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18 Cards in this Set
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Public Speaking
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form of communication where the speaker tries to make the audience react in a certain way through oral language
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Purposes of Public Speaking (5)
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Inform
Persuade Entertain Inspire Agreement |
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Five Arts
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creating/discovering good ideas
selecting and organizing using language memory delivery |
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Delivery
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use of voice and body to make words effective
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3 categories of stage fright symptoms
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Speaking mechanism
Physical Mental |
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Speaking Mechanism (5)
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Dry throat/mouth
inability to speak stuttering/stammering speed/slow dificulty breathing |
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Physical Symptoms (5)
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Stomach tension
Sweating Heartbeat Nausea tremble/twitch |
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Mental Symptoms (4)
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mental block
scared to look at audience dread thinking that listeners aren't approving |
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How to Manage Stage Fright (7)
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thorough preparation
theory no unnecessary explanations composure be organized visual aid rehearsing |
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Allusion
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a reference in a speech to a familiar person, place, or thing
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Analogy
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a comparison of an unfamiliar idea to a simple, familiar one
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Anecdote
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short story told to illustrate a point
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Antithesis
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balances or contrasts one word or idea against another, usually in the same sentence
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Irony
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using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal meaning, or to show a result that is the opposite of what would be expected or appropriate; an odd coincidence
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negative definition
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describes something by telling what it is NOT rather than, or in addition to, what it is
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parallel structure
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the repeating of phrases or sentences that are similar (parallel) in meaning and structure
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repetition
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the repeating of the same word or phrase to create a sense of rhythm and emphsasis
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Rhetorical Question
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a question that is asked to emphasize a point, not to get an answer
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