Chapters 1 - 3
A severe fear of public speaking.
What is Glossophobia?
A review process in which other scholars have read a work of scholarly writing (usually articles, but sometimes books) and evaluated whether it meets the quality standards of a particular publication and/or discipline.
Hint - you do this over your classmate's essays sometimes.
What is Peer-review?
Focus on one stimulus while ignoring or suppressing reactions to other stimuli.
A) Attention
B) Perception
What is Attention?
Any formal system of gestures, signs, sounds, and symbols used or conceived as a means of communicating thought, either through written, enacted, or spoken means.
What is Langauge?
The members of an audience the speaker most wants to persuade and who are likely to be receptive to persuasive messages.
What is Target Audience?
Generalizing about a group of people and assuming that because a few persons in that group have a characteristic, all of them do.
What is Stereotyping?
information that is not directly from the first-hand source; information that has been compiled, filtered, edited, or interpreted in some way.
A) Secondary Source
B) Primary Source
What is Secondary Source?
Any quotation from a friend, family member, or classmate about an incident or topic.
A) Testimony
B) Peer-testimony
What is Peer-testimony?
The word-for-word iteration of a written message.
A) Manuscript Speaking
B) Impromptu Speaking
What is Manuscript Speaking?
A fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute.
A) Ad hominem
B) Ad misericordium
What is Ad hominem?
A mixture of different types of people and demographic characteristics within a group of people.
A) Homogeneous
B) Heterogeneous
What is Heterogeneous?
An infinitive phrase that builds upon the speaker’s general purpose to clearly indicate precisely what the goal of a given speech is.
A) Specific Purpose Statement
B) General Purpose
What is Specific Purpose Statement?
Issues related to the movement of the body or physical activity.
A) Organic
B) Kinesthetic
What is Kinesthetic?
Language that uses metaphors and similes to compare things that may not be literally alike.
A) Literal Language
B) Figurative Language
What is Figurative Language?
Logical and organized arguments and the credible evidence to support the arguments within a speech; arguments based on logic.
A) Lagos
B) Ethos
What is Lagos?
A speaker’s credibility at the beginning of or even before the speech
A) Initial Credibility
B) Terminal Credibility
What is Initial Credibility?
An organizational pattern for speeches in which the main points are arranged in time order.
A) Chronological Order
B) Chronological Pattern
What is Chronological Pattern?
The statement or question that piques the audience’s interest in what you have to say at the very beginning of a speech.
A) Hook
B) Attention Getter
What is Attention Getter?
The presentation of a carefully planned and rehearsed speech, spoken in a conversational manner using brief notes.
A) Extemporaneous Speaking
B) Memorized Speaking
What is Extemporaneous Speaking?
An analogy where the two things under comparison have sufficient or significant similarities to be compared fairly.
A) Figurative Analogy
B) Literal Analogy
What is Literal Analogy?
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 ai.
What is Public Speaking?
A type of connective that emphasizes what is coming up next in the speech and what to expect with regard to the content.
A) Internal Previews
B) Internal Summaries
What is Internal Previews?
Of or relating to the sense of smell.
A) Olfactory
B) Gustatory
What is Olfactory?
A statement or claim that cannot be argued.
A) Irrefutable
B) Facts
What is Irrefutable?
A type of reasoning in which examples or specific instances are used to supply strong evidence for (though not absolute proof of) the truth of the conclusion; the scientific method.
A) Inductive Reasoning
B) Casual Reasoning
What is Inductive Reasoning?