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Public Speaking Spr2010 S29

This is a comprehensive final exam.

There will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions.

Here is a generalized list of general topics that are likely to be covered by the exam. The exam is comprehensive and can draw on any part of the readings, lectures, and class discussions, but familiarity with this topics should help:

1. The workings of the models of the communication process discussed.
2. The primary types of speeches
3. Differences between presentation, conversation, and other communcation media discussed in class.
4. The fundamental issues associated with effective presentation
5. Sources of presentation anxiety and things you can do to reduce anxiety
6. The nature of critical thinking
7. The listening process
8. Ways of presenting a speech
9. Approaches to taking notes
10. The ethics of speaking and listening
11. The speech preparation process
12. Doing research for a speech
13. Analyzing your audience
14. Supporting your speeches argument
15. Organizing your speech. Speech Design Patterns. The structure and purpose of an introduction and conclusion
16. Working in groups. Group processes. Productive and unproductive group roles.
17. Language, including the structure of signs and meaning.
18. The ways in which meaning is in people rather than in the words we use.
19. The varieties of, and importance of, non-verbal communication in public speaking and other media
20. The nature of informative speaking and the different kinds of content associated with informative speeches.
21. Types of specialized presentations
22. The nature of persuasive speaking and the different kinds of questions associated with persuasive speeches.
23. Design patterns associated with persuasive speeches
24. Common types of fallacious arguments that should be avoided in persuasive speeches.
25. The differences between informative speeches and persuasive speeches