Chapters 1-3
The information that bolsters and fleshes out the claims made in each main point. There are several types including examples, definitions, testimony, statistics, narratives, and analogies.
What are supporting materials?
When you engage in ______, you actively think about a message you're receiving from someone else -- not only the words but also the nonverbal clues.
What is processing?
When you gain _____, your audience will consider you qualified to speak on the topic in question.
What is credibility?
Material intended to capture the audience's interest at the start of a speech.
What is an attention-getter?
______ ______ means that you are generating your speech content in the moment, without time to prepare in advance.
What is an impromptu delivery?
The process of quickly listing every idea that comes to mind, without evaluating its merits, in order to develop a substantial list of ideas.
What is brainstorming?
One person consistently interrupting another.
What is interruptive listening?
Contains information about the source author and where your evidence can be found.
What is the citation?
A brief statement of the main points you will be developing in the body of your speech.
What is a preview?
Refers to how quickly or slowly you speak during a presentation.
What is rate of delivery?
Anything beyond the speech itself that the audience members can see or hear that helps them understand and remember your message.
What is a presentation aid?
Refers to the number of people who will be present for a speech.
What is audience size?
Explains the linguistic origin of the term.
What is the etymological definition?
A thorough or detailed outline used to craft your speech.
What is a working outline?
A text based visual that demonstrates the direction of information , processes, and ideas.
What is a flowchart?
Rules and values that a group defines to guide conduct and distinguish between right and wrong.
Refers to certain characteristics of the listeners. Includes age, gender composition, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religious orientation, socioeconomic background, and political affiliation.
What are demographics?
In this pattern, you present the information in time based sequence, from beginning to end.
What is chronological?
In a well-organized speech, supporting materials show __________ to their corresponding main points.
What is subordination?
Messages transmitted through either a mechanical or an electronic medium.
What is meditated communication?
When a speaker presents information that leads listeners to an incorrect conclusion, that speaker has caused a ______.
What is a false inference?
Your intended effect on the audience.
What is rhetorical purpose?
A sentence that indicates you are moving from one part of your speech to the next.
What is a transition sentence?
Specialized or technical words or phrases familiar only to people in a specific field or group.
What is jargon?
Refers to "juggling multiple tasks with and without technological devices."
What is multitasking?