Listening
First Speech
Audience
Language
Special Occasions
100
Listening for pleasure or enjoyment as when we listen to music, to a comedy routine, or an entertaining speech.
What is appreciative listening?
100
The first speech is called a breaker speech.
What is the first assignment called?
100
Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
What is audience-centeredness?
100
The meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
What is connotative meaning?
100
A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
What is a speech of introduction?
200
Listening to provide emotional support to the speaker as when a psychiatrist listens to a patient or to be a sympathetic ear to a friend in distress.
What is empathetic listening?
200
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.
What are the three main things you need in a speech?
200
Demographic audience analysis
What is a technique a speaker should use to analyze the audience?
200
A simile is a comparison using like or as, while a metaphor does not.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
200
Build enthusiasm for the upcoming speaker, their topic, and establish a welcoming climate.
What is the point of a speech of introduction?
300
Listening to understand the message of a speaker as when we attend a classroom lecture or listen to directions to finding a friends house.
What is a comprehensive listener?
300
A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and and consistent subtopics.
What is topical order?
300
Interest, Knowledge, and Attitude
What are three ways to disposition towards the topic?
300
So someone in the audience is not patronized on the basis of race, gender, religion, or other factors.
What is the reason a speaker should use inclusive language?
300
A speech that presents someone a gift, an award or some other form of public recognition.
What is a speech of presentation?
400
Is it accurate? Is it taken from objective sources? Is it relevant to the speaker's claim? Is it sufficient to support the speaker's point?
What are the four basic questions to ask about a speaker's evidence?
400
A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
What is an extemporaneous speech?
400
By limiting the possible responses, such questions produce clear, unambiguous answers
What is the reason one should use fixed alternative questions?
400
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structure.
What is a antithesis?
500
It is to accord listening the seriousness it deserves.
What is the first step to become a better listener?
500
Start your speech facing the audience, use your hands to gesture as you would like, make eye contact with audience members, speak loudly, trying to be expressive, and know people cannot see your nerves.
What should one do when presenting the speech?
500
Remembering who the audience will be
What is the key way to adapt to the audience?
500
Using familiar words, choosing concrete words, and eliminating clutter
What is the key to using language clearly?
500
Do not deal with everything the person has ever done.
What is something the speaker should not discuss when giving a speech of presentation?
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