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The Rhetorical Situation
The Communication Process Model
Invention & Arrangement
Style, Memory, & Delivery
Miscellaneous
100
This is who the speech is presented to.
Who/what is the audience?
100
This is the person who creates and transmits a message to begin the communication process.
Who is the sender?
100
When researching, this is the process of writing out topic ideas and other lines of thought without critically evaluating your ideas - the goal is just to get things down on paper.
What is brainstorming?
100
This stylistic device gives human traits and/or characteristics to an animal, object, or abstract idea. Name this device and give an example.
What is personification? Examples: Characters from Beauty and the Beast, characters from Cars, Father Time, Mother Nature, etc.
100
This is the outline turned in with your speech folder. It is complete, includes your sources, etc.
What is a full-sentence outline?
200
This is a problem or urgent need that can be corrected through speech/discourse.
What is the exigence?
200
This is the response sent back to the sender by the receiver.
What is feedback?
200
These are areas where you can do good, quality research online. Name three different credible places to access research on the internet (other than random websites).
What are the library's collection of databases, online newspapers, google, google scholar, the blog, etc?
200
What type of outline should you be delivering your speech with in class? Name this type of outline and explain how it should be prepared.
What is a keyword/speaking outline? It should be pared down from a full-sentence outline and should be placed on to note cards.
200
This is the term used to describe the line of quality reasoning used in your speech, as well as to describe the use of good sources and argument.
What is logos?
300
These are things that may hinder or shape the speaker's ability to give a speech.
What are constraints?
300
These are the life experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. that help a sender produce a message.
What are meanings?
300
These are the required elements of an introduction. Name at least 5 of the 6.
What are an attention-getting statement, orienting material, a thesis statement, a credibility statement, a preview statement, and a transition into the first body point?
300
This stylistic device makes reference to a myth, value, story, piece of art, important document, etc. that is commonly held or easily recognizable by the audience. Name this device and give an example.
What is allusion? Examples: George W. Bush's reference to Jericho; referencing the Declaration of Independence; referencing the Mona Lisa, etc.
300
This is the term used to describe the use of emotional appeals by the speaker.
What is pathos?
400
Evaluate evidence Assess logic Consider multiple perspectives Awareness of different communication techniques used Suspending judgment if the message does not appear credible
What is critical listening?
400
These are involuntary behaviors, emotional reactions, etc. that are not consciously encoded by the sender. Please give an example with your answer.
What are signs?
400
These are examples of organizational patterns for arranging your speech. Name and describe two of them.
What are chronological, spatial, cause/effect, narrative, topical/categorical, need/plan/advantages, etc.?
400
These are the four types of speaking discussed in terms of the canon of memory. Name the four, and highlight which is your goal in class.
What are impromptu speaking, memorized speaking, manuscript speaking, and extemporaneous speaking?
400
This is supplement that can be used during your speech to bolster your argument, more easily present information, and/or to induce logos, ethos, and/or pathos in your audience. Name this supplement, and give two examples of different kinds that can be used in class. Hint: it is one of the 9 forms of supporting material discussed in class.
What is a visual aid? Examples: PowerPoint, a demonstration, use of photographs, use of videos, etc.
500
Email signature, complete subject lines, tell your section, name attachment in the body, provide a complete complaint.
What are three important parts of email etiquette?
500
These are extraneous factors that lay the foundation for the communication process to occur. These include things like the setting, the occasion, the time, etc.
What is the context?
500
These are the types of supporting material that can be used in your speeches. In class we highlighted 9 of these, name and briefly describe 4 of them.
What are definition, description, testimony, visual aids, illustration, factual example, hypothetical example, analogy, and statistics?
500
These are the two types of delivery characteristics that make up your performance in class. Name these, and give 4 separate characteristics for each.
What are physical and vocal/verbal characteristics? Physical: Physical appearance, facial expressions, hand gestures, movement, posture, eye contact, etc. Vocal/verbal: Tone, Pace, Volume, Inflection, etc.
500
These are the two kinds of characteristics that you should think about when conducting audience analysis. Name each kind and give two examples of each.
What are demographic and psychographic characteristics? Demographic: age, gender, race, class, etc. Psychographic: political beliefs, religious beliefs, values, etc.