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Public Speaking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An error in reasoning
goodwill
call number
clutter
fallacy
2. An interview conducted to gather information for a speech
main points
question of fact
comparison
research interview
3. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest
median
abstract words
crescendo ending
fair use
4. To restate or summarize a source's ideas in one's own words
paraphrase
bibliography
master narrative
nonverbal communication
5. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she wants to deliver key parts of the speech
evidence
Channel
delivery cues
alliteration
6. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with te existence of a problem and the second main point presents a solution to the problem
problem-solution order
graph
kinesics
red herring
7. Focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religion - sexual orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
internal summary
Demographic audience analysis
eye contact
direct quotation
8. A visual aid drawn - written or printed on a sheet of clear acetate and shown with an overhead projector
Visualization
transparency
description
Listener
9. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike
Patchwork plagiarism
invalid analogy
master narrative
pathos
10. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next
concrete words
Audience-centeredness
hasty generalization
internal preview
11. Testimony that is presented word for word
creating common ground
comparison
direct quotation
mean
12. A typeface with straight edges on the letters
sans-serif font
speech of inspiration
causal reasoning
extended example
13. The mental give and take between speaker and listener during a persuasive speech
credibility
manuscript speech
Identification
mental dialogue with the audience
14. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second
persuasion
derived credibility
analogical reasoning
paraphrase
15. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech
graph
Bill of Rights
example
derived credibility
16. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken
extended example
Critical listening
graph
question of policy
17. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea
clutter
Audience-centeredness
Attitude
practicality
18. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation
monotone
Comprehensive listening
Positive nervousness
reasoning
19. Stories inserted within speeches that illustrate the speaker's points
speech to gain immediate action
Feedback
reasoning
embedded narrative
20. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences
pie graph
Demographic audience analysis
Identification
Key- word outline
21. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
concrete words
pathos
contrast
stage fright
22. A speech designed to convey knowledge and understanding
description
sponsoring organization
informative speech
connotative meaning
23. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' between things that are essentially different yet have something in common
Critical thinking
reasoning from principle
research interview
simile
24. Speech strategy in which the speaker invites listeners to imagine themselves enacting a story
problem-cause-solution order
narrative design
red herring
vicarious experience narrative
25. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women
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26. A complete set of type of the same design
Central idea
pie graph
font
need
27. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike.
speech of acceptance
Stereotyping
plan
font
28. A reference work published annually that contains information about the previous year
credibility
clutter
yearbook
dissolve ending
29. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Name- calling
yearbook
Paraphrase
bandwagon
30. A statement of the similarities among two or more people events ideas etc
comparison
Situation
Scale questions
pronunciation
31. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion
reasoning from principle
Spare 'brain time'
Stereotyping
practicality
32. The highness or lowness of the speaker's voice
alliteration
bibliography
pitch
mean
33. The person who receives the speaker's message
paraphrase
casual order
Listener
plan
34. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes
toast
stock issues
extemporaneous speech
evidence
35. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed
Ethics
conversational quality
transition
internal preview
36. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase
problem-solution order
denotative meaning
speech to gain immediate action
refutative design
37. The average value of a group of numbers
eye contact
impromptu speech
mean
comparative advatages order
38. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern
chronological order
Critical thinking
Ethical decisions
rhetorical question
39. The credibility of a speaker at the end of a speech
generic 'he'
connective
transition
terminal credibility
40. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive clauses or sentences
line graph
refutative design
repetition
simile
41. The first 10 amendments to the united states constitution
comparison
analogical reasoning
Bill of Rights
either or
42. A summary of a magazine or a journel article - written by someone other than the original author
metaphor
Appreciative listening
Patchwork plagiarism
abstract
43. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech
median
master of ceremonies
ad hominem
Central idea
44. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words
Paraphrase
spatial order
speech of introduction
peer testimony
45. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
multimedia presentation
credibility
Patchwork plagiarism
toast
46. Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Message
internal summary
speech to gain passive agreement
model
47. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as 'uh' - 'er' and 'um'
vocalized pause
generic 'he'
dissolve ending
rate
48. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Central idea
Situation
Adrenaline
thesaurus
49. A speaker's selecting and emphasizing certain qualities of a subject to stress the values they represent
magnification
antithesis
mental dialogue with the audience
Bill of Rights
50. An object - usually built to scale - that represents another object in detail
model
manuscript speech
vicarious experience narrative
denotative meaning