Review Questions
Chapter 1
1. Why are communication skills important to your career?
2. Name five personal benefits of a public speaking course.
3. What are the nine elements of the speech communication process?
4. What is the speech communication process? Draw it.
5. Why is speaking not necessarily the same thing as communicating?
6. If there is a contradiction between the verbal and nonverbal components of a speaker’s message which component is a listener likely to accept as the true message?
7. If communication fails, who is to blame: the speaker or the listener?
8. What two channels are most frequently used for classroom speeches?
9. What are the three types of interference?
10. What is geocentricism? Give some examples.
11. What is responsible knowledge? Give some examples.
12. After reading this chapter, what do you think is the number one mistake made by public speakers?
13. If you
were asked to define “integrity of ideas” what would you say?