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Public Speaking Vocab
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1. A research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of journals or magazines
font
Situation
periodical database
special encyclopedia
2. The major general questions a reasonable person would ask before agreeing to a change in policies or procedures
dialect
stock issues
creating common ground
preparation outline
3. Focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religion - sexual orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Frame of reference
crescendo ending
Demographic audience analysis
antithesis
4. A method of organizing persuasive speeches that seek immediate action. The five steps of the motivated sequence are attention - need - satisfaction - visualization - and action
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5. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out load
Global Plagiarism
metaphor
rhetorical question
ethos
6. Listening to understanding the message of the speaker
Comprehensive listening
problem-solution order
Demographic audience analysis
Ethnocentrism
7. A speech that is written out word for word and read to the audience
concrete words
extended example
antithesis
manuscript speech
8. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion
reasoning from principle
embedded narrative
manuscript speech
Global Plagiarism
9. A summary of a magazine or a journel article - written by someone other than the original author
persuasion
abstract
reasoning from specific instances
practicality
10. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects
supporting materials
Listener
causal reasoning
Stereotyping
11. A typeface with rounded edges on the letters
ad hominem
speaking outline
inclusive language
serif font
12. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence
example
hasty generalization
abstract
reference work
13. The portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade
Incremental plagiarism
catalogue
target audience
preliminary bibliography
14. Reasoning that moves from particular facts to general conclusion
transition
reasoning from specific instances
line graph
problem-solution design
15. Numerical data
supporting materials
reference work
statistics
generic 'he'
16. A trite or overused expression
cliche
eulogy
virtual library
contrast
17. The average value of a group of numbers
reasoning from specific instances
cliche
mean
Listener
18. The message - usually nonverbal - sent from listener to a speaker.
supporting materials
Feedback
spatial order
reasoning from principle
19. 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
bandwagon
alliteration
Incremental plagiarism
false cause
20. An error in reasoning
burden of proof
invalid analogy
fallacy
derived credibility
21. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea
credibility
Fixed-alternative questions
clutter
direct quotation
22. A visual aid drawn - written or printed on a sheet of clear acetate and shown with an overhead projector
Global Plagiarism
fallacy
transparency
general encyclopedia
23. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern
preparation outline
Frame of reference
spatial order
Monroe's motivated sequence
24. A brief - often humorous - ceremonial speech - presented after a meal - that offers a message without asking for radical changes
imagery
Plagiarism
after-dinner speech
creating common ground
25. 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?
generic 'he'
General purpose
practicality
Visualization
26. A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers
reference work
vocal variety
yearbook
antithesis
27. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body
terminal credibility
sponsoring organization
preview statement
model
28. Stories inserted within speeches that illustrate the speaker's points
ethos
internal preview
embedded narrative
preliminary bibliography
29. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest
supporting materials
comparison
median
Critical thinking
30. What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech
quoting out of context
paraphrase
internal summary
Residual message
31. An interview conducted to gather information for a speech
statistics
fallacy
ceremonial speaking
research interview
32. Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
question of value
Spare 'brain time'
Message
periodical database
33. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures
crescendo ending
Ethnocentrism
magnification
preparation outline
34. The speed at which a person speaks
font
ethos
supporting materials
rate
35. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure
pronunciation
goodwill
visual framework
antithesis
36. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation
Positive nervousness
Attitude
Bill of Rights
General purpose
37. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
Fixed-alternative questions
red herring
Bill of Rights
speech of inspiration
38. 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
award presentation
reference work
metaphor
Situational audience analysis
39. Form of speaking in which the entire speech becomes a story that reveals some important truth
Ethics
master narrative
Visualization
ad hominem
40. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech
Situational audience analysis
hasty generalization
derived credibility
Ethics
41. 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
slipper slope
problem-cause-solution order
toast
42. The name used by aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker the two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
imagery
speech of tribute
logos
periodical database
43. A graph that highlights segments of a circle to show simple distribution patterns
ceremonial speaking
Active listening
bibliography
pie graph
44. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives
reasoning from specific instances
peer testimony
Fixed-alternative questions
animation
45. A method of organizing persuasive speeches in which the first main point identifies a problem - the second main point analyzes the cause of the problem - and the third main point presents a solution to the problem
gestures
ethos
problem-cause-solution order
research interview
46. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Monroe's motivated sequence
problem-solution order
nonverbal communication
Appreciative listening
47. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
reasoning from specific instances
concrete words
contrast
Specific purpose
48. The credibility of a speaker at the end of a speech
terminal credibility
Comprehensive listening
metaphor
main points
49. A speaker's selecting and emphasizing certain qualities of a subject to stress the values they represent
magnification
credibility
simile
supporting materials
50. A list of all the sources used in preparing a speech
bibliography
animation
casual order
peer testimony