The Who
Considering the characteristics of one's listeners, such as demographics
What is audience analysis?
To entertain, inform, or persuade
What is general purpose?
The first thing a speaker needs to do in a speech
What is capture attention?
Numbers arranged to show how often a fact or principle is true
What is a statistic?
The length of your first speech
What is 1:30 to 2:00?
Audience characteristics that can be analyzed statistically
What is demographics?
The central idea of a speech
What is a thesis?
A speaker does this by saying why the topic should be considered
What is demonstrate the importance of the topic?
A specific case used to demonstrate a general idea
What is an example?
The purpose of the first words of your speech
What is capture attention?
An underlying conviction about the truth of an idea
What is a belief?
The effect a speaker wants to have on an audience
What is a specific purpose?
A speaker previews these in the introduction of a speech
What are main points?
A brief (usually personal) story
What is an anecdote?
The position you take before you say your first words
What is your stance?
A deeply rooted belief about a concept's inherent worth
What is a value?
The tendency to believe untrue information if it confirms one's existing beliefs, values and attitudes
What is confirmation bias?
A speaker establishes this by indicating how they relate they relate to the topic
What is credibility?
A specific case the speaker asks an audience to imagine
What is a hypothetical example?
The topic of your first speech
What is my why?
A predisposition to respond to an idea, person, or thing favorably or unfavorably
What is an attitude?
Online media that enables one to access only information that confirms one's biases
What is a filter bubble?
A speaker sets this in the introduction of a speech
What is the tone?
An extended comparison
What is an analogy?
The term we've used to describe what you want to give your audience at the end of your speech
What is the gift?