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100

In informative speaking, your supporting materials should meet these three standards.

What are Relevant, Reliable, and Verifiable?

100

The speaker has this long to "hook" the audience in the attention getter phase of the introduction.

What is 15-30 seconds?

100

Giving a speech about what it means to be a "friend" in social media outlets would be this style or format of informative speech.

What is Concept?

100

A meaning derived from the speaker's and audience's experiences.

What is Connotative?

100

One's emotional state will affect those around them is known as this concept.

What is Emotional Contagion?

200

This belief is known as one that most people accept without any real evidence to support the belief.

What is an Axiom?

200

Eye contact, gestures, and speaking posture are all considered _______ aspects of effective communication delivery.

What is Physical?

200

This type of speech would be used if you were speaking about the trends in the job market and unemployment rate.

What is a Process?

200

A factual illustration does this.

What is tells what actually happened?

200

In Knapp's Relationship Model, this stage happens when one or both partners begin thinking more individually, rather than as a couple.

What is Differentiating?

300

Treating both sides with respect when presenting evidence is called _____ ______.

What is Balanced Evidence?

300

Some kind of connector should be used between this part(s) of your speech.

What are All Sections of the Speech?

300

Giving a speech about Late Night talk show host Jimmy Fallon, would be giving a speech about a(n) _______.

What is an Object?

300

It is a Question of _______ if you are persuading the audience about what is morally correct to do in a situation you are dealing with.

What is Value?

300

Communication is necessary for success in these 3 areas of life.

What are career, family relationships, and personal well-being?

400

Evidence is _______ if it

- has a tendency to make a fact more (or less) probable

- includes facts, statistics, quotes, and examples

- is necessary for confirming action

-directly relates to the claim it is supporting

What is Relevant?

400

These are short statements used in a speech to give advance warning, or a preview, of the information to be covered.

What are Internal Previews?

*also acceptable: Preview Statements

400

If you were giving a speech about the impact of the Superbowl on the bottom line for major corporations, you would be giving a speech about a(n) ________.

What is an Event?

400

A question of this is concerned with how true or false an idea, principle, practice, and/or concept is and usually backed up with reference books or articles.

What is Fact?

400

These are three listening/communication strategies that help maintain a _______  ________:

1) focus on what he/she is saying without interrupting; 

2) reframe questions or statements to confirm you understand; 

3) ask questions and reflect back what you heard to confirm understanding?

What are Healthy Relationships?

500

Taking another person's speech and acting as if it were your own is known by this two word term.

What is Comprehensive Plagiarism?

500

This type of evidence creates strong personal connections between the speaker and listeners.

What is a Personal Experience?

500

 ***JUST FOR FUN QUESTION***

Professor Jessen collects pictures and figurines of this animal.

What is an ELEPHANT?

500

Persuading your audience that people who are caught using cell phones in movie theaters should be asked to leave, is an example of what?

What is a Question of Policy?

500

Jack and Jill have started to spend more time pursuing their individual interests and establishing some sense of an autonomous identity instead of spending nearly all of their free time together like they used to earlier in their relationship. Looking at their choices via Knapp and Vangelisti’s Model of the stages that can lead to termination, the _________ stage is most likely where this couple is. 

What is Differentiating?