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41 Cards in this Set
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Rhetorical situation |
A state in which you, the audience, and the occasion overlap. |
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Exigence |
The reason the speech needs to be given. |
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Audience analysis |
The study of the intended audience for your speech. |
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Audience Adaption |
the process of tailoring your speech to the needs, interests, and expectations of your audience. |
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Uncertainty reduction theory |
Explains the processes we go through to get to know your strangers. |
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Subject |
A broad area of knowledge. |
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Topic |
Some specific aspect of a subject. |
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Brainstorming |
An uncritical, non-evaluative process of generating associated ideas. |
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Concept mapping |
A visual means of exploring connections between a subject and related ideas. |
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Survey |
An examination of people to gather information about their ideas and opinions. |
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Marginalizing |
Ignoring the values, needs, interest, and subject specific knowledge of some audience members. |
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Sterotyping |
Assuming all members of a group have similar knowledge levels, behaviors, or beliefs simply because they belong to that group. |
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Audience diversity |
The range of demographic characteristics and subjects specific differences represented in an audience. |
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Occasion |
Te expected purpose and setting for the speech. |
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General goal |
The overall intent of the speech. |
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Specific speech goal |
a single statement of the exact response the speaker wants from the audience. |
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Secondary research |
The process of locating information about your topic that has been discovered by other people. |
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Primary research |
The process of conducting your own study in the real world. |
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Credentials |
Your experiences or education that qualifies you to speak with authority on a subject. |
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Periodicals |
Magazines and journals that appear at regular intervals. |
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Skimming |
Rapidly viewing a work to determine what is covered and how. |
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Abstract |
A short paragraph summarizing the research findings. |
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Valid sources |
Report factual information that can be counted on to be true. |
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Accurate sources |
Present unbiased information that includes a balanced discussion of controversial ideas. |
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Reliable sources |
Those sources with a history of presenting accurate information. |
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Fieldwork observations |
A research method focused on careful observations of people or groups of people while immersed in their community. |
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Interview |
A planed, structured conversation where on person asks questions and another answers them. |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess about a cause and effect relationship between tow or more things. |
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Factual statements |
Statements that can be verified. |
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Statistics |
Numerical facts |
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Examples |
Specific instances that illustrate or explain a general factual statement. |
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Expert opinions |
Interpretations and judgement made by authorities in a particular subject area. |
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Expert |
A person who has mastered a specific subject, usually through long-term study. |
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Anecdotes |
Brief, often amusing stories. |
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Narratives |
Accounts, personal experiences, tales, or lengthier stories. |
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Comparisons |
Illuminate a point by showing similarities. |
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Contrasts |
Highlight differences. |
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Plagiarism |
The unethical act of representing a published author's work as your own. |
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Annotated bibliography |
A preliminary record of the relevant sources you find as you conduct your research. |
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Research cards |
Individual cards or facsimiles that record one piece of relevant information for your speech. |
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Oral footnote |
references to an original source, made at the point in the speech where information from that source is presented. |
