A situation in which people's understanding can be changed through messages
What is the Rhetorical Situation?
100
The speaker shared his excitement during the speech by moving his hands and arms. He was using ________ for good effect.
What are Gestures?
100
The length of time that a listener will focus on a message from the speaker is known as...
What is Attention Span?
100
How listeners approach a speech in terms of their interests, beliefs and values, prior understanding, and common knowledge is called...
What is Audience Culture?
100
The final step in strategic planning is to decide the ________ that you will use to achieve your purpose.
What are Means?
200
Jane prepared her speech by carefully planning and structuring her ideas with an outline, but she did not write out the speech word for word. This is known as...
What is Extemporaneous Presentation?
200
When speaking to an audience you should put your hands...
What is by your side?
200
The mental operation involving the process of sound waves, interpretation of meaning, and storing in the memory is known as...
What is Listening?
200
The particular interpretation or understanding that a listener gets from a speech is called the...
What is Perception?
200
What type of speech entertains but also celebrates shared values and strengthens commitments to them?
What is Ceremonial?
300
The purpose of speech that provides the listener with new ideas is
What is informing?
300
Developing positive ________ is as important as having a clear statement of your purpose and thesis.
What is Ethos?
300
Nerve endings in the ear receive sound waves; transmit them to the brain, which receives them; and we become conscious of sound. This is known as...
What is Hearing?
300
Mike prepared his speech with the assumption that all the members of his audience will have the same beliefs. He is ___________.
What is Stereotyping?
300
Topoi are common, or typical, categories for organizing subject matter. Topoi is a _______ term.
What is Greek?
400
A problem that cannot be avoided but that can be solved, or at least managed, through the development of an appropriate message
What is Exigence?
400
The use of "Uhs" and "Ummms" during a speech is referred to as...
What are Vocalized Pauses?
400
Speech evaluations should be guided by ________ and _______.
What are Rhetorical Situation and Speaker's Purpose?
400
The ideas and topics a person regards as interesting or important are known as...
What are Personal Interests?
400
The process of encouraging listeners to be aware of a topic that had previously escaped their attention is referred to as what?
What is Agenda Setting?
500
The tendency to imagine that one's cultural views are typical of everyone else's
What is Ethnocentrism?
500
The blurred distinction between two similar messages and is therefore regarded as identical is referred to as...
What is Assimilation?
500
Our communication choices are not random; rather, we are inclined to expose ourselves to messages that are important to us and our beliefs. This concept is called...
What is Selective Exposure?
500
Audiences begin to lose interest and become restless when a speech exceeds _________.