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communications unit 1

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arrangement   structuring of ideas and materials in a speech.  
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ceremonial   also know as epideictic, could be from presenting or accepting an award, introducing someone, delivering a eulogy, or commemorating an event. This type of speech focuses on the present.  
🗑
communication   the way an audience interacts in order to build connections whereby they can understand each other and recognize common interests  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own judgements rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read.  
🗑
deliberative   most speeches are primarily this, such as making an oral report, delivering sales representation, advocating a policy, or refuting another persons’ arguments. This type of speech usually focuses on the future and what should be done  
🗑
delivery   the presentation of the speech. skillful delivery involves the effective use of voice, gesture, facial expression, physical movement, and visual aids.  
🗑
entertaining   stimulates a sense of community by celebrating common bonds among speaker and listeners  
🗑
exigence   a problem that cannot be avoided but that can be solved, or at least managed, through the development of an appropriate message.  
🗑
extemporaneous presentation   referring to an outline during a speech, not memorized word for word but have a clear sense of the ideas and how to organize them  
🗑
facts   statements that, in theory, can be verified by someone else ie. if somebody says the population has doubled in 25 years, it can be verified with population statistics.  
🗑
feedback   responses from the audience that signal how they are reacting to what you say  
🗑
forensic   The third category of speech occasion which is concerned with rendering judgments about events in the past.  
🗑
identification   when a speaker tries to find common ground between what they know about the audience and what they want to say  
🗑
informing   provides listeners with new information or ideas  
🗑
invention   generation of materials for the speech  
🗑
manuscript presentation   reading a written script for a speech  
🗑
memory   giving a speech from memory, was at one time important  
🗑
opinions   subjective statements that presumably are based on experience or expertise ie. The world’s population is growing too fast.  
🗑
persuading   influences listeners’ attitudes and behavior; either to strengthen existing beliefs or to support new ones  
🗑
plagiarism   never present somebody else’s ideas as your own, specify who developed the ideas or words you present, paraphrase, use several sources rather than just one  
🗑
public   designates two things 1. speaking that is open and accessible by others. 2. speaking is public when it affects people beyond the immediate audience.  
🗑
public forum   years ago, a forum was an actual place, but today it is an imagined “space” that exists whenever people have the freedom to exchange ideas about matters that affect themselves and others.  
🗑
rhetoric   the study of how messages affect people  
🗑
rhetorical situation   a situation in which people’s understanding can be changed through messages  
🗑
situation   specific context in which the speech was given.  
🗑
strategic planning   identifying goals and then determining how to best achieve them  
🗑
strategy   a plan of action that will respond to the constraints and take advantage of the opportunities  
🗑
style   distinctive character that may make a speech recognizable or memorable; achieved through language and it reflects the speaker’s awareness of how language can be used both to evoke emotions and convey a message  
🗑
anticipation reaction   the heightened emotional you may experience as you think about giving your speech  
🗑
body   the largest portion of the speech; develops your thesis and offers whatever proof you need to support your claims  
🗑
communication apprehension   refers to fears and worries people have about communicating with others and can range from not wanting to speak up in a small group to worrying about talking on the telephone  
🗑
conclusion   final part of that speech that should draw together the ideas in the speech so that they are memorable - brief summary, restate main points and ideas, repetition of thesis- and give a strong note of finality to the speech  
🗑
confrontation reaction   marked by increased anxiety as you begin to speak. somewhere around 15% experience elevated levels of communication apprehension  
🗑
ethos   character that is attributed to a speaker by listeners on the basis of what the speaker says and does in the speech; it is a character you project when speaking  
🗑
extemporaneous   speaker has a clear sense of the main ideas and how to organize them, but they have not planned the speech in advance word for word and can adapt to feedback from the audience  
🗑
introduction   should be designed to get the audience’s attention, state your thesis, and preview how you will develop your ideas  
🗑
preparation outline   helps you identify your main ideas and to organize them sensibly and it lists supporting materials and how you will use them  
🗑
presentation outline   what you use to remind yourself of the main ideas and thought organization when presenting your speech  
🗑
purpose   your goal for the speech, the response you are seeking from the listeners  
🗑
thesis   statement of your main idea; summarizes the basic point you want the audience to accept  
