Introducing Public Speaking
The medium of delivery
What is channel?
The rules and values that a group defines to guide conduct and distinguish between right and wrong
What is ethics?
Listing every idea that comes to mind without evaluating its merits
What is brainstorming?
The part where you present your main points and support them with examples, narratives, testimony, and other materials
What is body?
Requires consideration of audience, occasion, and nature of one's message when choosing language for a speech
What is word choice?
The common understanding with little confusion and few misinterpretations
What is shared meaning?
When a speaker presents information that leads listeners to an incorrect conclusion
What is false inference?
Write down a word or phrase in the middle of a large piece of blank paper
What is mind mapping?
The main points represent important aspects of your topic that can be thought of as adjacent to one another in location or geography
What is spatial pattern?
The association that comes to mind when people hear or read the word
What is connotative meaning?
Refers to the analysis and evaluation of ideas based on reliability, truth, and accuracy
What is critical thinking?
Restating the original author's ideas in her own words
What is paraphrasing?
The occasion, surrounding environment, and situation in which you will deliver your presentation
What is context?
Creating a hierarchy of points and their supporting materials in your speech
What is subordination?
Th specialized or technical words or phrases familiar only to people in specific field or group
What is jargon?
The right to share one's ideas and opinions free from censorship
What is freedom of expression?
The belief that people should exhibit the same behavior in all situations
What is ethical absolutism?
What is thesis statement?
Materials designed to prove or substantiate your main points
What is supporting points?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
What is anaphora?
Receivers process the source's verbal and nonverbal symbols and form their own perception of the message's meaning
What is decode?
Attempting to weaken someone's argument by making unsubstantiated claims about his or her character
What is Ad hominem fallacy?
The objective of your speech
What is specific purpose?
Organizes the speech around major similarities and differences between two events, objects, or situations
What is comparison pattern?
The generalization based on the false assumption that characteristics displayed by some members of a group are shared by all members of that group
What is stereotype?