Culture and communication
A socially constructed category based on differences in appearance that has been used to create hierarchies that privilege some and disadvantage others.
Race
An audience consisting of people who are required to be present
Captive Audience
Delivering a speech with little or no time to prepare
Impromptu delivery
The stage of the writing process in which the writer develops a complete first version of a piece of writing
To concisely restate in one’s own words the main ideas from a source
System of social structures and practices that maintains the values, priorities and interests of men as a group.
Patriarchy
Process of quickly generating thoughts without prejudicing them
Brainstorming
How fast or slow a person speaks
Rate
The sentence in a paragraph that controls the point of the paragraph
Topic sentence
A list of sources used in a research paper that provides detailed bibliographical information
Reference list
The tendency to view our own culture as superior to other cultures
ethnocentrism
A one sentence summary of the central idea of your speech that you will either explain or defend
Thesis statement
Vocal Variety
The closing paragraph of an essay that reinforces the thesis statement
Conclusion
The practice of using someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledging the source.
Plagiarism
A state of self and other-monitoring that informs later reflection on communication encounters
Mindfulness
Numerical representaction of information
Statistics
Speaking words correctly
Pronunciation
A quality in which the wording of a work clearly indicates how one idea leads to another within a paragraph and from paragraph to paragraph
Coherence
The attitude a writer conveys toward the subject and audience
Tone
To reduce/overlook important variations within a group
Essentialize
A question posed to the audience that is designed to elicit a mental response
Rhetorical question
Position we assume with our body, either intentionally or out of habit.
Posture
The main points you use to support your thesis
Primary support
An abbreviation for the Latin phrase et Alia meaning ”and others”
et al.