🗑
anticipation step   bring hands to position from which a gesture can be easily made  
🗑
articulation   refers to the clarity of individual sounds  
🗑
delivery   presentation; refers to how the voice ad body help create the effect a speaker wants  
🗑
dialect   pronunciation pattern  
🗑
distributed practice   brief periods of practice spread over time  
🗑
empathy   usually achieved through presentation that invites audience members to listen and suggests that the speaker cares about them  
🗑
enunciation   refers to the distinctness with which whole words are sounded  
🗑
eye contact   important to a speaker’s credibility; let’s you see how the audience is reacting to your speech  
🗑
gesture   refers to the movement of hands and arms during the speech as a means of emphasis  
🗑
implementation step   the few seconds in which you execute a gesture  
🗑
impromptu presentation   when you have little or no time to prepare for a speech  
🗑
inflection   similar concept except that is applies to the sentence as a whole. Appropriate inflection is important b/c without it you risk distracting listeners’ attention, distorting your message, and damaging your credibility  
🗑
manuscript presentation   involves a text that is prepared word for word, but is read instead of memorized  
🗑
massed practice   a few lengthy sessions shortly before you speak  
🗑
memorized presentation   opposite of impromptu, you pay such close attention to your text that you memorize it  
🗑
monotone   a very narrow, unchanging range that is used for the entire speech  
🗑
pauses   brief silences within a speech  
🗑
pitch   the placement of the voice on the musical scale  
🗑
pronunciation   refers to the accepted way to sound any given word  
🗑
rate   speed at which a person speaks  
🗑
relaxation step   when you return your hands to their normal position wherever that may be  
🗑
vocalized pauses   meaningless sounds that a speaker produces during moments of silence  
🗑
volume   refers to the loudness; the higher the volume, the louder the voice  
🗑
artistic standard   asks whether the speaker followed the principles of art, and hence whether he or she did the best that could be done in a specific rhetorical situation  
🗑
assimilation   blurring the lines between two similar messages and regard them as identical  
🗑
assumption   unstated, taken-for-granted beliefs in a particular situation  
🗑
attention span   the length of time listeners will pay attention without distraction  
🗑
critical judgements   those you can articulate and defend by proving reasons for them  
🗑
critical listening   enables you to apply critical thinking to a speech  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own beliefs rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read  
🗑
expediency standard   only measure of speech then whatever is most likely to accompany the purpose should be done  
🗑
facts   can be independently verified by others  
🗑
feedback   providing a speaker the point of view from the listener’s standard  
🗑
hearing   sensory process  
🗑
listening   mental operation  
🗑
opinions   judgements that are not clearly true or false and so cannot be independently verified  
🗑
reflective   neither blind acceptance nor automatic rejection of an idea, but a considerate and thoughtful opinion about whether the idea and its support merit acceptance  
🗑
rhetorical criticism   the analytical assessment of messages that are intended to affect other people  
🗑
allusions   brief references to things they assume the listener’s know about and understand  
🗑
audience culture   if an audience can be characterized in terms of subjective factors such as interests, beliefs, common values, common knowledge, experience, roles and reference groups  
🗑
beliefs   statements listeners regard as true  
🗑
condescending   talking down to listeners and assuming they can’t think for themselves  
🗑
fields   subject matter areas with different norms and assumptions  
🗑
general public   listeners who share characteristics of people in general  
🗑
arrangement   structuring of ideas and materials in a speech.  
🗑
ceremonial   also know as epideictic, could be from presenting or accepting an award, introducing someone, delivering a eulogy, or commemorating an event. This type of speech focuses on the present.  
🗑
communication   the way an audience interacts in order to build connections whereby they can understand each other and recognize common interests  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own judgements rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read.  
🗑
deliberative   most speeches are primarily this, such as making an oral report, delivering sales representation, advocating a policy, or refuting another persons’ arguments. This type of speech usually focuses on the future and what should be done  
🗑
delivery   the presentation of the speech. skillful delivery involves the effective use of voice, gesture, facial expression, physical movement, and visual aids.  
🗑
entertaining   stimulates a sense of community by celebrating common bonds among speaker and listeners  
🗑
exigence   a problem that cannot be avoided but that can be solved, or at least managed, through the development of an appropriate message.  
🗑
extemporaneous presentation   referring to an outline during a speech, not memorized word for word but have a clear sense of the ideas and how to organize them  
🗑
facts   statements that, in theory, can be verified by someone else ie. if somebody says the population has doubled in 25 years, it can be verified with population statistics.  
