A speech designed to convey knowledge and understanding.
What is an Informative Speech?
100
Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
What are gestures?
100
The first part of a speech, intended to gain the audience's attention and to prepare them for the rest of the presentation.
What is the introduction?
100
Communication achieved using facial expressions, eye contact, movements, and gestures.
What is Body Language?
100
The audience's immediate response to a speaker.
What is Feedback?
200
A speech of tribute that recognizes achievements of the award recipient, explains the nature of the award and describes why the recipient qualifies for the award.
What is an Award Presentation?
200
Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.
What is the message?
200
A word, phrase or other connecting element that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
What is a transition?
200
The quality of radiating goodness and good will and inspiring audience affection in return.
What is Likeableness?
200
To try to convince your audience to see it your way.
What is to Plead?
300
A short speech of tribute, usually offered at celebration dinners or meetings.
What is a toast?
300
The person who is presenting the message.
Who is the speaker?
300
A short summary at the end of a speech given so that your audience members remember what you've just said.
What is Recapitulation? (Will also accept Summary Statement)
300
The speed at which a person speaks.
What is Rate?
300
Filler words, such as er, um, and you know, used in the place of a pause.
What are Vocal Distractions?
400
A speech of tribute presented upon a person's death.
What is a Eulogy?
400
Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
What is eye contact?
400
The middle part of a speech, used to develop the main ideas.
What is the body?
400
The speaker's appearance of being informed, intelligent, and well prepared before she or he starts to speak.
What is Competence? (Will also accept Initial Credibility)
400
To present one's ideas in human terms that relate in some fashion to the experience of the audience.
What is to Personalize?
500
A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
What is an Impromptu Speech?
500
Your characteristic of style or manner or expressing yourself orally.
What is Manner of Speaking?
500
These are used to support a speaker's idea. Most times they are examples, statistics, and testimony.
What are Supporting Details?
500
A powerful, moving, magnificent use of language in a speech.
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What is Eloquence?
500
Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation.