Oral Communications Oral Exam

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Why do we take Oral Comm/ the oral exam?

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-created an environment to gain confidence in public speaking
- in public speaking, if we are organized and ready for action, we will be prepared for the piece of unknowns

Front 2

Why is Chapter 3 important?

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"Listening" is crucial

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Four Causes of Poor Listening

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1. Not Concentrating
2. Listening Too Hard
3. Jumping to Conclusions
4. Focusing on Delivery and Personal Appearance

Front 4

Three Ways to Use Language More Clearly

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1. Use Familiar Words
2. Choose Concrete Words
3. Eliminate Clutter

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Demographic Traits of an Audience (6)

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1. Age
2. Gender
3. Sexual Orientation
4. Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Background
5. Religion
6. Group Membership

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Aspect of a Speaker's Voice (8)

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1. Volume
2. Pitch
3. Rate
4. Pauses
5. Vocal Variety
6. Pronunciation
7. Articulation
8. Dialect

Front 7

What are the two types of outlines?

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1. Preparation Outline
2. Speaking Outline

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What is a Preparation Outline?

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A detailed outline developed during the process of speech preparation that includes the title, specific purpose, central idea, introduction, main points, sub points, connectives, conclusion, and bibliography of a speech

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What is a Speaking Outline?

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A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech

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Six Elements of Communication Structure

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1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion
4. Delivery Cues
5. Overall Evaluation
6. Non-Verbal Communication

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Two Ways to Better Maintain Eye Contact

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1. Experience
2. Discover the Method of Delivery Best for Me

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Proverbs 18:21

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The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Psalm 19:14

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Ephesians 4: 29

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Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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Three "C"s for the Foundation

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1. Confidence
2. Clutter- take out the trash and leave the good stuff
3. Credibility- build and establish it

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Three Types of Persuasive Presentations

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Question of...
1. Fact
2. Value
3. Policy

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Question Of Fact

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-Situation where audience is entertaining serious doubts about the facts
- Prove story is true with evidence

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Question Of Value

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- Judgement based on persons belief about what is good/bad, right/wrong, moral/immoral
- What the speaker thinks

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Question Of Policy

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Debate certain courses of action

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Five Boxes In Introduction For Informative

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1. Gained Attention and Interest
2. Introduced Topic Clearly
3. Related Topic to Audience
4. Established Credibility
5. Previewed Body of Speech

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Additional Box in Introduction for Persuasive

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6. Desired Response

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Seven Boxes in Body

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1. Main Points Clear
2. Main Points Fully Supported
3. Organization Well Planned
4. Language Accurate
5. Language Clear
6. Language Appropriate
7.Connectives Effective

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Three Boxes in Conclusion

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1. Prepared Audience for Ending
2. Reinforced Central Idea
3. Vivid Ending

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Examples of How to Prepare the Audience for Conclusion

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1. Summarize Your Speech
2. End With a Quotation
3. Make a Dramatic Statement
4. Refer to the Introduction

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Why do we have a time limit?

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The audience members always have a time limit

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Credibility

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The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic. the two major factors influencing a speaker's credibility are competence and character.

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Clutter

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Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express and idea.

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Time limit for:
1. Entertainment
2. Four Point
3. Informative
4. Persuasive

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1. 1-3 minutes
2. 2-4 minutes
3. 3-5 minutes
4. 4-6 minutes

Front 29

What was the objective for the four point Bible verse presentation?

Back 29

Use four Bible verses to tell the audience about something in your life

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What was the objective of the informative speech?

Back 30

To choose a topic and inform the audience about the topic based on the communication structure.

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What were the five ways you were evaluated for the four point Bible verse presentation?

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1. Time
2. Do you have four points?
3. How well do you support the points?
4. Flow- Verse, Define, Why?
5. Conversational tone (I, me, my)

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Psalm 1:1-3

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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

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What is the objective of the entertainment?

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The point is to see how it feels when we do/ don't have the audience's attention.

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What three ways are we evaluated for the entertainment speech?

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1. How well you verbally grab the audience's attention
2. How well you keep the audience's attention
3. Getting off stage with a time limit