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Public Speaking Vocab
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1. The pattern of sound in a pattern created by the choice and arrangement of words
rhythm
transition
embedded narrative
imagery
2. Speech strategy in which the speaker invites listeners to imagine themselves enacting a story
vicarious experience narrative
Adrenaline
special encyclopedia
process
3. The means by which a message is communicated
metaphor
Situational audience analysis
terminal credibility
Channel
4. A complete set of type of the same design
font
serif font
abstract
abstract words
5. To restate or summarize a source's ideas in one's own words
terminal credibility
Incremental plagiarism
Bill of Rights
paraphrase
6. A speech that combines several kinds of visual and or audio aids in the same talk
multimedia presentation
Ethnocentrism
conversational quality
reasoning from specific instances
7. A typeface with rounded edges on the letters
serif font
credibility
eulogy
logos
8. Listening to understanding the message of the speaker
periodical database
Comprehensive listening
stock issues
after-dinner speech
9. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own
vicarious experience narrative
Listening
alliteration
Global Plagiarism
10. A persuasive speech pattern in which listeners are first persuaded that they have a problem and then are shown how to solve it
Speaker
mental dialogue with the audience
problem-solution design
red herring
11. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she wants to deliver key parts of the speech
Empathic listening
delivery cues
Interference
monotone
12. Testimony from ordinary people with firsthand experience or insight on a topic
process
delivery cues
peer testimony
paraphrase
13. The number that appears the most
either or
special encyclopedia
mode
eulogy
14. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain
Active listening
target audience
Hearing
dissolve ending
15. A typeface with straight edges on the letters
virtual library
sans-serif font
extemporaneous speech
Visualization
16. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
terminal credibility
vocal variety
Adrenaline
Scale questions
17. The third basic issue in analyzing a question of policy: Will the speaker's plan sove the problem? Will it create new and more serious problem?
antithesis
Incremental plagiarism
Situation
practicality
18. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point
bibliography
main points
brief example
problem-solution order
19. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - ect.
antithesis
vocal variety
Attitude
serif font
20. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own
Plagiarism
after-dinner speech
problem-cause-solution order
vicarious experience narrative
21. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step by step to a dramatic final statement
dissolve ending
imagery
refutative design
Scale questions
22. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences
Audience-centeredness
transition
Scale questions
Identification
23. An error in causal reasoning in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follows another - the first event is the cause of the second - Post hoc Fallacy
visual framework
Scale questions
false cause
fallacy
24. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas
multimedia presentation
motivated sequence design
brief example
signpost
25. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic. the two major factors influencing a speaker's credibility are competence and character
Ethical decisions
initial credibility
credibility
dialect
26. The study of body motions as systematic mode of communications
kinesics
brief example
Ethical decisions
concept
27. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs - and well -being
informative speech
direct quotation
multimedia presentation
Egocentrism
28. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation
Residual message
Situational audience analysis
animation
Audience-centeredness
29. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another
chart
speech of inspiration
informative speech
transition
30. A question about the truth or falsity of assertion
special encyclopedia
pitch
question of fact
either or
31. A speech of tribute presented upon a person's death
eulogy
parallelism
Feedback
Key- word outline
32. A comprehensive reference work devoted to a specific subject such as religion - art - law - science - music - etc
supporting materials
special encyclopedia
Attitude
vicarious experience narrative
33. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea
persuasion
reference work
quoting out of context
clutter
34. The physical setting for the speech - and the disposition of the audience toward the topic - the speaker - and the occasion
testimony
concept
causal reasoning
Situational audience analysis
35. A visual aid that summarizes a large block of information usually in list form
problem-solution design
Plagiarism
chart
Identification
36. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Fixed-alternative questions
strategic organization
general encyclopedia
eye contact
37. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
volume
Speaker
mode
Patchwork plagiarism
38. A list of all the sources used in preparing a speech
Comprehensive listening
Stereotyping
concept
bibliography
39. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words
Paraphrase
Appreciative listening
stock issues
yearbook
40. What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech
connective
speech of tribute
Appreciative listening
Residual message
41. A ceremonial speech expressing gratitude for an honor and acknowledging those who made the accomplishment possible
Patchwork plagiarism
speech to gain immediate action
biographical aid
speech of acceptance
42. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' between things that are essentially different yet have something in common
simile
Speaker
question of policy
internal preview
43. A method of organizing persuasive speeches in which each main point explains why a speaker's solution to a problem is preferable to other proposed solutions
virtual library
comparative advatages order
statistics
mental dialogue with the audience
44. 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
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45. A ceremonial speech directed at awakening or reawakening an audience to a goal - purpose - or set of values
line graph
plan
speech of inspiration
stage fright
46. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike.
simile
creating common ground
biographical aid
Stereotyping
47. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike
fallacy
Global Plagiarism
informative speech
invalid analogy
48. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence
reasoning
Situational audience analysis
clutter
process
49. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas. the three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimony
denotative meaning
supporting materials
bibliography
pause
50. The way objects enter or exit a powerpoint slide
animation
spatial order
analogical reasoning
question of fact