Crossword Chapter 1
The process of the listener or receiver understanding the words and symbols of a message and making meaning of them
A. Decode
B. Noise
A. What is Decode
Do not write either statement (specific purpose or central idea) as a ____
A. Question
B purpose
A. What is question
Focus on one stimulus while ignoring or suppressing reactions to other stimuli
A. Graphs
B. Attention
B. What is attention
A statement or claim that cannot be argued
A. Object
B. Irrefutable
B. What is irrefutable
The central idea statement in a persuasive speech; a statement made advancing a judgement or opinion
A. Proposition
B. Exposure
A. What is proposition
An organised, face-to-face, prepared, intentional (purposeful) attempt to inform, entertain, or persuade a group of people (usually five or more) through words, physical delivery, and (at times) visual or audio aids
A. Connection
B. Public Speaking
B. What is Public Speaking
Unlike the formal thesis of your English essays, the central idea statement in a speech can and should use ____ language (I, me, we, us, you, your, etc)
A. Informative
B. Personal
B. What is personal
____ refers to the physical closeness between audience members and speakers.
A. Proximity
B. Perception
A. What is proximity
Remember that not everyone in your audience is the same, so an informative speech should be prepared with audience ______ in mind.
A. Informative
B. Diversity
B. What is diversity
Propositions of ____ argue that a word, phrase, or concept has a particular meaning.
A. Value
B. Definitions
B. What is definitions
Sharing meaning between two or more people
A. Communication
B. Feedback
A. What is communication
Three contributing elements that come together to help you determine your specific purpose for a speech are ____, your audience, and your context.
A. Context
B. You
B. What is you
How people organize and interpret the patterns of stimuli around them
A. Perception
B. Statistics
A. What is perception
A good informative speech conveys accurate information to the audience in a way that is clear and that keeps the listener ____ in the topic.
A. Interested
B. Informative
A. What is interested
Two-tailed _____: a persuasive technique in which a speaker brings up a counter-argument to their own topic and then directly refutes the claim.
A. Target
B. Arguments
B. What is arguments
Anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process
A. Noise
B. Symbol
A. What is noise
Your classroom speeches have a fairly set ____: time limits, the classroom, assignment specifications.
A. Central
B. Context
B. What is context
Use ____ to display the most important statistics.
A. Graphs
B. Median
A. What is Graphs
A speech about baseball or a saxophone would be an example of an informative speech about an ____.
A. Opinion
B. Object
B. What is object
Proposition of ____: Speeches with this type of proposition attempt to establish the truth of a statement.
A. Fact
B. Policy
A. What is fact
The subjective or personal meaning the word evokes in people together or individually
A. Connotation
B. Encode
A. What is Connotation
Never start your speeches by saying your specific _____ to your audience.
A. Question
B. Purpose
B. What is purpose
The middle number in a given set of numbers
A. Statistics
B. Median
B. What is Median
Democracy and freedom of speech are examples informative speech topics about _____.
A. Ideas
B. Diversity
A. What is ideas
Mental ______: an imagined conversation the speaker has with a given audience in which the speaker tries to anticipate what questions, concerns, or issues the audience may have to the subject under discussion.
A. Dialogue
B. Exposure
A. What is dialogue