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SPCM Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| master status | significant positions occupied by a person within society that affect their identity in most situations |
| ethnocentrism | belief that our own cultural perspectives, norms, and ways of life are superior to others |
| demographic audience analysis | an analysis that identifies the particular population traits of an audience |
| research inventory | a list of the types of information you have and the types you want to find |
| information overload | when we take in more information that we can process, but realize there is still more information we must know |
| boolean operators | words you can use to create specific phrases that broaden or narrow your search |
| database | collections of information stored electronically so they are easy to find and retrieve |
| bibliographic databases | index publishing data for books, articles, government reports, statistics, patents, reports, conference proceedings, and dissertations |
| full-text databases | index the complete text of newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedias, reports, etc. |
| abstract | a summary of the text in an article or publication |
| index | an alphabetical listing of the topics discussed in a specific publication |
| almanac | collection of facts |
| gazette | descriptions of geographical places |
| probe | a question that fills out or follows up an answer to a previous question |
| patchwork plagiarism | work that you present as your own that is plagiarized from several sources |
| incremental plagiarism | presenting select portions from a single speech as your own |
| preliminary bibliography | a list of all the potential sources you'll use as you prepare your speech |
| claim | assertion that must be proven |
| narrative | a story that recounts or foretells real or hypothetical events |
| intertextuality | referencing other stories while telling a story to make the story complete |
| testimony | opinions or observations of others |
| expert testimony | opinions or observations from an authority figure |
| peer testimony | testimony of someone who has firsthand knowledge (aka lay testimony) |
| denotative definition | the objective meaning you find in a dictionary |
| connotative definition | subjective meaning of a word or phrase based on personal experiences |
| chronological pattern | trace a sequence of events |
| spatial pattern | arranged in terms of location or direction |
| causal pattern | cause-and-effect relationship |
| problem-solution pattern | identify a specific problem and offer a possible solution |
| topical pattern | dividing topics into subtopics that reflect the larger topic |
| connectives | words and phrases to link ideas in a speech |
| transition | phrases that indicate you are finished with one idea and moving on to the next |
| internal preview | a statement in the body of your speech that details what you plan to discuss next |
| internal summary | a statement in the body of your speech that summarizes a point you have already discussed |
| signpost | a simple word or statement that indicates where you are in your speech or highlights an important idea |
| coordination | the process of arranging points into successive levels, with the points on a specific level having equal importance |
| subordination | ranking ideas in order from the most to the least important |
| preview | a brief overview of each of the main points in your speech |
| delivery | the action or manner of speaking to an audience |
| impromptu speech | a speech that you have not planned or prepared in advance |
| manuscript speech | reading to an audience from a written text |
| vocal variety | changes in the volume, rate and pitch of a speaker's voice |
| inflection | manipulation of pitch to create certain meanings or moods |
| vocalized pauses | pauses that speakers fill with sounds like um, er, and uh |
| articulation | the physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible to the audience |
| pronunciation | the act of saying words correctly according to the accepted standards of a language |
| dialect | a pattern of speech shared by an ethnic group or people from specific geographical locations |
| proxemics | the use of space during communication |
| balance | the visual relationship between the items on your visual aid |
| informative speaking environment | when the speaker has expertise or knowledge that an audience needs and doesn't have |
| speaking environment (3) | size and physical arrangement, technology, temporal factors |
| types of supporting material (5) | examples, narratives, statistics, testimony, definitions |
| what goes into intro? (4) | catch attention, introduce topic, establish credibility, thesis/preview |
| ways to capture attention (7) | question, story, poem/quote, demo, importance, expertise, preview |
| using visual aids (6) | prepare, practice, use only when discussed, explain, speak to audience, avoid shocking ones |
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