Confidence & Ethics in the Craft
Terrific Topics
Organizing & Outlining
Say it in Style
Decoding Definitions
100

One of the first teachers of public speaking who was an ancient Greek orator.

Who is Gorgias?

100

A Freudian technique to get "unstuck".

What is Free association?

100

A statement that summarizes the purpose of a speech, and is typically what a speaker would say word for word.

What is a Thesis Statement?

100

If you have too many of these in your speech, it can be distracting to the audience. 

What is Verbal fillers?

100

A visual technique for brainstorming that forces you to think about the relationships between different ideas.

What is a Concept map?

200

Public speaking is almost always taught along with this other subject.

What is the study of Ethics?

200

The most important factor to consider when choosing a topic and crafting the mood of your speech.

What is the Speech situation?

200
The audience can retain this magic number of main points in their short term memory. 

What is 3?

200
This has nothing to do with what you say, and all to do with how you say it.

What is Tone?

200

The study of the way people use their voices, including volume, pitch, articulation, pronunciation, rate, and modulation.

What is Vocalics?

300

The type of society that public speaking blossoms and thrives in.

What is a Democracy?

300

Libraries, museums, and government archives are all great places to complete this step of speech preparation.

What is Research?

300

To establish goodwill, to establish credibility, and to explain your purpose.

What are the 3 basic purposes of an introduction?

300

Gestures, facial expressions, and vocalics are all examples of this.

What is Body language?

300

The word ancient Greeks used to describe public speaking or oratory, which they also called “rhetoric”.

What is techne?

400

Research has shown that this stress reducing strategy can improve performance in sports and speaking alike.

What is Mental reframing?

400

At a 50th birthday party, Ted gave a speech to his partner Brian. The primary purpose of this speech is to: __________.

What is Celebrate?

400

The organizational pattern I would use to explain the health risks associated with processed foods.

What is Cause-Effect?
400

While largely accepted as a way to connect with others in Western culture, this can be seen as inappropriate or offensive in some cultures.

What is Eye contact?

400

The study of touch.

What is Haptics?

500

An important factor when developing confidence is oneself.

What is Visualization?

500

Answers the question 'why' with regard to the topic, audience, and occasion, and is framed around informing, persuading, or honoring a specific occasion.

What is a General speech purpose?

500

Two types of outlines a speaker would need to create for extemporaneous delivery.

What is the Preparation and Speaking Outline?
500

Sang by the famous '80s rock band group, The Police, "Don't Stand So Close To Me" discusses this type of nonverbal communication.

What is Proxemics?

500

Ancient Greeks and Romans coined this termed for process of coming up with ideas.

What is inventio?
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