Chapter 1
•Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself successfully presenting.
What is visualization?
What are ethics?
The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums.
What is hearing?
The subject of a speech.
What is topic?
Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people.
What is sterotyping?
The belief that one's group or culture is superior to all others.
What is ethnocentrism?
Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
What is plagiarism?
Paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.
What listening?
The first step in speech-making.
What is choosing a topic?
The frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person, policy, belief, institution, etc.
What is attitude?
Thinking about your thinking.
What is critical thinking?
Listening courteously and attentively, avoiding prejudging, and maintaining free and open expression of ideas.
What is ethical listening?
Introduction, Body and Conclusion.
What are the 3 organizational elements of a speech?
The two general purposes of most classroom speeches.
What are pursuading and informing.
Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
What is open-ended questions?
Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.
What is a message?
To restate or summarize another's ideas in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
Most speeches contain two to five of these.
What are main points?
The method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association.
What is brainstorming?
What is audience feedback?
A vital mode of communication in cultures around the world.
What is public speaking?
Nothing is more important to ethical speaking.
What is honesty?
A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
What is extemporaneous speech?
A full infinitive phrase, worded as a statement, one distinct idea that is not vague or general.
What is the purpose statement?
Keeping the audience foremost in mind.
What is being audience-centered?