🗑
feedback   responses from the audience that signal how they are reacting to what you say  
🗑
forensic   The third category of speech occasion which is concerned with rendering judgments about events in the past.  
🗑
identification   when a speaker tries to find common ground between what they know about the audience and what they want to say  
🗑
informing   provides listeners with new information or ideas  
🗑
invention   generation of materials for the speech  
🗑
manuscript presentation   reading a written script for a speech  
🗑
memory   giving a speech from memory, was at one time important  
🗑
opinions   subjective statements that presumably are based on experience or expertise ie. The world’s population is growing too fast.  
🗑
persuading   influences listeners’ attitudes and behavior; either to strengthen existing beliefs or to support new ones  
🗑
plagiarism   never present somebody else’s ideas as your own, specify who developed the ideas or words you present, paraphrase, use several sources rather than just one  
🗑
public   designates two things 1. speaking that is open and accessible by others. 2. speaking is public when it affects people beyond the immediate audience.  
🗑
public forum   years ago, a forum was an actual place, but today it is an imagined “space” that exists whenever people have the freedom to exchange ideas about matters that affect themselves and others.  
🗑
rhetoric   the study of how messages affect people  
🗑
rhetorical situation   a situation in which people’s understanding can be changed through messages  
🗑
situation   specific context in which the speech was given.  
🗑
strategic planning   identifying goals and then determining how to best achieve them  
🗑
strategy   a plan of action that will respond to the constraints and take advantage of the opportunities  
🗑
style   distinctive character that may make a speech recognizable or memorable; achieved through language and it reflects the speaker’s awareness of how language can be used both to evoke emotions and convey a message  
🗑
anticipation reaction   the heightened emotional you may experience as you think about giving your speech  
🗑
body   the largest portion of the speech; develops your thesis and offers whatever proof you need to support your claims  
🗑
communication apprehension   refers to fears and worries people have about communicating with others and can range from not wanting to speak up in a small group to worrying about talking on the telephone  
🗑
conclusion   final part of that speech that should draw together the ideas in the speech so that they are memorable - brief summary, restate main points and ideas, repetition of thesis- and give a strong note of finality to the speech  
🗑
confrontation reaction   marked by increased anxiety as you begin to speak. somewhere around 15% experience elevated levels of communication apprehension  
🗑
ethos   character that is attributed to a speaker by listeners on the basis of what the speaker says and does in the speech; it is a character you project when speaking  
🗑
extemporaneous   speaker has a clear sense of the main ideas and how to organize them, but they have not planned the speech in advance word for word and can adapt to feedback from the audience  
🗑
introduction   should be designed to get the audience’s attention, state your thesis, and preview how you will develop your ideas  
🗑
preparation outline   helps you identify your main ideas and to organize them sensibly and it lists supporting materials and how you will use them  
🗑
presentation outline   what you use to remind yourself of the main ideas and thought organization when presenting your speech  
🗑
purpose   your goal for the speech, the response you are seeking from the listeners  
🗑
thesis   statement of your main idea; summarizes the basic point you want the audience to accept  
🗑
anticipation step   bring hands to position from which a gesture can be easily made  
🗑
articulation   refers to the clarity of individual sounds  
🗑
delivery   presentation; refers to how the voice ad body help create the effect a speaker wants  
🗑
dialect   pronunciation pattern  
🗑
distributed practice   brief periods of practice spread over time  
🗑
empathy   usually achieved through presentation that invites audience members to listen and suggests that the speaker cares about them  
🗑
enunciation   refers to the distinctness with which whole words are sounded  
🗑
eye contact   important to a speaker’s credibility; let’s you see how the audience is reacting to your speech  
🗑
gesture   refers to the movement of hands and arms during the speech as a means of emphasis  
🗑
implementation step   the few seconds in which you execute a gesture  
🗑
impromptu presentation   when you have little or no time to prepare for a speech  
🗑
inflection   similar concept except that is applies to the sentence as a whole. Appropriate inflection is important b/c without it you risk distracting listeners’ attention, distorting your message, and damaging your credibility  
🗑
manuscript presentation   involves a text that is prepared word for word, but is read instead of memorized  
🗑
massed practice   a few lengthy sessions shortly before you speak  
🗑
memorized presentation   opposite of impromptu, you pay such close attention to your text that you memorize it  
