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habituation   show
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specific purpose   show
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central idea   show
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show subdivisions of the central idea of a speech that provide detailed points of focus for delivering the speech  
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show the opinion of someone who experienced an event or situation firsthand  
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show a comparison between two essentially dissimilar things that share some common feature on which the comparison depends  
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show organization determined by the speaker's discretion or by recency, primacy, or complexity.  
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show arrangement of ideas from most important to least important or from strongest to weakest  
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show arrangement of ideas from least important to most important or from weakest to strongest  
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spatial organization   show
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cause and effect organization   show
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show organization from specific information to a more general statement or from a general statement to specific information  
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show a verbal or nonverbal organization signal  
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concrete word   show
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show a word that refers to an individual member of a general class  
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correct word   show
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show a characteristic of a speech created when something is phrased in a way that differs from the way the audience responds  
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omission   show
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show reversing the normal word order of a phrase or sentence  
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show the rhythm of language  
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parallelism   show
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show contrasting the meanings of the two parts of a parallel structure  
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alliteration   show
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show variation in vocal pitch  
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show a consistent style of pronunciation and articulation that is common to an ethnic and geographic region  
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cognitive dissonance   show
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show Abraham Maslow's classic theory that humans have five levels of needs and that lower-level needs must be met before people can be concerned about higher-level needs  
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elaboration likelihood model (ELM)   show
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proposition of fact   show
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show a claim that calls for the listener to judge the worth or importance of something  
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proposition of policy   show
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show the process of discovering the available means of persuasion  
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dynamism   show
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show the final impression listeners have of a speaker's credibility after the speech has been concluded  
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show the impression of a speaker's credibility based on what the speaker says and does during the speech  
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inductive reasoning   show
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show a special kind of inductive reasoning that draws a comparison between two ideas, things, or situations that share some essential common feature  
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show moving from a general statement or principle to reach a certain specific conclusion  
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syllogism   show
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refutation   show
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show Alan H. Monroe's five-step plan for organizing a persuasive message: attention, need, satisfaction, visualization, and action  
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show genres: types of music, types of instruments  
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show is a type of composition where one idea, process, or thing is explained by comparing it to something else over a longer narrative  
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show a comparison between two similar things  
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figurative analogy   show
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operational definition   show
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complexity   show
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ad hominem   show
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