A specific type of speech in which the speaker has a goal of convincing the audience to accept his or her point of view.
What is a persuasive speech?
100
Elements used for non-verbal delivery.
What are the face, body, and voice (volume, speech rate & pitch/tone)?
100
Changes in a speaker's rate, pitch, and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
What is vocal variety?
100
Paying close attention and making sense of what we hear.
What is listening?
100
Listening styles
What are people-oriented listeners, action-oriented listeners, content-oriented listeners, and time-oriented listeners?
200
Explains how to do something or how something works
What is a demonstrative speech?
200
Methods of delivery.
What are reading from a manuscript, reciting from memory, impromptu speech, and speaking extemporaneously?
200
The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
What is pronunciation?
200
Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
What is appreciative listening?
200
Ways to establish credibility.
What are verbally (having a fluid speech showing one’s expertise) and non-verbally (eye contact)
300
Shares knowledge and reduces audience ignorance; describes an activity, event, object person, or place; demonstrates an event or activity; or explains abstract or complicated subjects or issues
What is an informative speech?
300
A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
What is extemporaneous speaking?
300
The physical production of particular speech sounds.
What is articulation?
300
Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
What is empathetic listening?
300
Keys in evaluating Internet documents.
What are authorship, sponsorship, and recency?
400
The action of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language (the use of words).
What is verbal communication?
400
A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
What is a pause?
400
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
What is dialect?
400
Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
What is comprehensive listening?
400
Three major types of supporting material.
What are examples, statistics, and testimony?
500
Communication based on a person's use of voice and body, rather than on the use of words.
What is non-verbal communication?
500
A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as "uh," "er," and "um."
What is a vocalized pause?
500
Ability to perceive sound vibrations.
What is hearing?
500
Listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it.
What is critical listening?
500
Types of examples.
What are brief examples, extended examples, and hypothetical examples?