Intros & Conclusions
All About the Audience
Ethical Speaking
Topic Sentences/ Purposes
Miscellaneous Vocab
100
This is what a speaker uses first to immediately get their audience's attention.
What is a hook.
100
Define "stereotyping".
What is an oversimplified image of a particular group of people usually created by assuming that all members of a group are alike.
100
Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
What is plagiarism.
100
Two broad categories of potential topics for a speech include "subjects you know a lot about" and "______________".
What are subjects you want to learn more about.
100
Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
What is stage fright.
200
A type of question that the audience answers in their heads rather than out loud.
What is a rhetorical question.
200
Give TWO examples of how the physical setting of a room impacts your audience.
What is time of day, comfort level, temperature, lighting, audience size, seating arrangement, size of room, etc.
200
Jimmy found a website that sold speeches online for $20. He found one he liked, paid the $20, and delivered the speech in class the next day. This is an example of what type of plagiarism?
What is global plagiarism.
200
Define "clustering".
What is a way to generate topics that involves creating a list of items in categories such as people, places, things, events, processes, concepts, natural phenomena, etc.
200
Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation.
What is positive nervousness
300
In giving a speech, the speaker must establish both goodwill and credibility. Define these terms.
What is the audience's perspective of whether or not a speaker is qualified to speak on a given subject. AND What is the audience's perspective of whether the speaker has the audience's best interests in mind.
300
A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values, goals, and experiences.
What is identification.
300
List two ways one can avoid plagiarism after finding sources for a speech.
What is paraphrasing / putting quotations around the content & citing the sources.
300
There are 2 overarching general purposes in speeches. To ____________ and to _____________.
What is persuade, inform.
300
The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker.
What is feedback.
400
A conclusion that builds in intensity and power as it goes along.
What is a crescendo ending.
400
Give four examples of demographic factors that affect a speaker's audience analysis.
What are: age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, group membership, and/or racial, ethnic, or cultural background.
400
Why must a speaker be honest in what they say?
What is avoiding getting into trouble, being genuine, establishing credibility... etc.
400
Give an example of a specific purpose.
What is "To inform my audience about the tedious process of making meatless lasagna"
400
The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
What is ethnocentrism.
500
Give an example of a "preview statement."
What is a statement such as: "Today, I will be discussing 1, 2, and 3..."
500
Explain the difference between fixed-alternative questions and scale questions.
What are questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives vs. questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
500
What is the difference between patchwork plagiarism and incremental plagiarism? (Give an example)
What is stealing ideas/language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own vs. failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
500
A specific purpose must be in what verb form?
What is an infinitive phrase.
500
The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same of this.
What is a frame of reference.