The type of speech that describes an event or process, an object or place, or a person.
What is a speech of description?
100
A technique that involves using the image associated with some person to secure your approval or your rejection.
What is testimony?
100
The degree to which your audience regards you as a believable spokesperson.
What is credibility?
100
A brief speech designed to celebrate a person or an occasion is an example.
What is a toast?
100
When group members are "experts" but participate informally and without any set pattern of who speaks when.
What is a panel?
200
A type of speech that explains the meaning of a term, a system or theory, or similar or dissimilar terms or systems.
What is a speech of definition?
200
Example: "I have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, so I feel like I am in the right place to give you some significant advice."
What is ethos?
200
Example: "You should finish your supper. There are thousands of homeless, starving children in Africa who would be lucky to have a meal like that."
What is pathos?
200
A speech designed to introduce you or another person to an audience is an example.
What is an introduction speech?
200
What are the first and last stages of small groups?
What is opening and closing?
300
Explaining how to ride a bike.
What is a speech of demonstration?
300
A combination of your personality and dynamism as seen by the audience.
What is charisma?
300
Concerns what is or what is not true, what does or does not exist, or what did or did not happen?
What is questions of fact?
300
A commencement speech celebrates the end of this.
What is a training period?
300
When the group reflects on what it has done and what needs to be done?
What is feedback?
400
Explaining what it lollygagging is.
What is a speech of definition?
400
Attacks that make take either of two forms- 1) the speaker disqualifies someone from having a point of view because he or she isn't directly affected by an issue or proposal or doesn't have firsthand knowledge or 2) the speaker disqualifies someone because he or she will benefit in some way from a proposal.
What is personal interest?
400
When the speaker associates her or his idea with something you respect or with something you detest.
What is transfer?
400
A speech in which you say goodbye to an organization or the colleagues and signal that you're moving on is an example.
What is a farewell speech?
400
The problem-solving, the sharing of information, or whatever else the group needs to achieve.
What is business?
500
Informing an audience about a family trip to Canada would be an example.
What is a speech of description?
500
When a speaker argues against a proposal or new development on the grounds that it will open the floodgates to all sorts of catastrophes.
What is a thin entering wedge?
500
A persuasion tactic in which the speaker offers specific examples or illustrations as "proof".
What is anecdotal evidence?
500
A speech designed to give some specific meaning to a research lab, a store opening, or the start of the building of a bridge is an example.
What is a dedication speech?
500
When group members have prepared speeches and a period of questions from the audience and also a response from speakers.