🗑
monotone   a very narrow, unchanging range that is used for the entire speech  
🗑
pauses   brief silences within a speech  
🗑
pitch   the placement of the voice on the musical scale  
🗑
pronunciation   refers to the accepted way to sound any given word  
🗑
rate   speed at which a person speaks  
🗑
relaxation step   when you return your hands to their normal position wherever that may be  
🗑
vocalized pauses   meaningless sounds that a speaker produces during moments of silence  
🗑
volume   refers to the loudness; the higher the volume, the louder the voice  
🗑
artistic standard   asks whether the speaker followed the principles of art, and hence whether he or she did the best that could be done in a specific rhetorical situation  
🗑
assimilation   blurring the lines between two similar messages and regard them as identical  
🗑
assumption   unstated, taken-for-granted beliefs in a particular situation  
🗑
attention span   the length of time listeners will pay attention without distraction  
🗑
critical judgements   those you can articulate and defend by proving reasons for them  
🗑
critical listening   enables you to apply critical thinking to a speech  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own beliefs rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read  
🗑
expediency standard   only measure of speech then whatever is most likely to accompany the purpose should be done  
🗑
facts   can be independently verified by others  
🗑
feedback   providing a speaker the point of view from the listener’s standard  
🗑
hearing   sensory process  
🗑
listening   mental operation  
🗑
opinions   judgements that are not clearly true or false and so cannot be independently verified  
🗑
reflective   neither blind acceptance nor automatic rejection of an idea, but a considerate and thoughtful opinion about whether the idea and its support merit acceptance  
🗑
rhetorical criticism   the analytical assessment of messages that are intended to affect other people  
🗑
allusions   brief references to things they assume the listener’s know about and understand  
🗑
audience culture   if an audience can be characterized in terms of subjective factors such as interests, beliefs, common values, common knowledge, experience, roles and reference groups  
🗑
beliefs   statements listeners regard as true  
🗑
condescending   talking down to listeners and assuming they can’t think for themselves  
🗑
fields   subject matter areas with different norms and assumptions  
🗑
general public   listeners who share characteristics of people in general  
🗑
arrangement   structuring of ideas and materials in a speech.  
🗑
ceremonial   also know as epideictic, could be from presenting or accepting an award, introducing someone, delivering a eulogy, or commemorating an event. This type of speech focuses on the present.  
🗑
communication   the way an audience interacts in order to build connections whereby they can understand each other and recognize common interests  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own judgements rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read.  
🗑
deliberative   most speeches are primarily this, such as making an oral report, delivering sales representation, advocating a policy, or refuting another persons’ arguments. This type of speech usually focuses on the future and what should be done  
🗑
delivery   the presentation of the speech. skillful delivery involves the effective use of voice, gesture, facial expression, physical movement, and visual aids.  
🗑
entertaining   stimulates a sense of community by celebrating common bonds among speaker and listeners  
🗑
exigence   a problem that cannot be avoided but that can be solved, or at least managed, through the development of an appropriate message.  
🗑
extemporaneous presentation   referring to an outline during a speech, not memorized word for word but have a clear sense of the ideas and how to organize them  
🗑
facts   statements that, in theory, can be verified by someone else ie. if somebody says the population has doubled in 25 years, it can be verified with population statistics.  
🗑
feedback   responses from the audience that signal how they are reacting to what you say  
🗑
forensic   The third category of speech occasion which is concerned with rendering judgments about events in the past.  
🗑
identification   when a speaker tries to find common ground between what they know about the audience and what they want to say  
🗑
informing   provides listeners with new information or ideas  
🗑
invention   generation of materials for the speech  
🗑
manuscript presentation   reading a written script for a speech  
🗑
memory   giving a speech from memory, was at one time important  
🗑
opinions   subjective statements that presumably are based on experience or expertise ie. The world’s population is growing too fast.  
🗑
persuading   influences listeners’ attitudes and behavior; either to strengthen existing beliefs or to support new ones  
🗑
plagiarism   never present somebody else’s ideas as your own, specify who developed the ideas or words you present, paraphrase, use several sources rather than just one  
🗑
public   designates two things 1. speaking that is open and accessible by others. 2. speaking is public when it affects people beyond the immediate audience.  
