Basics of Public Speaking
Public Speaking
What is an organized, face to face, prepared, intentional (purposeful) attempt to inform, entertain, or persuade a group of people (usually five or more) through words, physical delivery, and (at times) visual or audio aids.
Ethics
what is the the branch of philosophy that involves determinations of what is right and moral?
Probative
What is having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating something; affording proof or evidence?
Presentation aids
What is the resources beyond the speech words and delivery that a speaker uses to enhance the message conveyed to the audience?
Proposition
What is The central idea statement in a persuasive speech; a statement made advancing a judgment or opinion?
Fear of public speaking
What is Glossophobia.
Defamatory Speech
What is a false statement of fact that damages a person’s character, fame, or reputation
Hypothetical narratives
What is a story of something that could happen but has not happened yet?
Olfactory
What is of or relating to the sense of smell?
Target audience
What is the members of an audience the speaker most wants to persuade and who are likely to be receptive to persuasive message?
Channel
What is the means through which a message gets from sender to receiver.
Plagiarism
What is the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person?
Define
What is to set limits on what a word or term means, how the audience should think about it, and/or how you will use it?
Gustatory
What is of or relating to the sense of taste?
Mental dialogue
What is an imagined conversation the speaker has with a given audience in which the speaker tries to anticipate what questions, concerns, or issues the audience may have to the subject under discussion?
Noise
What is anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process.
Initial Credibility
What is a speaker’s credibility at the beginning of or even before the speech
Kinesthetic
What is issues related to the movement of the body or physical activity?
Chart
What is graphical representation of data (often numerical) or a sketch representing an ordered process?
Selective exposure
What is the decision to expose ourselves to messages that we already agree with, rather than those that confront or challenge us?
Symbol
What is a word, icon, picture, object, or number that is used to stand for or represent a concept, thing, or experience
Terminal Credibility
What is a speaker’s credibility at the end of the speech?
Organic
What is feelings or issues related to the inner workings of the body?
Graph
What is a pictorial representation of the relationships of quantitative data using dots, lines, bars, pie slices, and the like?
Two-tailed arguments
What is a persuasive technique in which a speaker brings up a counter-argument to their own topic and then directly refutes the claim?