Public Speaking, Ethics & Listening
Topics, Purpose & Audience
Gathering Material
Organizing & Delivering Your Speech
Informative Speaking
100
Taking someone else's idea(s) and presenting them as your own. There are three types: global, patchwork, and incremental.
What is plagiarism?
100
People pay attention to things that affect their values, beliefs & well-being.
What is egocentrism?
100
A type of support material used to quantify your ideas that should be evaluated carefully.
What are statistics?
100
Words or phrases that connect thoughts (including transitions, internal preview, internal summary, or signpost).
What are connectives?
100
A type of speech that explains how something is made, how something is done or how something works.
What is an informative speech about processes?
200
The branch of philosophy that deals with questions of what is moral/immoral, fair/unfair, just/unjust, honest/dishonest.
What is ethics?
200
Usually to either inform or persuade.
What is the general purpose?
200
A type of support material that can be brief, extended or hypothetical.
What are examples?
200
The section of your speech that aims to: (1) gain attention and interest, (2) reveal the topic of your speech, (3) establish credibility and goodwill, and (4) preview the body of your speech.
What is the introduction?
200
A type of speech that deals with any kind of happening or event.
What is an informative speech about events?
300
The belief that your culture is somehow superior, "right" or better than other cultures.
What is ethnocentrism?
300
A one-sentence statement that sums up the major ideas in your speech.
What is the central idea?
300
A type of support material that can be highly effective and can be from an expert or a peer.
What is testimony?
300
The bulk of your speech - they should be separate and distinct, should include parallel wording, and have the same amount of time devoted to each.
What are main points?
300
A type of speech that describes something that is visible, tangible and stable.
What is an informative speech about objects?
400
There are four types: Appreciative, Empathetic, Comprehensive, and Critical.
What are the different types of listening?
400
What you want to achieve in your speech.
What is the specific purpose?
400
Authorship, sponsorship and recency.
What are the ways to evaluate internet documents?
400
The type of organization that shows how things fit together in physical space.
What is spatial organization?
400
A type of speech that is meant to convey information concerning beliefs, theories, principles, or other abstract subjects.
What is an informative speech about concepts?
500
Always be courteous and attentive, avoid prejudging the speaker, and maintain the free and open expression of ideas.
What are the guidelines for ethical listening?
500
This includes considering size, physical setting, disposition toward the topic, disposition toward the speaker, and disposition toward the occasion.
What is situational audience analysis?
500
Start early, keep track of what you find, and take plenty of notes.
What are the tips for doing research?
500
The type of organization that organizes speech material by different types.
What are is topical organization?
500
Information should be: (1) communicated accurately, (2) communicated clearly, and (3) made meaningful and interesting to the audience.
What are the three (3) criteria for effectiveness?