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Public Speaking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence
reasoning
Residual message
terminal credibility
pause
2. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker
Empathic listening
problem-solution order
reasoning from principle
question of policy
3. Stories inserted within speeches that illustrate the speaker's points
embedded narrative
clutter
refutative design
Incremental plagiarism
4. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken
dialect
question of policy
casual order
quoting out of context
5. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
gestures
eye contact
concept
bibliography
6. A persuasive speech pattern in which listeners are first persuaded that they have a problem and then are shown how to solve it
internal summary
sans-serif font
median
problem-solution design
7. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives
rhythm
Egocentrism
Fixed-alternative questions
mental dialogue with the audience
8. The message - usually nonverbal - sent from listener to a speaker.
chronological order
Feedback
bibliography
need
9. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own
invalid analogy
Global Plagiarism
Ethics
casual order
10. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners
Interference
spatial order
reasoning from principle
vicarious experience narrative
11. A speaker's selecting and emphasizing certain qualities of a subject to stress the values they represent
speech of inspiration
Plagiarism
magnification
evidence
12. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
motivated sequence design
Adrenaline
preliminary bibliography
Fixed-alternative questions
13. The meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase
eulogy
catalogue
connotative meaning
Frame of reference
14. An object - usually built to scale - that represents another object in detail
model
informative speech
Spare 'brain time'
reasoning from principle
15. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike
master narrative
either or
Interference
invalid analogy
16. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas
median
refutative design
imagery
Active listening
17. A speech of tribute that recognizes achievements of the award recipient - explains the nature of the award - and describes why the recipient qualifies for the award
internal summary
abstract words
Critical thinking
award presentation
18. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
sans-serif font
practicality
Patchwork plagiarism
sponsoring organization
19. A question about the truth or falsity of assertion
eye contact
causal reasoning
question of fact
Appreciative listening
20. A persuasive speech design in which the speaker tries to raise doubts about - damage - or destroy an opposing position
refutative design
font
Message
Ethical decisions
21. 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
analogical reasoning
generic 'he'
pie graph
Plagiarism
22. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women
23. A specific cas used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas -conditions - experiences - or the like
example
direct quotation
visual framework
problem-solution order
24. Speech structure that develops a story from beginning to end through a sequence of scenes in which characters interact
strategic organization
problem-cause-solution order
narrative design
speech of inspiration
25. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language
graph
pronunciation
statistics
process
26. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects
Identification
causal reasoning
reasoning
Active listening
27. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
brief example
speech of acceptance
Situation
bar graph
28. Listening to understanding the message of the speaker
rate
Listening
chronological order
Comprehensive listening
29. A ceremonial speech directed at awakening or reawakening an audience to a goal - purpose - or set of values
after-dinner speech
speech of inspiration
chart
visual framework
30. An error in reasoning
fallacy
after-dinner speech
monotone
Ethnocentrism
31. The loudness or softness of the speaker's voice
call number
target audience
volume
gestures
32. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed
conversational quality
rhetorical question
Ethical decisions
connotative meaning
33. The difference between the rate at which most people talk (120 to 150 words a minute) and the rate at which the brain can process language
34. Changes in the pitch or tone of a speaker's voice
inflections
Speaker
extended example
question of value
35. The way objects enter or exit a powerpoint slide
bar graph
line graph
animation
transparency
36. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something
Listener
Key- word outline
evidence
multimedia presentation
37. The pattern of sound in a pattern created by the choice and arrangement of words
preparation outline
rhythm
slipper slope
persuasion
38. The subject of a speech
Topic
internal summary
reference work
supporting materials
39. To present one's ideas in human terms that relate in some fashion to the experience of the audience
question of value
personalize
Situation
Situational audience analysis
40. An interview conducted to gather information for a speech
model
vicarious experience narrative
Monroe's motivated sequence
research interview
41. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist
volume
either or
example
Paraphrase
42. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
creating common ground
Critical thinking
ethos
Monroe's motivated sequence
43. A person who coordinates an event or program - sets its mood - introduces - and provides transitions
eye contact
Ethics
call number
master of ceremonies
44. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause - effect relationship
casual order
Critical thinking
catalogue
extemporaneous speech
45. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step by step to a dramatic final statement
strategic organization
pathos
dissolve ending
statistics
46. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next
toast
false cause
internal preview
need
47. A reference work published annually that contains information about the previous year
simile
yearbook
invalid analogy
embedded narrative
48. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences
peer testimony
parallelism
toast
master of ceremonies
49. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes
signpost
manuscript speech
periodical database
extemporaneous speech
50. A fallacy that assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct -or desirable
internal preview
Channel
bandwagon
denotative meaning