Public Speaking Final Exam

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Public speaking

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When an individual speaks to a group of people, assuming responsibiliy for speaking for a defined length of time

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Audience centered

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Acknowledging an audience's expectations and situations before, during, and after a speech

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Digital divide

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The gap between populations that have a high level of access to and use of digital communications technology and populations that have a low level of access and use

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Rhetoric

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Aristotle's term for public speaking

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Invention

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Discovering what you want to say in a speech, such as by choosing a topic and developing good arguments

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Arrangement

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The way ideas presented in a speech are organized

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Style

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The language or words used in a speech

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Memory

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Using the ability to recall information to give an effective speech

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Delivery

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The presentation of a speech to an audience

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Cicero's Five Arts

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Invention, Arrangement, Style, Memory, and Delivery

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Narrative

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A story used in a speech or other form of communication

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Distance speaking

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The planned and structured presentation of ideas transmitted from one physical location to other locations by means of information and communications technology

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Interpersonal communication

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Two or more people interact with each other as unique individuals

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Small-group communication

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Three or more people interact to accomplish a task or reach a shared objective

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Organizational communication

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The flow of information that takes places within and among organizations for the purpose of accomplishing a common goal

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Mass communication

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Originates with a media organization and is transmitted to large, fairly anonymous, and often diverse audiences

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Public communication

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Occurs when, for a limited amount of time, an individual speaks or otherwise sends and message to people outside that individual's known social group

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Persuasive communication environment

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The ability to access and share information in multiple forms from multiple locations in ways that transcend time and space

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Audience

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The intended recipients of a speaker's message

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Speaker

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The person who assumes the primary responsibility for conveying a message in a public communication context

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Message

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The words and nonverbal cues a speaker uses to convey ideas, feelings and thoughts

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Channel

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A mode or medium of communication

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Noisr

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Anything that interferes with the understanding of a message

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Feedback

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Audience members' responses to a speech

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Context

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The situation within which a speech is given

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Environment

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The external surroundings that influence a public speaking event

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Speech anxiety

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Fear of speaking in front of an audience

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Uncertainty reduction theory

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A theory that posits when individuals face an uncertain or unfamiliar situation, their level of anxiety increase

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Spotlight effect

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A phenomenon that leads use to think other people observe us much more carefully than they actually do

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Relabeling

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Assigning more positive words or phrases to the physicial reactions and feelings associated with speech anxiety

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Visualization

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Imagining a successful communication event by thinking through a sequence of actions in a positive, concrete, step-by-step way

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Illusion of transparency

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The tendency of individuals to believe that how they feel is much more apparent to others than is really the case

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Ethical communication

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The moral aspects of our interactions with others, including truthfulness, fairness, responsibility, integrity, and respect

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Communication climate

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The psychological and emotional tone that develops as communicators interact with one another

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Dialogue

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Occurs when speakers are sensitive to audience needs and listen to audience members' responses and listeners pay careful attention to speakers' messages so they can respond appropriately and effectively