🗑
public forum   years ago, a forum was an actual place, but today it is an imagined “space” that exists whenever people have the freedom to exchange ideas about matters that affect themselves and others.  
🗑
rhetoric   the study of how messages affect people  
🗑
rhetorical situation   a situation in which people’s understanding can be changed through messages  
🗑
situation   specific context in which the speech was given.  
🗑
strategic planning   identifying goals and then determining how to best achieve them  
🗑
strategy   a plan of action that will respond to the constraints and take advantage of the opportunities  
🗑
style   distinctive character that may make a speech recognizable or memorable; achieved through language and it reflects the speaker’s awareness of how language can be used both to evoke emotions and convey a message  
🗑
anticipation reaction   the heightened emotional you may experience as you think about giving your speech  
🗑
body   the largest portion of the speech; develops your thesis and offers whatever proof you need to support your claims  
🗑
communication apprehension   refers to fears and worries people have about communicating with others and can range from not wanting to speak up in a small group to worrying about talking on the telephone  
🗑
conclusion   final part of that speech that should draw together the ideas in the speech so that they are memorable - brief summary, restate main points and ideas, repetition of thesis- and give a strong note of finality to the speech  
🗑
confrontation reaction   marked by increased anxiety as you begin to speak. somewhere around 15% experience elevated levels of communication apprehension  
🗑
ethos   character that is attributed to a speaker by listeners on the basis of what the speaker says and does in the speech; it is a character you project when speaking  
🗑
extemporaneous   speaker has a clear sense of the main ideas and how to organize them, but they have not planned the speech in advance word for word and can adapt to feedback from the audience  
🗑
introduction   should be designed to get the audience’s attention, state your thesis, and preview how you will develop your ideas  
🗑
preparation outline   helps you identify your main ideas and to organize them sensibly and it lists supporting materials and how you will use them  
🗑
presentation outline   what you use to remind yourself of the main ideas and thought organization when presenting your speech  
🗑
purpose   your goal for the speech, the response you are seeking from the listeners  
🗑
thesis   statement of your main idea; summarizes the basic point you want the audience to accept  
🗑
anticipation step   bring hands to position from which a gesture can be easily made  
🗑
articulation   refers to the clarity of individual sounds  
🗑
delivery   presentation; refers to how the voice ad body help create the effect a speaker wants  
🗑
dialect   pronunciation pattern  
🗑
distributed practice   brief periods of practice spread over time  
🗑
empathy   usually achieved through presentation that invites audience members to listen and suggests that the speaker cares about them  
🗑
enunciation   refers to the distinctness with which whole words are sounded  
🗑
eye contact   important to a speaker’s credibility; let’s you see how the audience is reacting to your speech  
🗑
gesture   refers to the movement of hands and arms during the speech as a means of emphasis  
🗑
implementation step   the few seconds in which you execute a gesture  
🗑
impromptu presentation   when you have little or no time to prepare for a speech  
🗑
inflection   similar concept except that is applies to the sentence as a whole. Appropriate inflection is important b/c without it you risk distracting listeners’ attention, distorting your message, and damaging your credibility  
🗑
manuscript presentation   involves a text that is prepared word for word, but is read instead of memorized  
🗑
massed practice   a few lengthy sessions shortly before you speak  
🗑
memorized presentation   opposite of impromptu, you pay such close attention to your text that you memorize it  
🗑
monotone   a very narrow, unchanging range that is used for the entire speech  
🗑
pauses   brief silences within a speech  
🗑
pitch   the placement of the voice on the musical scale  
🗑
pronunciation   refers to the accepted way to sound any given word  
🗑
rate   speed at which a person speaks  
🗑
relaxation step   when you return your hands to their normal position wherever that may be  
🗑
vocalized pauses   meaningless sounds that a speaker produces during moments of silence  
🗑
volume   refers to the loudness; the higher the volume, the louder the voice  
🗑
artistic standard   asks whether the speaker followed the principles of art, and hence whether he or she did the best that could be done in a specific rhetorical situation  
🗑
assimilation   blurring the lines between two similar messages and regard them as identical  
🗑
assumption   unstated, taken-for-granted beliefs in a particular situation  
🗑
attention span   the length of time listeners will pay attention without distraction  
🗑
critical judgements   those you can articulate and defend by proving reasons for them  
🗑
critical listening   enables you to apply critical thinking to a speech  
🗑
critical thinking   the ability to form and defend your own beliefs rather than blindly accepting or instantly rejecting what you hear or read  
🗑
expediency standard   only measure of speech then whatever is most likely to accompany the purpose should be done  
🗑
facts   can be independently verified by others  
🗑
feedback   providing a speaker the point of view from the listener’s standard  
🗑
hearing   sensory process  
🗑
listening   mental operation  
🗑
opinions   judgements that are not clearly true or false and so cannot be independently verified  
🗑
reflective   neither blind acceptance nor automatic rejection of an idea, but a considerate and thoughtful opinion about whether the idea and its support merit acceptance  
🗑
rhetorical criticism   the analytical assessment of messages that are intended to affect other people  
🗑
allusions   brief references to things they assume the listener’s know about and understand  
🗑
