Chapter 1
an organized, faceto-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.
A. Public Speaking
B. Private Speaking
A. Public Speaking
Generalizing about a group of people and assuming that because a few persons in that group have a characteristic, all of them do.
A. Judging
B. Stereotyping
B. Stereotyping
The broad, overall goal of a speech; to inform, to persuade, to entertain, etc.
A. Specific Purpose
B. General Purpose
B. General Purpose
New research, carried out to acquire data first-hand rather from previously published sources to answer specific questions or issues and discover knowledge.
A. Secondary Research
B. Primary Research
B. Primary Research
The branch of philosophy that involves determinations of what is right and moral.
A. Ethics
B. Values
A. Ethics
A severe fear of public speaking.
A. Scopophobia
B. Glossophobia
B. Glossophobia
A group of people that are very similar in many characteristics.
A. Homogeneous
B. Heterogenous
A. Homogeneous
My classmates, the members of the Social Work Club, my coworkers is an examples of...
A. Target audience
B. The context
A. Target audience
Works that are published on a regular, ongoing basis, such as magazines, academic journals, and newspapers.
A. Periodicals
B. Novels
A. Periodicals
A speaker’s credibility at the end of the speech.
A. Derived credibility
B. Terminal credibility
B. Terminal credibility
Sharing meaning between two or more people.
A. Noise
B. Communication
B. Communication
__________ such as whether the audience members are married, single, divorced, or have children or grandchildren may be very important to the concerns and values of your audience and even the reason the audience is brought together.
A. Marital Status
B. Family Status
B. Family Status
A statement that contains or summarizes a speech’s main points.
A. Introduction
B. Central Idea Statement
B. Central Idea Statement
The field of communication uses _______ format, also used in most social sciences.
A. APA
B. MLA
A. APA
The act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person.
A. Plagiarism
B. Borrowing
A. Plagiarism
The means through which a message gets from sender to receiver.
A. Channel
B. Feedback
A. Channel
Statements we hold to be true.
A. Beliefs
B. Values
A. Beliefs
Of course, what you love or hate may be in stark contrast to how your ________ feels, so it is important to keep them in mind as well, which brings us to the next contributing factor.
A. Audience
B. Author
Creative works, diaries, letters, interviews, news reporting.
A. Humanities
B. Social Sciences
A. Humanities
In a paper, such as for literature, you would only need to include a parenthetical _______ such as (Jones 78) for Modern Language Association (MLA) format, indicating that a writer named Jones contributed this idea on page 78 of a source that the reader can find on the Works Cited Page.
A. Citation
B. Quote
A. Citation
The process of the sender putting his/her thoughts and feelings into words or other symbols.
A. Encode
B. Decode
A. Encode
Important deficiencies that we are motivated to fulfill.
A. Needs
B. Wants
A. Needs
A common error is to match an _________ purpose with a persuasive content clause or phrase.
A. General
B. Informative
B. Informative
You may also benefit from conducting an _______ with a person who is knowledgeable about your topic, such as a professional with educational and career credentials in their field.
A. Interrigation
B. Interview
B. Interview
Most colleges and universities have a policy that penalizes or forbids “_______ -plagiarism.” This means that you can’t use a paper or outline that you presented in another class a second time.
A. Sneak
B. Self
B. Self