Process
A word, icon, picture, object, or number that is used to stand for a represent a concept, thing, or experience
What is a symbol?
A phrase or sentence that connects various parts of speech and shows the relationship between them
What are connectives?
A graph designed to show trends over time
What is a line graph?
The subtle but meaningful variations in speech delivery, which can include the use if pitch, tone, volume, and pace
What are vocal cues?
A fallacy that assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent events that cannot be prevented
What is slippery slope?
The system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another
What is culture?
A type of connective that serves as a bridge between disconnected (but related) material in a speech
What are transitions?
What is a bar graph?
The rote recitation of a written message that the speaker has committed to memory
What is memorized speaking?
A fallacy that involves making a generalization with too few examples
What is hasty generalization?
Direct or indirect messages sent from an audience back to the original sender of the message
What is feedback?
A type of connective that emphasizes what has come before and reminds the audience of what has been covered
What are internal summaries?
A graph designed to show proportional relationships within sets of data
What is a pie graph?
The presentation of a short message without advance presentation
What is impromptu speaking?
A fallacy that shows only the weaker side of an opponent's argument in order to more easily tear it down
What is straw man?
The subjective or personal meaning the word evokes in people together or individually
What is connotative?
A type of connective that emphasizes physical movement through the speech content and lets the audience know exactly where they are; commonly uses terms such as First, Second, Finally
What are signposts?
A graph using iconic symbols to dramatize differences in amounts
What is a pictograph?
The word-for-word iteration of a written message
What is manuscript speaking?
A fallacy where the conclusion does not follow from its premise
What is non sequitur?
The process of the listener or receiver understanding the words and symbols of a message and making meaning of them
What is decode?
A type of connective that emphasizes moving the audience psychologically to the next part of a speech
What are bridging statements?
Drawings or sketches that outline and explain the parts of an object, process, or phenomenon that cannot be readily seen
What are diagrams?
The presentation of a carefully planned and rehearsed speech, spoken in a conversational manner using brief notes
A fallacy that assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore good, correct, or desirable
What is bandwagon?