web, deferred-thesis, and narrative patterns are all ______ forms of organization.

Question 49

Using the ______ pattern, the speaker tells a story or series of stories without stating a thesis or developing it with main points.

Question 50

The ______-thesis pattern is a system of configural organization.

Question 51

In using the ______ pattern, the main points of a speech gradually build up to the speaker's thesis, is not revealed until the speech is nearly over.

Question 52

According to Richard Nisbett, there is a ______ when it comes to both the development of a worldview and the frameworks of thinking that support it.

Question 53

______ formats are less explicit than linear formats in offering hard evidence in defense of a position.

Question 54

Instead of previewing and discussing main points one a time, configural thinkers approach their subject from a variety of ______.

Question 55

______ format seeks to identify significant problems that need resolution and then a solution to help alleviate said problem.

Question 56

______ format helps to highlight natural divisions of a topic.

Question 57

According to intercultural communication theorists, English is primarily "______-responsible" language, whereas other languages such as Japanese and Arabic are more "______-responsible."

Question 58

Native users of ______ -responsible languages typically believe it is upto the speaker to be explicit about what he or she wants the listener to know.

Question 59

Often, native speakers of listener-responsible languages typically believe that speakers need indicate only ______ what they are speaking about.

Question 60

Organization and content are equal partners in speech development.

Question 61

It is said that organization can empower a speech.

Question 62

Patterns often repeat in unpredictable ways.

Question 63

Patterns are logical groupings of the most important ideas or what will be the speech's main points.

Question 64

Essays generally contain short sentences, whereas speeches often contain complex sentences.

Question 65

A speech's organization is revealed naturally, whereas the organization of an essay is often revealed by heads and subheads.

Question 66

Even though people think the audience learns more from an organized speech, research does not support this.

Question 67

Creating a speech is just like writing an essay.

Question 68

Members of low-context cultures (such as the United States) will often use a linear format.

Question 69

A mnemonic is a device that is used to trigger memory.

Question 70

A speech has a circular organization if its main points develop and relate directly to the thesis or topic sentence that comes early in the presentation.

Question 71

Action order is also referred to as chronological order.

Question 72

Spatial order shows the progress of time.

Question 73

When a speech does not fit a typical pattern, the speaker may arrange the material into a series of appropriate topics. This is known as rational order.

Question 74

In a cause-and-effect speech, you can't discuss the effect first.

Question 75

Cause-and-effect order requires you to categorize your materials into those related to the causes of a problem and those related to its effects.

Question 76

Problem-solution order is most frequently employed in informative presentations.

Question 77

When using the narrative pattern, the speaker tells a story or series of stories without stating a thesis or developing it with main points.

Question 78

Speakers seeking to influence often select a problem-solution order.

Question 79

Topical order is used when other formats do not fit.

Question 80

Configural formats are more explicit in offering hard evidence and proof in defense of a position and less listener-responsible in organization.