Friday, February 23, 2007

Quiz Chapter 7 and 8

1. Yahoo and Google are examples of
A. URL's
B. Websites
C. Bookmarks
D. Search Engines
E. A and C


2. The world wide web and the internet are the same thing. T or F

3. Stacks are
A. The way Sandra's husband organizes his junk mail to irritate her.
B. Collections of library books.
C. Search Engine slang words.
D. like snacks.
E. Subject lines.

4. One key difference between full-text data bases and periodical indexes is
A. A full-text data base has bibliographic information as well as actual resources.
B. newspapers can be faulty if the reporter is biased.
C. Info Trac often contains typos.
D. They are exactly the same: Trick question!

5. Purdue University's On line writing lab-OWL is a great source for both MLA and APA style. You would use this information to
A. Correctly site your electronic research sources.
B. Plaigerize in patchwork style.
C. Set up a bibliography for oral and written citations.
D. Study the Wood Owl in its native environment.
E. A and C

6. Illustrations are stories that
A. disprove your central idea for argument's sake.
B. provide examples for your speech.
C. make great attention getters.
D. should only include the most detailed examples.
E. should focus on Oat cereals.

6. A word picture is what we call "inscription." T or F

7. Specialized and technical terms when used in a speech

A. Should be avoided at all costs.

B. Should only be used when needed.

C. Should be defined.

D. Are the same as analogies.

8. Statistics are often exploited in advertising. T or F

9. The three types of opinion that may be used in your speeches include

A. To inform, to persuade and to entertain.

B. Expert & lay testimony and literary quotations.

C. He said, she said, or I said.

D. Strong, weak or neutral testimony.

10. Using the opinion of a recognized authority in your speech

A. can add a great deal of weight to your argument.

B. Provides convincing support when statistics are weak.

C. Automatically gets you out of a plaigerizing situation.

D. A and B

E. Works best if the speaker slightly alters the intent of the expert to fit her argument.

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