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Public speaking
Public speaking chapters one and four vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stage fright | Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience |
| Adrenaline | A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress |
| Positive nervousness | Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation |
| Visualization | Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation. |
| Critical thinking | Focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion. |
| Speaker | The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener. |
| Message | Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else. |
| Channel | The means by which a message is communicated. |
| Listener | The person who receives the speaker's message. |
| Frame of reference | The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference. |
| Feedback | The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker. |
| Interference | Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Can be external or internal to listeners. |
| Situation | The time and place in which speech communication occurs. |
| Ethnocentrism | The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures. |
| Ice breaker speech | A speech early in the term designed to get students speaking in front of the class as soon as possible. |
| Introduction | The opening section of a speech. |
| Body | The main section of a speech. |
| Chronological order | A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern. |
| Topical order | A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics. |
| Main points | The major points developed in the body of a speech. |
| Transition | A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another. |
| Conclusion | The final section of a speech |
| Extemporaneous speech | A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes. |
| Gestures | Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech. |
| Eye contact | Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person. |
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