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Organizing the Main Points of Speech MCQ

1. A subdivision of a topical speech, a mnemonic is a device with words that can be used to trigger memory.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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2. With a problem-solution format, a speaker may also discuss the advantages of a solution.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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3. A speech in which the main points relate directly to the thesis or topic uses ______.

Time organization

Spatial organization

Line by line organization

Linear organization

Answer

Correct Answer: Linear organization

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4. A problem-solution organizational pattern helps the speaker ______.

Provide encouragement to the audience

Determine the quickest way to share information

Persuade the audience

Provide a solution and ask the audience to guess the problem

Answer

Correct Answer: Persuade the audience

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5. The principle of ______ is used by the speaker to help the audience remember the message of the speech.

Redundancy

Repetition

Memorization

Application

Answer

Correct Answer: Redundancy

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6. The cause-and-effect order concentrates on how the audience may feel about the speech.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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7. Chronological order explains ______.

The main points of a topic in order of importance

The history of the occasion

The order in which events happened

In what order more than one speaker will present

Answer

Correct Answer: The order in which events happened

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8. The cause-and-effect order and effect-and-cause order can be used in ______.

Informative speeches

Ceremonial and persuasive speeches

All speeches

Informative and persuasive speeches

Answer

Correct Answer: Informative and persuasive speeches

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9. Topical order will allow a speaker to arrange material into a series of appropriate topics.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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10. In the deferred-thesis pattern, the main points of a speech gradually build up to the speaker’s thesis.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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11. A configural format in which threads of thought refer back to the _____’s central purpose is known as Web Pattern

Listener

Teacher

Speaker

Writer

Answer

Correct Answer: Speaker

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12. An organizational pattern composed of a series of topics related to the subject is known as Spatial Order

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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13. ______uses space as the means of arrangement

Topical Order

Casual Transitions

Spatial Order

Both A and C

Answer

Correct Answer: Spatial Order

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14. An organizational format that divides information into two main parts, the problem and its solution is known as problem - solution Order

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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15. A configural format in the story is told without identifying main points is known as

Web Pattern

Narrative Pattern

Topical Order

None of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Narrative Pattern

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16. Speech formats by which the main points relate to the topic sentence are Known as

Configural Formats

Linear Formats

Spatial Order

Figurative Language

Answer

Correct Answer: Linear Formats

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17. Deferred-Thesis Pattern is a kind of configural format in which the_____of a speech gradually build to the speaker’s thesis

Summary

Central idea

Crux

Main points

Answer

Correct Answer: Main points

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18. Listener-responsible organizational formats in which examples and stories carry the _____of a message ate called configural formats

Summary

Essence

Crux

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: Crux

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19. Chronological order is an organizational format based around time or the order in which things happen

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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20. An organizational pattern in which information is categorized according to whether it is related to a problem’s causes or effects is known as Cause - And-Effect Order

Causes

Effects

Reasons

Both A and B

Answer

Correct Answer: Both A and B

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