Instructions:

All answers should be typed and follow the other instructions in the syllabus. Maximum page lengths are specified next to each question. Homework is worth 100 points; each question is worth a different amount of points.  Point totals for individual questions are indicated next to the question

Question 1: 1 page maximum

What are the requirements of a good speech introduction?  Evaluate the following complete introduction to a classroom speech in light of those requirements.  Be specific in your answer. 

Remember the opening scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark?  Indiana Jones enters an ancient cave, hidden deep within the jungle.  After facing deadly traps or all kinds and spiders as big as your fist, he emerges from the cave with a solid gold idol of a human head.

Last year a golden head similar to that one was actually found in South America.  Of course, there were no traps, no spiders, and certainly no Indian Jones.  But to its discoverers, this find was more exciting than any movie because this gold heard was no film prop.  It was the genuine article.

This object of pure gold was only one of many treasures found during last year's archaeological excavation of an ancient tomb of the long-vanished Moche civilization of ancient Peru.  Today, based on my research, I would like to tell you what is known about the history of the Moche civilization.  Then I want to explain how recent excavations have made the Moche a hot topic for today's anthropologists.

Question 2: 1page maximum

Much of this course has dealt with how messages both verbal and non-verbal are created, sent, received and reacted to, by speakers and listeners.  Discuss the communication model and its interaction with the attribution process and attribution errors.  You should pay particular attention to how the communication model governs the attribution process and how attribution influences different parts of the communication model.  You should also discuss the differences between verbal and non-verbal communication as governed by the attribution process.  Finally you should discuss where and how attribution errors occur within the communication model. 

Question 3: 2 pages maximum

Based upon the discussions and readings since the midterm, can a single speaker really make a difference in our society?  Discuss your views and make at least 3 specific arguments (10 pts each) using at least 2 specific examples (10 pts each) and how they made/did not make a difference through public speaking.  Grading will be based on logical argumentation and connections to the course material.