Noise, such as airplanes, car alarms, or even book bags opening, is known as what kind of distraction:
What is environment distraction
100
The type of information primarily used for context is called:
What is background information
100
"Chill out" is an example of:
What is slang
200
What are the three elements of persuasion identified by Aristotle?
What is: ethos, pathos and logos
200
Academics label the fear of public speaking as:
What is communication apprehension
200
The type of non-listening where the listener only addresses the weakest part of the argument is known as:
What is ambushing
200
An attempt to unfairly influence someone based upon a speaker's own personal interests is called:
What is bias
200
Delivery mode that involves using prepared speaking notes is known as:
What is extemporaneous
300
What element is included in the transactional model of communication and not the linear model?
What is feedback
300
The idea that visualizing a positive outcome will make that outcome more likely to happen is known as:
What is self-fulfilling prophesy
300
Penny is preparing a speech advocating for tougher parking policies on campus. She has three minor and one major point to make. She puts the major point at the end. This demonstrates a ________ pattern.
What is crescendo
300
When you take parts of another person's work without crediting them, it is known as:
What is incremental plagiarism
300
When a speaker is introduced and gives the audience a bright and cheery smile, she may not need to say how happy she is to be there. This is the nonverbal function of:
What is substituting
400
Which of Cicero's components of creating a speech is missing?
Invention, Arrangement, _____, Delivery, Memory
What is style
400
Trevor is judging the comments a candidate for SGA President is delivering. What kind of listening is this?
What is listening to criticize
400
Language serves as a symbol for what it represents. The word and item are not fundamentally connected. What type of language characteristic is this?
What is arbitrariness
400
Gesture, posture, appearance and eye contact are known as elements of:
What is kinesics
500
According to Aristotle, which level of knowledge comes from a person's experiences?
What is techne
500
The ______ assumes that all eyes are on the speaker, similar to being on a stage, and this feeling heightens anxiety.
What is the spotlight syndrome
500
Royce and Jennifer are debating the issue of student fees for athletics. Jennifer makes some salient points, then pauses and asks Royce for his opinion. Lloyd Bitzer would consider this decisive point as:
What is exigence
500
A single word approach that compares, but allows two things to maintain individual characteristics is known as:
What is simile
500
Mental webs of ideas, which can make up scripts, are known as: