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Speeches that primarily lend a sense of distinction to an event.
Special Occasion Speech
Careful preparation for a presentation can reduce anxiety as much as this percentage.
75%
The listener’s perception of the speaker is the first step in the perception of that speaker's ________.
Credibility
This term describes when a memorable conclusion relates back to an attention-grabbing introduction.
Bookending
When you consider certain kinds of information in order to make sure your message will fit your audience’s frame of reference, you are performing this.
Audience Analysis
The process of choosing language or nonverbal behaviors to convey your message.
Encoding
It is best to practice your speech _________, to best imitate the real thing.
In this stage of listening, listeners select or ignore one or more stimuli from the multitude of stimuli that continually bombard us.
Receiving
Paraphrasing ideas from a news article without crediting the author or the publication is called...
Plagiarism
This is the clear, simple sentence that specifies exactly what you want your audience to gain from the speech.
Exact Purpose
As a speaker, you encode messages using your _________, while your listener decodes messages using their own.
Frame of Reference
"I am relaxed when I talk to large groups," is an example of this.
Positive Statement
When you are trying to understand a message, you are at which stage of listening?
Interpret
To add a level of professionalism to virtual meetings, speakers should look here.
Into the Camera
General audience characteristics such as age, gender, and religion are part of this kind of information.
Demographic
A listener’s verbal, visual, and vocal responses to a speaker’s message.
Feedback
Successful speakers pay attention to the ________ as much as they focus on their speech performance.
Audience
According to research, this is the best speaking rate to stimulate audience listening.
275-300 wpm
This term describes ending sentences with a rising pitch.
Upspeak
The mental acceptance of something as true even if you cannot prove it.
Belief
A listener who is distracted by a headache, or preoccupation with other thoughts, is being impacted by this.
Internal Noise
Tensing and relaxing each muscle group from your head to your toes as you inhale through the nose and slowly exhale through the mouth is called
The visual and vocal codes account for this percentage of the meaning of the message.
69%
Speakers have an obligation to be ethical, because they have the power to _________ other people.
Influence
Deep-seated principles that serve as personal guidelines for behavior.
Values