Delivery
What are the two components of delivery?
Verbal and physical
What are the five key components of an introduction?
Attention getter, relevance, credibility, thesis, preview of points.
What are aristotles three proofs and what do they represent?
Ethos- the credibility you have on the topic
Pathos- the emotional dimensions of your appeal
Logos- the logical organization of the information you present
What is a eulogy?
A speech of praise or a celebration of one's life. These speeches should focus on many big achievements this person had before they died, and it should be stuff that the audience knows as well.
What is communication apprehension?
The anxiety created by the prospect of public speaking.
When using presentation aids, what should always be your focus?
Your audience
What are the four different types of informative speeches?
Speeches about objects, speeches about process, speeches about events, speeches about concepts.
What is the first step in persuasion?
Audience awareness
What are the three leadership styles we have discussed in class?
Autocratic, laissez-faire, and democratic.
What is the correct term for the words used to split up your speech in order to make it more organized for the audience to track and follow?
Signposts
What are the three ways you can practice your speech verbally?
Looking at yourself in the mirror, in front of friends and family, and recording yourself.
What are the three key principles to outlining?
Subordination, coordination, and division.
What is an ad vericundium fallacy?
An appeal to authority to distract from the flaws in your argument.
What are the three group roles that we have discussed in class?
What are the three models of communication?
Linear, interactive, and transactional
What are the four modes of delivery?
Memorized speeches, manuscript speeches, impromptu speeches and extemporaneous speeches
What are the five common ways to organize an informative speech?
Chronological, cause-effect, problem solution, spatial and topical.
What is a general purpose statement?
Usually a brief statement, short in length, specifies the kind of speech you will draft and give.
What are the four types of graphs used as presentation aids?
Line, bar, histogram and pie.
What four elements should an oral citation include?
1. The author or person who is source of information
2. The person's credentials
3. The name of the publication
4. The date the source was published
What are the three stages of practicing for a speech?
Organization, feedback, and refining
Where are three good places to research information for your speech?
Libraries, the internet, and people.
What is a syllogism?
The formal structure that deductive reasoning lies upon; lays out claims that build upon each other to reach a conclusion.
(major premise, minor premise, conclusion)
What is the name of the slide design used in this class?
Assertion-evidence slide design
What is a low-context culture?
Meaning is derived from language, very little emphasis put on non-verbals, environment and situation. (Ex: America)