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Public speaking chapters one and four vocab

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Stage fright   Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience  
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Adrenaline   A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress  
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Positive nervousness   Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation  
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Visualization   Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation.  
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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.  
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Speaker   The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.  
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Message   Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.  
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Channel   The means by which a message is communicated.  
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Listener   The person who receives the speaker's message.  
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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.  
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Feedback   The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker.  
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Interference   Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Can be external or internal to listeners.  
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Situation   The time and place in which speech communication occurs.  
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Ethnocentrism   The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.  
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Ice breaker speech   A speech early in the term designed to get students speaking in front of the class as soon as possible.  
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Introduction   The opening section of a speech.  
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Body   The main section of a speech.  
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Chronological order   A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.  
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Topical order   A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.  
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Main points   The major points developed in the body of a speech.  
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Transition   A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.  
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Conclusion   The final section of a speech  
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Extemporaneous speech   A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.  
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Gestures   Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.  
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Eye contact   Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.  
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