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Public Speaking Vocab
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1. A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves.
Ethics
volume
informative speech
call number
2. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences
multimedia presentation
Attitude
derived credibility
Identification
3. A comprehensive reference work that provides information about all branches of human knowledge
general encyclopedia
goodwill
periodical database
special encyclopedia
4. The physical setting for the speech - and the disposition of the audience toward the topic - the speaker - and the occasion
general encyclopedia
Situational audience analysis
Stereotyping
Spare 'brain time'
5. A question about the truth or falsity of assertion
question of fact
Ethical decisions
internal summary
after-dinner speech
6. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
concept
plan
Residual message
Open- ended questions
7. Speech strategy in which the speaker invites listeners to imagine themselves enacting a story
stage fright
line graph
pitch
vicarious experience narrative
8. A persuasive speech design that proceeds by arousing attention - demonstrating a need - satisfying the need - visualizing results - and calling for action
Residual message
motivated sequence design
example
speaking outline
9. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experiences of the audience
analogical reasoning
creating common ground
slipper slope
chart
10. A short speech of tribute - usually offered at celebration dinners or meetings
pie graph
Ethical decisions
parallelism
toast
11. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationship among the speaker's ideas
dissolve ending
Channel
brief example
visual framework
12. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech
delivery cues
supporting materials
pause
goodwill
13. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern
line graph
Interference
master of ceremonies
spatial order
14. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own
imagery
abstract
topical order
Plagiarism
15. A reference work published annually that contains information about the previous year
contrast
transparency
yearbook
catalogue
16. Listening to understanding the message of the speaker
Comprehensive listening
Fixed-alternative questions
chronological order
supporting materials
17. Reasoning that moves from particular facts to general conclusion
general encyclopedia
reasoning from specific instances
Speaker
master narrative
18. A persuasive speech in which the speaker's goal is to convince the audience to take action in support of a given policy
call number
speech to gain immediate action
animation
pathos
19. A typeface with rounded edges on the letters
kinesics
creating common ground
serif font
Fixed-alternative questions
20. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language
concrete words
hasty generalization
pronunciation
line graph
21. 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
General purpose
comparative advatages order
pause
delivery cues
22. A speech of tribute presented upon a person's death
object
vicarious experience narrative
eulogy
rhythm
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
vocal variety
vicarious experience narrative
false cause
paraphrase
24. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase
Situation
denotative meaning
concrete words
Appreciative listening
25. A question about the worth - rightness - morality - and so forth of an idea or action
question of value
preview statement
master narrative
model
26. A visual aid used to show statistical trends and patterns
multimedia presentation
preliminary bibliography
need
graph
27. The second basic issue in analyzing a question of policy: if there is a problem with current policy - does the speaker have a plan to solve the problem
special encyclopedia
plan
Ethics
volume
28. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words
Patchwork plagiarism
Visualization
Paraphrase
Listener
29. An object - usually built to scale - that represents another object in detail
Monroe's motivated sequence
eulogy
model
ceremonial speaking
30. 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?
credibility
causal reasoning
signpost
practicality
31. A constant pitch or tone of voice
fallacy
articulation
Hearing
monotone
32. 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
supporting materials
problem-solution order
description
abstract words
33. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something
General purpose
evidence
comparative advatages order
Positive nervousness
34. What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech
chart
Residual message
problem-cause-solution order
object
35. Words that refer to tangible objects
either or
concrete words
volume
speech of introduction
36. A brief - often humorous - ceremonial speech - presented after a meal - that offers a message without asking for radical changes
either or
after-dinner speech
crescendo ending
Key- word outline
37. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
derived credibility
narrative design
Scale questions
statistics
38. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs - and well -being
Brainstorming
thesaurus
Bill of Rights
Egocentrism
39. The message - usually nonverbal - sent from listener to a speaker.
Feedback
derived credibility
denotative meaning
speech of acceptance
40. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker
pathos
speech of acceptance
delivery cues
Empathic listening
41. A research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of journals or magazines
periodical database
antithesis
Audience-centeredness
magnification
42. A graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over time or space
line graph
font
catalogue
personalize
43. 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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44. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest
median
Brainstorming
reference work
dialect
45. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas. the three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimony
stock issues
supporting materials
toast
invalid analogy
46. Speaking that celebrates special occasions - such as speeches of tribute - inspiration - and introduction - eulogies - toasts - award presentations - acceptances - and after-dinner speeches. Their deeper function is to share identities and reinforce
ceremonial speaking
either or
event
thesaurus
47. A method of organizing persuasive speeches in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents a solution to the problem
Monroe's motivated sequence
thesaurus
derived credibility
problem-solution order
48. A comprehensive reference work devoted to a specific subject such as religion - art - law - science - music - etc
derived credibility
special encyclopedia
problem-solution order
vocal variety
49. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people
topical order
testimony
Incremental plagiarism
imagery
50. To present one's ideas in human terms that relate in some fashion to the experience of the audience
Interference
hypothetical example
Comprehensive listening
personalize
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