To inform, to persuade, and to entertain are all examples of this component of a speech.
What are general purposes of a speech?
100
This is anything that changes the meaning of an intended message. This can be the sound of a car, thoughts going through your mind, basically anything internal or external that changes a message.
What is interference?
100
Writing this activity in class, this included subjects, resources, and things you already use to refer to when you can write a speech.
What is self-inventory?
100
These are peer-reviewed sources that are written by experts and can be found easily in our library.
What are scholarly journals?
100
These are words or phrases used in a speech to let an audience what is ahead in your speech.
What are signposts?
200
This is knowing that a topic is suitable for an environment and for the occasion--you have taken in account who the audience will be as well.
What is assessing appropriateness of a topic?
200
This is what you do when you assign meaning to stimuli. You have to do this all the time in order to follow directions or understand someone.
What is interpretation?
200
This is when you may have to shift from a co-culture to speaking and communicating in a way that makes sense within a dominant culture.
What is style-switching? or code-switching?
200
This activity involves all of the selecting, organizing and interpreting of information we do to give meaning to our lives. It is at the heart of communication.
What is perception?
200
A simple, representative incident or model that clarifies a point. This is often used in speeches or just your every day talking to make a point.
What is an example?
300
This is the idea that communication is a constant flow of information back and forth that is interpreted and perceived.
What is transactional?
300
These are people who willingly come to watch a speech.
What are voluntary participants?
300
You did this in class after our last speeches and you do it all day in communication. In class, it should take the form of constructive criticism.
What is feedback?
300
Let sleeping dogs lie is an example of this form of expression.
What is an idiom?
300
The beginning of a speech, this should be interesting, engaging, and motivate an audience to listen to you.
What is an Introduction?
400
This is a way of focusing our perception by making specific choices to avoid particular stimuli.
What is selective exposure?
400
This is the focusing on a specific message while ignoring or downplaying other competing stimuli.
What is selective attention?
400
While the first time you meet someone can matter a lot, this is the idea of deliberately crafting a positive image of oneself to influence the perceptions others have you.
What is impression management?
400
This is the unethical copying of someone else's work and presenting it like it's your own.
What is plagiarism?
400
This is a type of evidence that is number based. This is often used as in news reporting and speeches and is very effective. I'm guessing 20% of you do not know what this is.
What are statistics?
500
Sounds, words, grammar, and meaning are all elements of this form of communication.
What is language?
500
Tweet, post, like, or DM...are all forms of communicating on this type of highly used communication platform.
What is social media?
500
These three things impact the shape of our self-concept and are all interrelated to a degree.
What are values, attitudes, and beliefs?
500
This is the process of understanding information within oneself. It includes thinking, planning, emotion, stress...for example.
What is intrapersonal communciation?
500
These are the phrases or words that link ideas in a speech--they help us follow the flow of one point to the next.