Vocal Qualities
Doing Research
Stage Fright!
Writing
All Things Comm Skills
100

The speed at which a person speaks.

What is Rate?

100

A book of synonyms

Thesaurus

100

the anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience

What is stage fright?

100

is a trite or overused expression

What is a Cliche

100

The Greek word that comes from the word "passion" and plays off of your emotions

What is pathos?

200

The highness or lowness of a speakers voice

What is pitch?

200

A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers

What is a reference work?

200

a hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress

What is adrenaline?

200

an implicit comparison, not introduced with the word “like” or “as”, between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common

What is a metaphor?
200

Who is the philosopher who came up with the idea of ethos, pathos, and logos?

Who is Aristotle?

300

The physical production of particular speech sounds

What is articulation?

300

A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves

What is a call number

300

The mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation

What is visualization?

300

The similar arrangement of pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences

Parallelism

300

Is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

What is ethics?

400

A variety of a language distinguished by variations of accent, grammar, or vocabulary

What is Dialect?

400

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author

What is an abstract?

400

With proper preparation, stage fright can reduce by how much

What is 75%?

400

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structures

Antithesis

400

Is the sum of a person's knowledge, experiences, goals, values and attitudes.

What is frame of reference?

500

The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.

What is pronunciation?

500

A blog post is an example of a reference work.

What is False

500

Research shows that anxiety significantly drops after the first _____seconds in a presentation?

What is 30-60 seconds?

500

Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea

What is clutter?

500

Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.

What is Active Listening?

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