Public Speaking Final

Brainstorming-a method of generating ideas by free association of words and thoughts

100

Pitch

The highness or lowness of the speaker's voice

200

Conversation quality

Your speech sounds spontaneous no matter how many times you have practiced it

300

Inflection

Changes in pitch or tone of a speaker's voice

400

Vocalized Pauses

When the speaker fills what should be silence with words like "uh" or "um"

500

Ethics

the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs

Ethnocentrism- the belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or culture

100

Global Plagiarism

stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own

200

Patchwork Plagiarism

stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as on's own

300

Incremental Plagiarism

failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people

400

Appreciative listening

listening for pleasure or enjoyment as when we listen to music, to a comedy routine, or to an entertaining speech

500

Empathic listening

listening to provide emotional support for the speaker as when a psychiatrist listens to a patient or when we lend sympathetic

Egocentrism-the tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values,beliefs,and well being

100

Comprehensive listening

listening to understand the message of a speaker, as when we attend a classroom lecture or listen to directions for findings a friends house

200

Critical listening

listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it,as when we listen to the sales pitch or a car salesperson or the campaign speech of a politcal candidate

300

Specific purpose

a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what the speaker hopes to accomplish in the speech

400

Central idea

a one sentence statement that includes your main points

500

General purpose

broad goal of the speech

Target Audience- the audience of where you are trying to get the attention of

100

To inform

to inform the audience of the information

200

To persuade

you act as a avacate(spokesperson)

300

Chronological order

a method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern

400

Spatial Order

a method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern

500

Problem/Solution Order

a method of organizing persuasive speeches in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents a solution to the problem

Monroe's Motivated Sequence- a persuasive speech outline consisting of attention,need,satisfaction,visualzation,and action steps

100

Topical order

a method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics

200

Message

whatever a speaker communicates to someone else

300

Channel

the means by which a message is communicated

400

Feedback

the messages,usually nonverbal,sent from a listener to a speaker

500

Interference

anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners