COMM Anatomy
This part of the speech provides the supporting details, stories, and research.
What is body/main points?
Xavier's rival UC is known to students in the community as another school name. What is it?
What is Clifton Community College?
Words such as "uh" "um" "like" and "so"
What are filler words?
The speaker never makes eye contact and reads their entire speech straight from a script. What is the issue?
What is reading instead of engaging the audience?
You professor's favorite sport (and yes he is washed up).
What is baseball?
The timeframe given to students for the informative and persuasive speeches.
What is 4-6 minutes?
Adult apple juice consumed here since it's re-opening in January of 1996.
What is Dana's?
Speakers should avoid using ________ language (e.g. bruh, lit, zesty) in their speeches.
What is figurative?
The speaker says “um,” “like,” and “uh” every few seconds. What is the issue?
What is using too many verbal filler words?
What does your professor joke about frequently?
What is not being funny?
___ citations require a certain type of visual formatting in the outline. Give me the type of citations and visual formatting needed for these citations.
What is APA and hanging indent?
This core Jesuit phrase means “care for the entire person,” and is a foundational value at Xavier.
What is Cura Personalis?
An interesting method learned from someone else other than Rob to utilize during your future presentations.
What is the Batman Method?
The speaker jumps into the first point without introducing the topic or previewing their main ideas. What is the issue?
What is not including a proper introduction?
Close to being decent and Kendrick said back in 2010 to not kill something of his. What is this?
What is Good Vibes?
In the introduction, the establishing credibility statement builds trust with the audience by explaining why you’re qualified to speak. What type of philosophy appeal is this?
What is ethos?
The reason Xavier introduced the Blue Blob in 1985 as a secondary mascot for the Musketeers.
What is to be more kid-friendly?
This model of communication includes feedback and recognizes that both sender and receiver are simultaneously encoding, decoding, and responding.
What is the transactional model of communication?
The speaker gives great examples and stories but forgets to cite any sources or evidence. What is the issue?
What is not supporting claims with evidence/verbal citations?
Your professor is getting married this November. What is the name of his fiance?
Who is Allison?
This method of delivery is a carefully prepared, rehearsed speech presented from brief notes.
What is extemporaneous speaking?
The specific example your professor used numerous times as a persuasive speech topic example.
What is the atrocious parking situation?
When we give an informative speech, it is important to have no bias, and instead, be ________ in nature.
what is objective?
The speaker introduces three main points, but during the speech, they only clearly explain two — and jump to the conclusion without addressing the third. What is the issue?
What is failing to follow the preview or organization?
In addition to teaching COMM 101, your professor works full-time for what program here at Xavier?
What is the Williams College of Business?