The announcer's voice was deep and silky smooth.
This is an example of _____
Timbre
Double points: What is the difference between Timbre and Tone? Provide an example.
What are the four learning styles?
Visual, Aural (audio), Read/Write, and Kinesthetic.
What is the difference between ethics and morality?
Morality: process of discerning between right and wrong
Ethics: making decisions about right and wrong within a problem
What are ethos, pathos, and logos and who established them in public speaking?
Ethics (establishing credibility)
Emotions
Logic (sense of reasoning)
Aristotle
Give an example of a simile and a metephor
Simile like or as
vs comparing without like or as
What nonverbal aspects are important for public speaking?
- Personal appearance
- Movement & Gestures: body language
- Facial expression
- Eye contact
- Tone
Define activity in relation to informative speaking
The use of action words, physical or visual movement, or faster rate of speech to draw the audience’s attention
What is an ethical listener and ethical feedback?
Ethical listener: actively interprets shared material and analyzes the content and speaker’s effectiveness
Ethical feedback: descriptive and explanatory response to the speaker; should demonstrate that you have listened and considered the content and delivery of the message
What are deaf spots and how are they different from noise?
Deaf Spots are the preconceived notions or beliefs a listener might hold dear that can interfere with listening effectively. These are barriers to having an open mind to receive the sender’s message.
Noise is different because it includes all things internal and external that can make it difficult to listen.
What do the letters in FAT mean?
Double points if you can define magnification, ackowledge the obvious, and epideictic
Feeling
Anecdote
Tie back
If you speak too quickly the audience might ______(3)
- Get the impression you don't have anything important to say
- Have a difficult time understanding and digesting the information
- Think you don't want to be there
What is information overload and how do you avoid it?
Information overload: when the audiene has too much information that is given to them without an appropriate amount of time to digest and understand the material. To avoid this narrow the focus of your speech; More is not always better.
Luis write a great speech for his business class last semester. It was on the growth of Nascar in Texas. He loves to talk about Nascar, he knows that topic went over really well, and he has an entirely different audience this time. What should he do?
Luis should check with the professor to see if he can keep the general topic of NASCAR, but write a new speech with a totally different angle, new lanaguage, and fresh sources.
What is the difference between hearing and listening? List 3 types of listening
Hearing is an automatic response and unintentional where are listening requires you to pay conscious attention
Name 5 of the 10 attention getting strategies.
Julian wasn't expecting to speak today, but his boss just asked him to give a 10 minute update on his new project. What type of delivery is he using?
Impromtu
What are the two types of credibility? Provide an example for both.
Antecedent credibility: reputation that precedes you before a speech
Example: An awarded well known enviornmental scientist discussing recent changes in our enviornment.
Consequent credibility: developed during the course of your speech
Example: During the speech the speaker talks about the years of experience they have had with the topic.
What are 3 of the 5 responsible speach goals you should have for an ethical speech?
Promote diversity: appreciation for differences among people and groups by using inclusive examples
Use inclusive language: “we” language
Avoid hate speech: isolates a particular person or group in a derogatory manner
Raise social awareness: recognition of important issues that affect societies
Employ respectful free speech
List the 3 barriers to effective listening and an example for each.
Anticipating:
- Thinking about what the listener will say.
- Listener might think they’re taking too long.
-Listener won’t listen if they think they know more
Judging
- Jumping to conclusions
- Not looking over minor mistakes
- Focusing solely on delivery or appearance
Reacting Emotionally
- Emotional triggers
What are the four functions or sections of introductions?
Explain what each of these terms mean:
- Extemporaneous Delivery
- Manuscript Delivery
- Memorized Delivery
Extemporaneous Delivery - Learning your speech well enough so that you can deliver it from a key word outline.
Manuscript Delivery - Reading the text of a speech word for word.
Memorized Delivery - Learning a speech by heart and then delivering it without notes.
Define Definitional, Demonstration, and Descriptive Speeches.
Definitional Speech - A type of speech in which the speaker attempts to explain or identify the essential qualities or components of concepts, theories, philosophies, or issues.
Demonstration Speech - A speech that shows listeners how some process is accomplished or how to perform it themselves.
Descriptive Speech - A speech that provides a detailed, vivid, word picture of a person, animal, place, or object.
What are the differences between patchwork plagiarism, paraplaging, and incremental plagiarism?
Patchwork plagiarism: ”patching” together pieces from one or more sources and represents it as their own
Paraplaging: using partial text of sources with partial original writing
Incremental plagiarism: most of the speech is the speaker’s original work, but quotes or other info have been used without being cited
List all non-verbal aspects listening.
Sitting up straight
Eye contact
Nod head
Listener’s lean: lean to show you are listening
Sounds of agreement or dissent
Excessive body movement (restlessness)
What are the 5 language pitfalls?