Visual Aids
This element is described as a series of words or phrases that organize ideas one after the other.
list
The active process of attending to and understanding a spoken message is:
Listening
The speaker will likely interpret an audience member who plays with their cell phone, slouches and lacks eye contact as
uninterested.
The three conditions needed for an invitational speaking environment are:
Equality, value and self-determination.
Use this visual aid choice when it is necessary to show the physical layout of features like roads, rivers and towns.
Maps
Add this to your visual aids to generate a mood, help differentiate items and emphasize a hierarchy.
Color
This language choice causes listener interference because the words are very informal, nonstandard and very subject to change in meaning.
Slang
This can be interpreted as a disadvantage of impromptu speaking.
There is no time for preparation before speaking.
An invitational speech for which the speaker's goal is to invite an audience to see the world as he or she does and to understand issues from her or his perspective.
Articulating a position
At a press conference, the mayor is asked if she supports a tax increase next year. She replied, "All cities must examine areas where revenue enhancement is a viable option. My administration will work with all agencies to explore these possibilities." You had difficulty ___ the message.
understanding
A type of graph that shows relative portions of parts of a whole.
Pie graph
Anything that hinders or stops a listener from attending to and receiving a message:
Interference
The style of delivery that requires a prepared and practiced speech and the use of brief notes for support.
Extemporaneous
The condition of an invitational speech that requires the speaker see audience members as holding equally valid perspectives and positions that are worthy of exploration.
Equality
When you are presenting a speech with a more interactive approach and invite listeners to share their perspectives, while you, the speaker, listen and facilitate a discussion, you are presenting a(n) ___ speech.
Invitational
They are not suitable for use by a large audience.
This is a drawback to using poster boards as a visual aid choice.
If your boss said, "The way to succeed in this business is to be 'flexible with the truth.'"
Your understanding is adversely affected by which type of noise?
semantic
This tip will improve your extemporaneous speaking skills.
Practice your speech often, using key words to help you 'talk' your presentation.
"The ethical and civil exchange of ideas and opinions among communities about topics that affect the public" is:
Public dialogue
An effective facilitator ___ in the conversation so that audience members feel their perspectives are welcome.
remains neutral
Headings on PowerPoint slides should be sized between ___ point.
30-36
The difference between hearing and listening is:
hearing is effortless and automatic, but listening is mindful and intentional.
___ is the highness or lowness of a speaker's voice on the musical scale.
Pitch
During her invitational speech, Bernadette replied to everyone who gave their opinion on her content, stating, “I appreciate what you had to say about my topic and will consider its relevance to what I believe.” She was using the condition of ___.
value
The flexibility of this organizational pattern allows the speaker to explore all the possible perspectives of the issue, making it particularly well suited for invitational speeches.
Multiple perspectives