Public Speaking

Speaker

100

Delivery 

The speaker's use of voice and body during the presentation

or

The speaker's word choice

200

The speaker can also be called.. 

the giver

or

the presenter 

300

When a speaker restates the question in their own words before answering it

Repetition

or

Paraphrase

400

The speaker must create an ____ before presenting their speech.

Conclusion

or

Outline

500

The speaker uses ___ to mislead an audience not by what they say but by what they leave out. 

Inference 

or

Omission 

Audience

100

The audience, or listeners, could also be called...

Receivers

200

What is an Ethical Audience?

A rude or interrupting audience that renders it difficult for the speaker to give their presentation 

or

A courteous, open-minded group of people that is willing to hold the speaker accountable for their statements

300

Audience Feedback is...

The verbal or nonverbal responses from the audience.

or

When an audience participates in catcalling. 

400

Internal Monologue  

Inner speech, or being able to "hear" one's own thoughts

or

Anxious thoughts that cause an outburst

500

Distraction 

Something that draws the audience's attention away from the speaker and/ or speech

or

When the audience responds to the speaker

Vocabulary

100

Ad Hominem Fallacy

Attempting to weaken another's argument by making unsubstantiated claims about the speaker's character

or

Believing that an argument is true simply because others believe it to be

200

Diction 

Word choice

or

How the speaker presents their ideas

300

Speech anxiety 

Worry or fear of public speaking/ stage fright

or

The audience's aura

400

Hasty generalization 

Making a claim about all members of a group based on limited information about said group

or

When the speaker doesn't answer an audience member's question

500

Paraphrasing

restating the original author's ideas in your own words

or

using a direct quote

Speech Structure

100

The thesis statement of a speech is...

What concludes and summarizes the main points of the speech

or

The central idea or topic of a speech

200

The body of the speech is.. 

The core of the speech which entails the main points with supporting factors

or

What introduces the topic to the audience

300

The arrangement of a speech is...

Structuring ideas to convey them correctly 

or

What contains the text of the speech in complete sentences

400

A transition is...

When the speaker walks across the stage

or

A sentence that indicates the speaker is moving from one idea to another

500

Visualization

Imagery, or a visual depiction of what is said

or

When the speaker shows a video clip to the audience

Miscellaneous

100

Fallacious reasoning...

Correct reasoning

or

Faulty reasoning 

200

False inference 

Thinking something is incorrect when it is correct

or

When a speaker presents information that leads listeners to an incorrect conclusion 

300

Legally Protected Speech 

Using the law as a boundary for what the speaker may say

or

slander 

400

Ethics varying across societies makes them ___...

Culturally relative

or

Socially popular

500

Information widely known 

Inference

or

Common knowledge