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Final Exam

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Critical Thinking   The ability to form and defend your own judgements rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read  
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facts   statements that can be verified by someone other than the speaker.  
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opinions   Subjective judgement base on experience or expertise, not capable og being verifed by others.  
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strategic planning   The process of identifying your goals and then determine how to achieve them.  
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communication   interaction tha builds connection between people that helps them to understand each other.  
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Feedback   Responses from the audience to the speaker, often the form of nonverbal cues.  
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public   open or accesible by others; affects each other.  
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Public forum   A space in which citizens discuss issues affecting themselves. Needs cooperation, decision requires subjective jusdgement, and a decision is required.  
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situation   The particular context in which a speech is given.  
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Rhetoric   The study of how message affects people.  
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Rhetorical situation   A situation in which people's understanding can be changed through messages.  
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identification   Formation of common bonds between the speaker and the audience.  
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Determinants for rhetorical situation.   Occasion, speaker, speech, Audience.  
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ceremonial   Speaking that focuses on the present and is usually concerned with praise.  
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deliberative   speaking that focuses on the future and is considered what should be done.  
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forensics   Speaking that focuses on the past and deals with justice.  
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exigence   A problem that cannot be avoided, but can be solved by a appropriate message.  
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informing   Providing listeners with new ideas.  
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persuading   influence listeners' attititudes and behavior.  
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entertaining   stimulating the sense of community throught the celebration of common bonds among speaker and listeners.  
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strategy   A plan of action to achieve stated goals.  
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invention   Th generation of materials for the speech.  
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arrangement   The structuring of materials within the main ideas, the organization of main idea within the body of a speech, and the overall strucure of introduction, body, and conclusion.  
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style   The distinct character that makes a speach recognizable  
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delivery   The presentation of the speech to an audience.  
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memory   Mental recall of the key ideas and the basic structure of the speech.  
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Extemporaneous presentation   A mode of delivery which is planned with the script.  
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Manual script   Delivery in which th espeaker reads aloud a prepared text.  
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High ethical standards   Respect for Listeners, Respect for topic, Responsibility for your statements concern for the consequences of your speech.  
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Responsibility for your statements; Plagiarism   using another person's words as if they were your own.  
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purpose   The goal of the speech, the response sought from the listeners.  
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thesis   The main idea of the speech, usually stated in one or two sentences.  
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ethos   the speakers character as perceived by the audience.  
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Logos   substance and structure of a speech's ideas  
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pathos   refers to the speaker's evoking of appropriate emotion for the audience.  
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introduction   Beginning of a speech. Designed to get the audience's attention, to state the thesis. and to preview the development of the speech.  
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body   The largest portion of your speech;includes the development of supporting materials to prov the thesis and any subsidary claims.  
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supporting materials   All forms of evidence that lend to the truth of a claim.  
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conclusion   The end of a speech; draws together the ,main points and provides a note of finality.  
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preparation outline   An outline used developing a speech; main ideas and supporting materials are usually set forth in complete sentences.  
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presentation outline   An outline used while presenting a speech; concists of keywords on the index cards.  
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communication apprehension   Fears and worries about communicating with each other.  
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anticipation reaction   increase anxiety felt by whil thinking in advance about giving a speech  
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confrontation reaction   increase anxiety when beginning to speak.  
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Hearing   A sensory process in which sound waves are transmitted to the brain.  
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listening   A mental operation involving processing sound waves, interpreting their meaning, and storing their meaning and in memory.  
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attention span   The length of time a person will attend to a message without feeling distracted.  
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assimilation   The tendency to regard two similar messages as basically identical, blurring the distinction between them.  
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mapping   Diagramming the relationship between the thesis of a speech and its main idea.  
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critical listening   Listening that enables you to offer both an accurate rendering of the speech and an interpretation and assesment of it.  
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assumptions   unstated, taken-for granted beliefs in a particular situation.  
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reflective   considered, thoughtful  
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critical judgements   Judgements that can be articulated and defended by providing the reasons for them.  
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expediency standard   Evaluation of a speech according to the effects it produced.  
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atistic standard   Evaluation of a speech according to its ethical execution of principles of public speaking without regard to its actual effects.  
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rhetorical crticism   The analytical assessment of messages that are intended to affect other people.  
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empathy   feeling what listeners feel and knowing what they think.  
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volume   loudness of voice.  
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pitch   placement of the voice on the musical scale, ranging from high to low.  
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monotone   a very narrow, unchanging the pitch range.  
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rate   the speed at which a person speaks, measured in words per minute.  
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pauses   periods of brief silence within a speech.  
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vocalize pauses   uh or um  
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articulation   Precision and clarity in the production of individual vocal sounds.  
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enunciation   Precision and distinctness in sounding words.  
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prononciation   sounding of a word in the accepted way.  
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dialect   A prononciation pattern that characterizes a particular geographic area,economic or socal class, or cultural factors.  
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inflection   Prononciation pattern for a sentence as whole.  
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gesture   Movement of hands and arms during the speech for emphasis.  
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anticipation step   First step of gesture; bring the hands to the middle before making the gesture.  
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implementation step   execution of gesture  
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relaxation step   returning hands to a normal posiiton.  
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eye contact   looking directly at members of the audience.  
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distributed practice   practice spread over time.  
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massed practice   A long practice before delivering the speech.  
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topic   The subject area of the speech.  
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brain storming   A mental free-association exercise which identifies without evaluation.  
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topoi   common or typical categories for organizing subject matter.  
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perspective   The point of view from which one approaches a topic.  
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agenda setting   Causing listeners to be aware of and to think about a topic that previously had escaped their attention.  
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conversion   The replacement of one setof beliefs by another that is inconsistent with the first.  
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general purpose statement   Statement of the overall goal of the speech  
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specific purpose statement   Statement of the particular outcome sought from the audience; a more specific version of a general purpose.  
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issue   A question raised by the thesis statement that must be addressed in order for the thesis itself to be addressed effectively.  
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