Chapter 1
In public speaking, _____ and _____ signals can be used.
verbal and nonverbal
or
source and message
What is verbal and nonverbal?
Holds that correct behavior can vary depending on the situation at hand.
situational ethics
or
ethical absolutism
What is situational ethics?
Refers to the number of people who will be present for your speech.
audience size
or
demographics
What is audience size?
Information from credible sources that you can use to support your claims.
Productivity
or
evidence
What is evidence?
Those few ideas that are the most important in your speech.
main points
or
theme
What are main points?
A phenomenon that disrupts communication between source and receiver.
receivers
or
noise
What is noise?
The reason why speakers sometimes lie.
gain credibility
or
get a good audience reaction
What is get a good audience reaction?
Length of time you have to deliver your speech.
presentation size
or
presentation time
What is presentation time?
Strategy for finding and keeping track of information to use in your speech.
research plan
or
research librarian
What is research plan?
Supporting materials used to develop a main point.
subpoint
or
message
What is subpoint?
Values, traditions, and rules for living that are passed from generation to generation.
culture
or
ethics
What is culture?
Another source of false inference.
telling the truth
or
omission
What is omission?
Setting where your speech will take place.
location
or
body clock
What is location?
A word or term related to your topic
keyword
or
index
What is keyword?
Main points represent important aspects of your topic that can be thought of as adjacent to one another in location or geography.
seismic zones
or
spacial pattern
What is spacial pattern?
The right to share one's ideas and opinions free from censorship.
freedom of expression
or
ethics
What is freedom of expression?
Information that is widely known and disseminated in many sources.
common knowledge
or
information
What is common knowledge?
An audience that strolls by, stopping for a moment and then continuing with their day.
stationary audience
or
mobile audience
What is mobile audience?
Possession of knowledge necessary to offer reliable facts or opinions about the topic in question.
credibility
or
expertise
What is expertise?
Organizes the speech around major similarities and differences between two events.
comparison pattern
or
theme pattern
What is comparison pattern?
Refers to the analysis and evaluation of ideas based on reliability, truth, and accuracy.
worldview
or
critical thinking
What is critical thinking?
Term used for taking someone's work as your own without asking.
plagiarism
or
taking
What is plagiarism?
A term that refers to the characteristics of your audience.
demographics
or
ethics
What is demographics?
Publication that appears at regular intervals.
blogs
or
periodicals
What are periodicals?
Word or phrase within a sentence that helps your audience understand your speech's structure.
signal
or
signpost
What is signpost?