Chapters 1-3
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.
a. communication
b. public speaking
public speaking
which are articles, books, and websites that involve analysis or interpretation of primary sources.
a. secondary sources
b. informative
secondary sources
to set limits on what a word or term means, how the audience should think about it, and/or how you will use it
a. repetition
b. define
define
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
a. speech
b. language
language
the members of an audience the speaker most wants to persuade and who are likely to be receptive to persuasive messages
a. target audience
b. small audience
target audience
the means through which a message gets from sender to receiver
a. channel
b. feedback
channel
the broad, overall goal of a speech; to inform, to persuade, to entertain/inspire, etc.
a. general purpose
b. logical
General Purpose
a story of something that could happen but has not happened yet
a. hypothetical narrative
b. pictograph
hypothetical narrative
a continuing sound, especially of someone’s voice, that is unchanging in pitch and without intonation
a. monotone
b. paraphrase
monotone
mistakes in reasoning; erroneous conclusions or statements made from poor inductive or deductive analyses
a. logical fallacies
b. ethos
logical fallacies
taking one characteristic of a group or person and making that the “totality” or sum total of what that person or group is
a. totalizing
stereotype
totalizing
an infinitive phrase that builds upon the speaker’s general purpose to clearly indicate precisely what the goal of a given speech is
a.psychological
b. specific purpose statement
Specific Purpose Statement
a brief account or story of an interesting or humorous event
a. clips
b. anecdote
anecdote
language used in a specific field that may or may not be understood by others
a. jargon
b. confusion
jargon
a psychological phenomenon where people confronted with conflicting information or viewpoints reach a state of dissonance (generally the disagreement between conflicting thoughts and/or actions), which can be very uncomfortable, and results in actions to get rid of the dissonance and maintain consonance
a. logos
b. cognitive dissonance
cognitive dissonance
a phrase or sentence that connects various parts of a speech and shows the relationship between them.
a. critical
b. connective
connective
the repetition of grammatical structures that correspond in sound, meter, and meaning
a. chronological
b. parallelism
parallelism
having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating something; affording proof or evidence
a. probative
b. credible
probative
the word-for-word iteration of a written message
a. manuscript speaking
b. public speaking
manuscript speaking
drawing conclusions about an object or phenomenon based on its similarities to something else
a. lament
b. analogical reasoning
analogical reasoning
In “______ plagiarism,” instead of taking work as a whole from another source, the student will copy two out of every three sentences and mix them up so they don’t appear in the same order as in the original work.
a. sneaking
b. hearing
sneaking
works that are published on a regular, ongoing basis, such as magazines, academic journals, and newspapers
a. periodicals
b. graphs
Periodicals
of or relating to the sense of taste
a. gustatory
b. sensory
gustatory
_____ speeches are sometimes referred to as demonstration or “how to” speeches because they often entail demonstrating something.
a. process
b. exposure
process
to express grief or sorrow
a. lament
b. toast
lament