The ___________ speaker uses only a set of brief notes or a speaking outline to jog the memory.
What is extemporaneous?
100
The primary purpose of speechmaking is ____________________________________.
What is "to gain a desired response from listeners."
100
In debate, which side argues for change?
What is the affirmative?
100
How does the audience and the judges keep track of the debate?
What is a flow sheet?
100
What does ta good debater constantly do to signal where he is in the debate?
What is signpost?
200
The connotative meaning of a word is _______________.
What is the word suggesting or implies?
200
Speak is to convince your audience, to change their minds, to get them to take a specific kind of action.
What is persuasion?
200
In debate, which side argues for the status quo?
What is the negative?
200
What does the phrase "silence equals advocacy" mean?
What is "if you don't address the argument, you agree with it."
200
What is the organization of the Affirmative Case called?
What is the affirmative construction?
300
The credibility of a speaker produced by everything the speaker says or does during a speech itself is called ________________.
What is derived credibility?
300
Why is credibility essential to any kind of persuasive activity?
What is the audience need to believe the speaker?
300
What do debaters call their arguments?
What are contentions?
300
The way things currently stand.
What is status quo?
300
Identify the following: Say hello...recognize the opposition "analysis" of the problems..accept or reject definition of terms..."clash" with the opposition on points..on evidence...on anything...offer proof to show that the status quo is perfectly all right.
What is 1st negative?
400
"The Philippine Islands lie like giant pieces of broken emerald that were dropped into the South China Sea by some giant" is an example of a ____________.
What is simile?
400
What is the use of language that is aimed at creating a specific literary effect?
What is rhetorial devices?
400
What makes up a debater's subpoints?
What is evidence?
400
The affirmative must win the debate by 51%.
What is the burden proof?
400
Identify the following: a "canned" speech...,say hello, state the problem, state the debate resolution...define terms...offer reasons for a change, summarize.
What is the 1st affirmative?
500
"To inform my audience how to build a stereo cabinet" is a specific purpose statement for and informative speech about _____________.
What is a process?
500
What is the term in public speaking which denotes the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or to entertain the listeners?
What is forensics?
500
Which side suffers the burden of proof?
What is the affirmative?
500
What does the negative enjoy?
What is presumption?
500
The chief duty of the _________ is to "clash" with the affirmative. This can be done in several ways.