The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
What is a SPEAKER?
The broad purpose or goal of a speech; in COM 111 it's assigned
What is the GENERAL PURPOSE?
The person who receives the speaker's message.
What is a LISTENER?
An infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech.
What is the SPECIFIC PURPOSE?
The means by which a message is communicated
What is the CHANNEL?
What's wrong with this specific purpose: To inform my audience about American History.
What is, "It's too much!!!"
Anything that impedes the communication of a message, either external or internal to listeners.
What is INTERFERENCE? (also called NOISE)
A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
What is a CENTRAL IDEA?
Messages sent from a listener to a speaker, usually nonverbal.
What is FEEDBACK?
What a speaker wants the audience to remember after they have forgotten everything else in a speech; what the advertisers want you to remember after you've forgotten everything else about their ad
What is the RESIDUAL MESSAGE?