Midterm

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canons of rhetoric

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a classical approach to speechmaking in which the speaker divides a speech into five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.

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forms of communication

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dyadic, small group, mass, and public speaking

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dyadic communication

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a form of communication between two people; a conversation

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small group communication

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a small group of people who can see and speak directly with one another

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mass communication

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occurs between a speaker and a large audience of unknown people

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punlic speaking

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a speaker delivers a message with a specific purpose to an audience of people who are present during the delivery of the speech

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factors which distinguish public speaking from other forms

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opportunities of feed back, level of preparation, and degree of formality

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communication process

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source, reciever, message, channel, shared meaning, context and the rhetorical situation, goals, and outcome

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source

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the person who creates the message

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receiver

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audience

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message

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the content of the communication process: thoughts and ideas put into meaningful expressions

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channel

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the meduim through which the speaker sends a message; telivision, telephone, computer

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shared meanings

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the mutual understanding of a message between speaker and audience

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rhetorical situation

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circumstance that requires public response

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goals

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prerequisite for an effective speech

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context

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anything that influences the speaker, the audience, or the occasion

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the first and last steps in preparing a speech

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selecting a topic and practice delivering a speech

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technique to reduce speaking anxiety

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relaxation movement

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percentage of information a person retains

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35%

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external listening

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anything in the enviroment; noise, movement,light, darkness,heat, or cold

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internal listening

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thoughts and feelings both negative and positive that intrudes on your attention

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hearing

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reflexive or automatic in nature

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listening

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conscious act of recognizing, understanding, and accurately interpreting the messages communicated by others

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selective listening

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paying attention to certain parts of a message while ignoring others

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ethos

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greek for character

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ethics

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the study of moral conduct

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integrity

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quality of being incorruptable

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trustworthiness

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a combonation of honesty and dependability

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audience psychology

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engage your audiences attenion by letting your their relevant intrests and backgrounds guide you in constructing your speech

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values

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our most enduring judgements about what is good and bad in life

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elements of audience analysis

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listeners views, listeners needs or wants, amount audience has in commom with each other, how familiar they are with speech topic, and what concerns them

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demographics

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stastical characterists of a given population

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speech setting

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size of audience,location, time, and length of speech

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the general speech purpose

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to form

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specific purpose

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a refined statement of purpose that zeros in more closely than the general purpose on the goal of the speech

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thesis statement

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the theme or central idea of the speech that serves to connect all the parts of the speech

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narrowing a topic

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focus on specifc aspects of the speech that intrest you and take in light the audience's intrest knowlege and needs

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types of supporting material

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narratives, testimony, facts, and statistics