Chapter 9
This type of source comes from your own surveys, interviews, or experiments.
What is a primary source?
This figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This type of informative speech focuses on the development or origins of a subject, such as a place, an object, or an idea.
What is a history speech?
The central idea statement in a persuasive speech.
What is a proposition?
A form of inductive reasoning that seeks to make cause-effect connections.
What is causal reasoning?
This is the place you should go if you want expert help and high-quality sources for your speech.
What is the library?
A type of language that consists of words and phrases that are specific to a subculture or group that others may not understand.
What is slang?
In an informative speech, a statement that cannot be argued or debated is known as this.
What is an irrefutable fact?
The members of the audience the speaker most wants to persuade.
What is a target audience?
A form of inductive reasoning in which conclusions are drawn about phenomena based on events that precede or co-exist with (but not cause) a subsequent event.
What is sign reasoning?
You should always do this to a website to make sure it's a good one to use in your speech.
What is checking if it's reliable?
This speaking tactic is meant to ensure clarity and better audience understanding.
What is simplicity?
This principle, often abbreviated as "WIIFM," refers to how a speech should relate to the audience's needs and interests.
What is "what's in it for me?"
An imagined conversation the speaker has with a given audience.
What is a mental dialogue?
Drawing conclusions about an object or phenomenon based on its similarities to something else.
What is analogical reasoning?
This is a reason why doing your own research is helpful for speeches.
What is adding personal and original info?
The personal or cultural associations tied to a word.
What is connotative meaning?
A speech explaining the different ways diamonds are evaluated using the four C's (cut, carat, color, and clarity) would fall under this category of informative speeches.
What is a categories or divisions speech?
A psychological phenomenon where people confronted with conflicting information or viewpoints reach a state of dissonance.
What is cognitive dissonance?
A type of reasoning in which a conclusion is based on the combination of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.
What is deductive reasoning?
To stay honest and fair, you should do this during your speech when you use someone else's info.
What is cite your sources out loud?
This speaking tool shows how language can move from vague to specific.
A symposium differs from a panel discussion in that speakers in a symposium do this, rather than engaging in an open discussion.
What is give prepared speeches on different aspects of a topic?
A decision to expose ourselves to messages we already agree with.
What is selective exposure?
A syllogism with one of the premises missing.
What is an Enthymeme?