Chapter 1
Talking in front of a group of people.
What is public speaking?
Anything that prevents the audience from fully focusing on or understanding a speech, such as distractions or noise.
What is a listening barrier?
Branch of philosophy that involves determining what is morally right
What is ethics?
a statement that contains or summarizes a speech’s main points
Central Idea Statement
a useful way to get audience feedback
what is surveys.
Believing that a single event is a universal or an “always” event.
What is Overgeneralization?
Goals we strive for that may be considered important and/or desirable
What is A Value
the act of using anoth er person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person
What is plagiarism
the broad, overall goal of a speech; to inform, to persuade, to entertain, etc
What is General Purpose
what provides first-hand accounts of events, practices or conditions being researched
what is primary sources.
The severe fear of public speaking.
What is Glossophobia.
“All students at that college drive pickup trucks,” is an example of what?
What is Stereotyping?
A false statement that damages a person’s reputation and character.
What is defamatory speech?
what three elements will you use to form specific purpose statement.
What is You, context, your audience
Interviews, surveys, diary entries, or oral history are examples of what type of source?
what are Secondary Souces.
the process of the listener or receiver understanding the words and symbols of a message and making meaning of them.
What is Decode
The process of learning about the audience’s demographics, attitudes, and beliefs before giving a speech.
What is audience analysis?
Instead of taking work as a whole from another source, you mix up copied work and try to make it seem original.
What is sneaking plagiarism?
an infinitive phrase that builds upon the speaker’s general pur pose to clearly indicate precisely what the goal of a given speech is
Specific Purpose Statement
This type of research involves collecting new, first-hand data to answer a specific question, such as through interviews or surveys.
What is primary research
the process of the sender putting his/ her thoughts and feelings into words or other symbols.
What is Encode
The audience’s attitudes, beliefs, and values that influence how they respond to a speech.
What are psychographic characteristics?
A speaker’s credibility throughout the speech that can also range from point to point.
Derived credibility
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What is CAPOW