Supporting Speech Ideas (Ch. 7)
The words of others used as proof or evidence.
Testimony
The branch of philosophy that involves determinations of what is right and moral.
Ethics
Of or relating to the sense of taste.
Gustatory
A humorous speech designed to both praise and good-naturally insult a person being honored.
Roast
The relative softness or loudness of your voice.
Volume
Focus on one stimulus while ignoring or suppressing reactions to other stimuli.
Attention.
A speaker's credibility at the beginning of or even before the speech.
Initial Credibility
Graphical representation of data (often numerical) or a sketch representing an ordered process.
Chart
A speech delivered to mark the unveiling, opening, or acknowledging of some landmark or structure.
Speech of dedication
A continuing sound, especially of someone's voice, that is unchanging in pitch and without intonation.
Monotone
Feelings or issues related to the inner workings of the body.
Organic
The act of using, another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person.
Plagiarism
The resources beyond the speech itself that a speaker uses to enhance the message conveyed to the audience.
Presentation Aids
A speech designed to capture an audience's attention while delivering a message.
Special Occasion Speech
The relative highness or lowness of your voice.
Pitch
Any quotation from a friend, family member, or classmate about an incident or topic.
Peer Testimony
A false statement of fact that damages a person's character, fame, or reputation.
Defamatory Speech
Drawings or sketches that outline and explain the parts of an object, process, or phenomenon that cannot be readily seen.
Diagrams
A speech designed to recognize and celebrate the achievements of a graduating class or other group of people.
Speech of commencement
The speed at which you speak; how quickly or slowly a speaker talks.
Rate
The collections, analysis, comparison, and interpretation of numerical data, understanding its comparison with others numerical data.
Statistics
A speaker's credibility and trustworthiness (as judged by the audience members) throughout the process of the speech, which also can range from point to point in the speech.
Deprived Credibility
A pictorial representation of the relationships of quantitative data using dots, lines, bars, pie slices, and the like
Graph
A speech designed not only to make an audience experience emotional arousal (fear, sadness, joy, excitement) but also to motivate the audience to do something with that emotional arousal.
Motivational speech
Vocalized pauses