The belief that people should exhibit the same behavior in all situations.
A. Situational ethics
B. Ethical abolutism
Contains information about the source author and where your evidence can be found. The academic equivalent of a map to your source.
A. Keyword
B. Citation
Means merely receiving messages in a passive way.
A. Hearing
B. Listening
Listeners will be relatively motionless (sitting or standing) and captive as you are talking.
A. Stationary audience
B. Mobile audience
The choice of language the will best express a speaker's ideas to the audience.
A. Style
B. Invention
Rules and other values that a group defines to guide conduct and distinguish between right and wrong. Can come into play during every stage of the process.
A. Situational ethics
B. Ethics
One can be reasonably trusted to be accurate and objective.
A. Credible source
B. Expertise
Actively thinking about a message you are receiving from someone, not only the words but also the non-verbal cues.
A. Processing
B. Retention
Cultural background that is usually associated with shared religion, national origin and language.
A. Religious orientation
B. Ethnicity
Refers to the speaker's use of his or her voice and body during the actual presentation of a speech.
A. Delivery
B. Invention
When a speaker presents information that leads listeners to an incorrect conclusion.
A. false interference
B. half-truth
Able to witness a situation for him or herself.
A. Recency
B. Observational capacity
Feeling compelled to talk through silences because they are uncomfortable with conversational lapses or pauses.
A. Interactive listening
B. Nervous listening
A measure where individuals stand in terms of financial resources, education, and occupation in relation to other individuals.
A. Socioeconomic status
B. Political affiliation
A primary goal for the speech.
A. Main idea
B. Rhetorical purpose
Restating the original author's ideas in his or her own words.
A. Plagarism
B. Paraphrasing
A publication that appears at regular intervals. Example: weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. They include scholarly journals and news and topical-interest magazines.
A. Full-source text
B. Periodical
Audience members who pretend to pay attention but who are in fact distracted by internal or external noise.
A. Defeated listening
B. Superficial listening
Already agrees with your message or holds you in high personal esteem and will therefore respond favorably to your speech.
A. Neutral audience
B. Sympathetic audience
The process of quickly listing every idea that comes to mind, without evaluating its merits, in order to develop a substantial list of ideas.
A. Research
B. Brainstorming
Believing that an argument is true simply because other people believe it.
A. Fallacious reasoning
B. Ad populum (bandwagon) fallacy
Offer relatively brief entries that provide background information on a wide range of alphabetized topics.
A. Atlases
B. Encyclopedia
Feedback a speaker can use to improve his or her skills, strive to understand what the speaker is trying to accomplish.
A. Constructive criticism
B. Speech critic
Question that invites respondents to write an answer of their choosing, rather than offering a limited set of responses.
A. Scaled question
B. Open-ended question
Using only notes for reference, rather than reading your speech to the audience word-for-word.
A. Presentation aid
B. Extemporaneous delivery