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Public Speaking Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation
Speaker
Global Plagiarism
repetition
Audience-centeredness
2. An interview conducted to gather information for a speech
rhythm
abstract words
research interview
speech of acceptance
3. The person who receives the speaker's message
preview statement
Listener
Fixed-alternative questions
thesaurus
4. Speech structure that develops a story from beginning to end through a sequence of scenes in which characters interact
false cause
logos
motivated sequence design
narrative design
5. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech
Name- calling
pronunciation
pause
rhetorical question
6. 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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7. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation
speech of acceptance
event
Visualization
Bill of Rights
8. A summary of a magazine or a journel article - written by someone other than the original author
line graph
target audience
abstract
invalid analogy
9. A variety of a language distinguished by variations of accent - grammer - or vocabulary
Ethical decisions
dialect
Appreciative listening
either or
10. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas. the three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimony
Adrenaline
bar graph
motivated sequence design
supporting materials
11. To restate or summarize a source's ideas in one's own words
paraphrase
abstract words
casual order
Demographic audience analysis
12. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another
expert testimony
metaphor
transition
antithesis
13. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person
Brainstorming
analogical reasoning
eye contact
rate
14. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language
pronunciation
internal preview
reasoning
pathos
15. Words that refer to tangible objects
concrete words
vocal variety
Key- word outline
initial credibility
16. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken
metaphor
need
call number
question of policy
17. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
question of policy
Situation
informative speech
Adrenaline
18. The credibility of a speaker before he starts to speak
credibility
antithesis
denotative meaning
initial credibility
19. The means by which a message is communicated
concept
clutter
Channel
stock issues
20. The broad goal of a speech
kinesics
Channel
strategic organization
General purpose
21. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
derived credibility
Scale questions
reasoning
bar graph
22. Anything that is visible tangible -and stable in form
strategic organization
object
Empathic listening
question of policy
23. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech
derived credibility
concrete words
nonverbal communication
abstract
24. A statement that depicts a person - event - idea - or the like with clarity and vividness
Plagiarism
pie graph
description
catalogue
25. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain
Hearing
vocal variety
volume
bar graph
26. Form of speaking in which the entire speech becomes a story that reveals some important truth
mental dialogue with the audience
credibility
master narrative
Incremental plagiarism
27. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something
evidence
delivery cues
Monroe's motivated sequence
personalize
28. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic
direct quotation
motivated sequence design
ceremonial speaking
credibility
29. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea
initial credibility
supporting materials
clutter
strategic organization
30. Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
credibility
event
Message
transition
31. 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?
need
practicality
rhythm
kinesics
32. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive clauses or sentences
repetition
reference work
Situational audience analysis
direct quotation
33. A typeface with straight edges on the letters
supporting materials
Open- ended questions
sans-serif font
slipper slope
34. A persuasive speech in which the speaker's goal is to convince the audience to take action in support of a given policy
clutter
internal summary
spatial order
speech to gain immediate action
35. A graph that uses vertical or horizontal bars to show comparisons among two or more items
catalogue
persuasion
yearbook
bar graph
36. The physical setting for the speech - and the disposition of the audience toward the topic - the speaker - and the occasion
Hearing
Situational audience analysis
vicarious experience narrative
fair use
37. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion
strategic organization
reasoning from principle
terminal credibility
Audience-centeredness
38. A systematic series of actions that leads to a specific result or product
process
Global Plagiarism
rhetorical question
transparency
39. A brief - often humorous - ceremonial speech - presented after a meal - that offers a message without asking for radical changes
speech to gain passive agreement
vocalized pause
paraphrase
after-dinner speech
40. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
connective
direct quotation
Speaker
volume
41. A statement of the differences among two or more people events ideas etc
contrast
vicarious experience narrative
preview statement
bibliography
42. Changes in the pitch or tone of a speaker's voice
Global Plagiarism
Attitude
inflections
clutter
43. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion
analogical reasoning
red herring
Incremental plagiarism
speech to gain immediate action
44. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationship among the speaker's ideas
Fixed-alternative questions
visual framework
vicarious experience narrative
after-dinner speech
45. 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
hypothetical example
analogical reasoning
goodwill
delivery cues
46. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest
hasty generalization
eye contact
median
testimony
47. An object - usually built to scale - that represents another object in detail
imagery
clutter
model
question of policy
48. Testimony that is presented word for word
direct quotation
crescendo ending
denotative meaning
impromptu speech
49. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Listening
goodwill
direct quotation
Speaker
50. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
mental dialogue with the audience
Residual message
main points
Name- calling