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Speech Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monroe's motivated sequence: Attention | Gain audience attention by relating to audience, show importance of topic, startling statement, arousing curiosity, question, etc |
| Monroe's motivated sequence: Need | Make audience feel need for change; must be a clear statement and listeners should be ready to hear solution |
| Monroe's motivated sequence: Satisfaction | Having aroused a sense of need by providing solution to the problem. Show how your plan will work |
| Monroe's motivated sequence: Visualization | visualize benefits; use vivid imagery to show how listeners can profit from policy |
| Monroe's motivated sequence: Action | Call to action; say what you want the audience to do and how they should do it |
| ethos | credibility |
| pathos | emotional appeal |
| logos | evidence and reasoning |
| What are some ways to control speech anxiety | acquire speaking experience, prepare, think positively, use visualization, most nervousness isn't visible, don't expect perfection, |
| 3 ways to enhance credibility in a persuasive speech | explain your competence, establish common ground with audience, deliver speech fluently, expressively, and with conviction |
| What are the elements of credibility? | Competence, Character |
| hasty generalization | speaker jumps to conclusion on basis of too few cases or on the basis of atypical cases |
| bandwagon | assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable |
| red herring | introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion |
| ad hominem | attacking the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute |
| either-or | forces listeners to choose between 2 alternatives when more than 2 exist |
| global plagiarism | stealing speech entirely from another source and passing it off as your own |
| patchwork plagiarism | speaker takes from 2-3 sources |
| incremental plagiarism | speaker fails to give credit for particular parts of the speech that are borrowed from other people |
| appreciative listening | listening for pleasure or enjoyment |
| Empathic listening | listening to provide emotional support for the speaker |
| comprehensive listening | listening to understand the message of a speaker |
| critical listening | listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it |
| What traits should the specific purpose have | full sentence, express as a statement, avoid figurative language, only 1 distinct idea, not vague, |
| central idea statement | concise statement of what you expect to say; like the thesis |
| demographic audience analysis | knowing the age, race, religion, ethnicity, cultural background; identifying general demographic features of audience and gauging importance of those features to a particular speaking situation |
| situational audience analysis | usually builds on demographic analysis; identifies traits of the. audience unique to the speaking situation at hand; audience size, physical setting, disposition towards topic, speaker, occasion |
| audience adaptation | assessing how audience is likely to respond to speech and adjusting to what you say to make it as clear, appropriate, and convincing as possible |
| audience-centered | knowing that your speech needs to gain a desired response from listeners |
| what are the functions of the introduction? | get attention and interest, reveal topic, establish credibility and goodwill, preview body of the speech |
| what are 2 types of conclusions? | crescendo ending and dissolve ending |
| What are the functions of the conclusion? | signal end of the speech, reinforce central idea, |
| Elements of a preparation outline | state specific purpose of your speech, identify central idea, label intro, body, and conclusion, use consistent pattern of symbolization and indentation |
| elements of a speaking outline | follow visual framework used in preparation outline, make sure outline is legible, keep it brief, give cues for delivering speech |
| vocal variety | changes in rate, pitch, and volume that gives voice interest and expressiveness |
| different kinds of testimony | expert testimony, peer testimony, |
| denotative meanings | precise, literal, objective, definition |
| connotative meanings | variable, figurative, and subjective, what the word suggests or implies |
| simile | explicit comparison between things that are essentially different yet have something in common; uses like or as |
| metaphor | implicit comparison between things essentially different yet have something in common; doesn't contain "like" or "as" |
| 3 kinds of persuasive speeches | problem-solution order, problem-cause-solution order, comparative advantages order |
| target audience | the audience that you want to reach with your speech |
| How do you create anticipation and drama in a speech of introduction? | practice speech thoroughly, save speakers name for last |