audience culture   if an audience can be characterized in terms of subjective factors such as interests, beliefs, common values, common knowledge, experience, roles and reference groups  
🗑
beliefs   statements listeners regard as true  
🗑
condescending   talking down to listeners and assuming they can’t think for themselves  
🗑
fields   subject matter areas with different norms and assumptions  
🗑
general public   listeners who share characteristics of people in general  
🗑
heterogeneity   refers to the diversity or variety of an audience member- the difference between them  
🗑
pandering   saying things to agree with an audience that you don't actually support or believe in  
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perception   particular interpretation or understanding that a listener gets from a speech  
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personal interests   need to asses the personal interest of the audience and how your message will apply to them  
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platitudes   buzzwords or phrases that are devoid of specific content  
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reference groups   socially constructed categories  
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roles   social assigned positions that are important part of an audience’s culture  
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selective attention   unconscious decisions made by the listeners on how they are going to take the message  
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selective exposure   concept that our communication choices are not random rather we are inclined to expose ourselves to messages that are important to use personally and that are consistent with what we already believe  
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self-interests   isteners can gain or lose interest based on self interests  
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stereotyping   wrongly assuming that all members of a category are alike  
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universal audience   an imaginary audience made up of all reasonable people  
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values   positive or negative judgements that listeners make  
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agenda setting   causing people to think about a topic they previously knew little about or ignored  
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brain storming   mental exercise in which you identify the first things that come to mind when you are presented with a given term or category  
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conversion   replacement of one set of beliefs with another set that is inconsistent with the first  
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general purpose statement   describes your overall purpose of the speech  
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issue   question raised by the thesis statement that must be addressed in order for the thesis itself to be addressed effectively  
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perspective   point of view  
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purpose   goal of a speech to get the audience to react in certain ways and achieve goals of the speech  
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specific purpose statement   focuses on the outcome of the speech by specifying what you want to achieve  
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strategic plan   strategy to respond to a rhetorical situation that identifies the purpose, constraints, and opportunities it provides  
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thesis   a succinct statement of the central idea or claim made by the speech  
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topic   what your speech is about and what its purpose is  
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topoi   greek meaning of commonplaces, can be used to form the categories in the first place  
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4 characteristics of Public Forum   1 some problem affects people collectively as well as individually 2 cooperative action is needed to address the problem 3 the decision requires subjective judgement 4 a decision is required  
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3 most general purposes of speeches   informing, persuading, entertaining  
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5 headings under speaker opportunities   invention, arrangement, style, delivery, memory  
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Organizational patterns   develop an introduction; assemble the body of the speech; prepare a conclusion  
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4 steps to practicing a speech   develop and talk through the preparation outline; reduce the preparation outline to a presentation outline; develop exact wording for the introduction and the conclusion; simulate the conditions under which you will speak  
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4 Modes of Presentation:   impromptu, memorized, manuscript, extemporaneous  
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4 factors of listener distractions   listener distractions, limited attention spans, jumping to conclusions, situational distractions  
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Characteristics of good listeners   mapping, note taking, listening carefully  
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Mapping   the listener draw a diagram showing the relationship between the thesis of the speech and the main ideas that support  
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Formal methods of Audience analysis   taking a survey of the audience  
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Informal methods of audience analysis   asking the host a few questions before hand  
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Audience demographics   What the audience brings to the art in terms of their own knowledge and experience  
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Characteristics of a good speech   Memorability, Succinctness, Appropriateness, Positive  
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