Understanding Speech Genres
In this class, public speaking is often referred to as a craft (techne), rather than a _____
Science
This refers to anything that interferes with a message...
Noise
The magic number of memory...
3
A speaker asks the host of an event who will be present for the speech. This is a form of ______
informal audience analysis.
This speech delivery strategy is generally interpreted as an intimate gesture of sincerity, trust, and caring...
Eye Contact
An introduction speech belongs to this category of celebratory speaking...
Speech of recognition
In communication studies, these two terms are often contrasted to show the difference between physical and active auditory processes.
Hearing and Listening
A speaker can help the audience create a mental outline by...
Use transition statements/terms (like “next” and “after that”) between topics.
Audience analysis is a part of this step of preparing and delivering a speech...
Research
If speaking in a large room where it is not possible to make eye contact with everyone in the audience, speakers may look back and forth across the audience. This process is called...
Scanning
This contemporary speech genre is focused on the past...
Informative
What the speaker believes they’re saying vs what the listener believes they’re hearing supports what communication concept...
There are always two (2) messages when communicating
Often, the most memorable part of a speech is the...
Final note/thought
This research resource is often more trustworthy than a basic Internet search because its contents have generally gone through some kind of editing process.
Database
This term refers to a dramatic element in speech where both the speaker and the audience are given some time to think and is considered appropriate if not overdone.
Pregnant pause
After Ben told his friends about his trip to Paris, he thought the topic would make a great informative speech for his communications class. To make this work, Ben would need to make the speech more formal and ______
Objective
Name the three (3) characteristics of an ethical speaker
Practical wisdom (common sense), expertise, and goodwill
Gina is planning to give a speech on activities that may lead to chronic knee pain. She has ample research supporting her claim, and her speech purpose is to inform. Which organizational pattern would be MOST appropriate for her to use?
Cause and effect
In order to select appropriate supporting materials for their speeches, speakers should rely on _______
Contextual reasoning/judgements
This refers to the study of the way people use their voices, including volume, pitch, articulation, pronunciation, rate, and modulation.
Vocalics
This ancient Greek genre of speech is focused on the present...
Epideictic
Name the four (4) steps of active listening
(1) Receiving and Attending (2) Understanding (3) Responding, paraphrasing, and clarifying (4) Recalling and remembering
This organizational pattern is typically used in advertising...
Problem-solution
Name all 5 informative strategies mentioned in Chapter 14
Description, Definition, Explanation, Demonstration and Narration
Whereas accents refer to how one speaks or pronounces words, ____ refers to forms of language (e.g., pronunciation, idioms, slang) particular to a geographic region.
Dialect