Coms Midterm

Front 1

Passivity Syndrome

Back 1

Denying one's accountability as a listener and assuming that the burden or effective communication resides wholly with the speaker.

Front 2

Testimony

Back 2

Opinions, interpretations, or judgments quoted from other people, including personal testimony, lay testimony, and expert testimony.

Front 3

Narrative

Back 3

An extended example that tells a story, based either on true experiences or on symbolism, perhaps in the form of proverbs.

Front 4

Facts

Back 4

Data that can be verified by observation.

Front 5

Definition

Back 5

Meanings provided for words that are unfamiliar to listeners or technical in nature.

Front 6

Hypothetical Examples

Back 6

An example that describes an action or event that could easily or plausibly occur.

Front 7

Communication Apprehension

Back 7

The feeling of anxiety that a speaker experiences before and/or during a public presentation.

Front 8

Narrative (as organization)

Back 8

An indirect, organic organizational pattern that often uses a coherent series of stories to convey the main ideas of the speech.

Front 9

Thesis Statement

Back 9

A single, simple declaritive sentense that expresses the principal idea of a speech that a speaker would have the audience understand or accept.

Front 10

Transition Statement

Back 10

Words, phrases, or sentences that help the audience perceive the relationship of ideas and the movement from one main idea to another.

Front 11

Stereotyping

Back 11

Making assumptions about someone based on such factors as race or gender without considering the person's individually.

Front 12

Ethnocentrism

Back 12

The belief that one's own racial or ethnic heritage is superior to all others.

Front 13

Listening Process

Back 13

hearing, focusing, understanding, responding, remembering.

Front 14

Listening for appreciation

Back 14

Listening with the simple goal of enjoying what is being said.

Front 15

Critical listening

Back 15

Listening analytically, carefully evaluating all that is said

Front 16

Empathtic listening

Back 16

Listening supportively to another with the goal of understanding his or her feelings or point of view.

Front 17

Informational listening

Back 17

Listening in order to learn.

Front 18

Mental Argument

Back 18

Mentally formulating rebuttals to the speakers ideas and in the process losing track of the speakers message as a whole

Front 19

Demographics

Back 19

Audience characteristics that shape the listeners beliefs, values and attitudes..

Front 20

Speech of Discription

Back 20

An informative speech intended to provide a clear picture of a place, event, person, or thing

Front 21

Speech of Demonstration

Back 21

An informative speech intended to teach an audience how something works or how to do something

Front 22

Speech of Explanation

Back 22

An informative speech intended to help an audience understand complicated, abstracts, or unfamiliar concepts or subjects

Front 23

Informative Oral Report

Back 23

An informatice presentation, often technical in nature, intended to assist a groups performance or decision making.

Front 24

Identifying types of evidence

Back 24

Facts, definitions, examples

Front 25

Informative Speeches

Back 25

Speech of description (clear pictures of person, place, event or thing), Speech of Demonstration (how to do something), Speech of Explanation (explaining complex idea)

Front 26

Identifying types of outlines

Back 26

Presentation Outline (formal outline ready to be submitted)
Preparation Outline (outline for student that can be changed)

Front 27

Speech Preperation

Back 27

Know yourself, Know audience, Know the situation, Aim for audience response

Front 28

Ways to deal with Communication Apprehension

Back 28

-Choose a topic you really care about.
-Be well prepared
-Be positive
-Practice your speech
-Anticipate the speech situation
-Practice active listening
-Exercise
-realize benefits of being nervous
-Maintain a sense of perspective