Week 5 Quiz

A speaker is planning a speech with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Which part should the speaker build first, and why?

Select one.

• The introduction, because it comes first when the speech is delivered
• The body, because the preview and the summary both depend on the main points
• The conclusion, because the clincher is the line the audience remembers
• All three at once, because each part depends on the others equally

In an illustrative outline on the running speech's topic, a draft reads: "I. Plate waste is measured by weighing. II. The scale sits at the dish-return window. III. Serving changes reduce plate waste." Which revision fixes the error?

Select one.

• I. Plate waste is measured by weighing. II. Serving changes reduce plate waste. III. The scale sits at the dish-return window.
• I. The scale sits at the dish-return window. A. Plate waste is measured by weighing. II. Serving changes reduce plate waste.
• I. Plate waste is measured by weighing. A. The scale sits at the dish-return window. B. Each day's weighed total is logged at closing. II. Serving changes reduce plate waste.
• I. Plate waste is measured by weighing. II. The scale sits at the dish-return window. III. Each day's weighed total is logged at closing. IV. Serving changes reduce plate waste.

An illustrative draft on the running speech's topic has these two main points: "I. Trayless serving reduces plate waste. II. Removing trays cuts how much food diners take." Which error does the draft contain?

Select one.

• Two main points that overlap
• A subordinate point promoted to a main point
• A missing transition between main points
• A signpost that names no relationship

An illustrative speaker is giving new students an informative talk on the layout of a campus, moving from one area to the next so listeners can picture the walk. Which organizational pattern fits best?

Select one.

• Chronological, because the walk happens over time
• Topical, because a campus has many kinds of buildings
• Monroe's Motivated Sequence, because the students need the information
• Spatial, because the audience's question is where everything is

Problem–solution and Monroe's Motivated Sequence both name a problem and offer a fix. Select every step that belongs only to Monroe's Motivated Sequence, with no matching part in problem–solution.

Select every option that applies.

• Attention
• Need
• Satisfaction
• Visualization
• Action

True or false: Monroe's Motivated Sequence is built for an informative speech that teaches an audience and takes no side.

True or false.

• True
• False

In an illustrative exchange, a student asks a chatbot which pattern fits an informative speech on how the dining hall handles plate waste. The chatbot answers, "Monroe's Motivated Sequence would be perfect!" Why should the student reject that advice?

Select one.

• The sequence has too many steps for a five-minute speech
• The sequence ends in an action step, and an informative speech asks for no action
• Chatbots are not allowed to suggest organizational patterns in this course
• The sequence works only for speeches about national issues

Here are four lines from the running speech, which is illustrative. Which line is the clincher?

Select one.

• "As we finish."
• "Plate waste is weighed at the return window, cut back by how food is served, and sent to donation and composting."
• "Every plate that comes back full was a choice somebody made — and every one of those choices can be measured."
• "I'll walk you through how the waste is measured, how serving changes target it, and where the diverted food goes."

The running speech's central idea is "A dining hall's plate waste is measured by weighing what comes back on plates, targeted by changing how food is served, and diverted through donation and composting." Why does the topical body have exactly the main points it has?

Select one.

• Each main point carries one of the three kinds of handling the central idea names
• Each main point carries one of the three oral citations from the source set
• Each main point follows one stop on a tray's path from the line to the bin
• Each main point answers one of the four tests of the specific purpose

Where in the running speech does the speaker say the central idea aloud?

Select one.

• As the clincher, the final line of the conclusion
• Nowhere, because the central idea is a planning goal kept on the speaker's page
• As the first sentence of the body, before main point I
• Near the end of the introduction, as part of revealing the topic