It's FUNdamental!
The process whereby one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another through verbal and/or nonverbal means.
Communication
The study of what makes any action right or wrong.
Ethics
The audience's sense of your competence before your presentation
Initial credibility
After finishing her informative speech on the rodeo, Evan attaches a __________ to the end of his outline — a full list of the sources she cited, formatted according to her instructor's required citation style.
Bibliography
Enhances the audience’s awareness of new or unknown information about an already familiar topic.
Informatory Speaking
The originator of a message
Source
What are the three appeals in the rhetorical triangle called?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Being ever-mindful of the audience in making your presentation, and adapting your message and delivery to the nature and needs of the audience.
Audience-Centered Speaking
Claim statement made by an expert in. their field of expertise.
Expert testimony
To focus too much on what you are doing as the speaker rather than connecting with the audience.
Self-focus
The receiver’s act of attaching meaning to a message sent by a source.
Decoding
An ethical theory that emphasizes a person’s character and past experiences.
Value ethics
During a presentation in a crowded lecture hall, Ramone notices that several people in the room can hear the speech, even though they are not part of the speaker’s intended audience. These people are part of the
Literal Auidence
Establishing the rational or background information of your source.
Qualifier
A leader who arises over time as the team members begin to view one person as the leader
Emergent leadership
Before giving a presentation, Nala becomes extremely nervous and hesitant to speak in front of the class because she is worried about communicating with others. What term describes Nala’s experience?
Reticence
An ethical theory that conceives of individuals as always enmeshed in relational networks.
Care Ethics
The anxiety you feel about communicating in most situations. Often called “trait-like anxiety.”
Dispositional Communication Anxiety
Sharing your sources aloud with your audience during a presentation using your author and year.
Verbal citations
Priya is giving a classroom presentation on how vaccines train the immune system to recognize pathogens. Her goal is to simply wants to deepen their understanding of how the process works. What type of speaking is Priya doing?
Explanatory Speaking
During a class discussion, Joan becomes uncomfortable because they feel like everyone is staring at them and that they are an unwelcome focus of attention. This feeling is called what?
Conspicuousness
At the beginning of her informative on the history of Ethnic Studies, Amber quotes an interview with Dr. Grace Yoo, Dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies, the only ethnic studies college in the entire United States. This quotation from an interview is an example of
Ethos
A way of better understanding your audience by compiling information relative to the attitudes, values, and beliefs of your audience.
Psychographic profile
A brief citation of research given in the text of a paper or outline.
Parenthetical citation
Understanding that your personal opinions and preferences are only temporary, and you might change your mind if you hear a better idea.
Provisionalism