Speech Final

Front 1

learned predisposition to respond favorably or unfavorably toward something

Back 1

attitude

Front 2

what you understand to be true or false

Back 2

belief

Front 3

sense of mental discomfort that prompts a person to change when new info. conflicts w/ previously organized thought patterns

Back 3

cognitive dissonance

Front 4

process of changing or reinforcing attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior

Back 4

persuasion

Front 5

statement w/ which you want your audience to agree

Back 5

proposition

Front 6

focuses on whether something is true or false, whether it did or did not happen

Back 6

proposition of fact

Front 7

advocates a specific action, changing a policy, procedure, or behavior

Back 7

proposition of policy

Front 8

statement that calls for the listener to judge the worth or importance of something

Back 8

proposition of value

Front 9

need to fully realize one's highest potential

Back 9

self-actualization

Front 10

enduring conception of right or wrong, good or bad

Back 10

value

Front 11

attacking a person, involves attacking irrelevant personal characteristics about the person who is proposing an idea rather than attacking the idea itself

Back 11

ad hominem

Front 12

compares one thing to another to predict how something will perform

Back 12

analogy

Front 13

use of the testimony of an expert in a given field to endorse an idea or product for whihc the expert does no have the appropriate credentials or expertise

Back 13

appeal to misplace authority

Front 14

reasoning that suggests that b/c everyone else believes something or is doing something, then it must be valid or correct

Back 14

bandwagon fallacy

Front 15

faulty cause-and-effect connection between two things or events

Back 15

causal fallacy

Front 16

relate two or more events in such a way as to conclude that one or more the events caused the others

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causal reasoning

Front 17

person possessing charm, talent, magnetism, and other qualities

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charismatic

Front 18

speaker is considered informed, skilled, or knowledgeable about the subject they are talking about

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competence

Front 19

logical outcome of a deductive argument, which stems from the major premise and the minor premise

Back 19

conclusion

Front 20

audience's perception of a speaker's competence, trustworthiness, and dynamism

Back 20

credibility

Front 21

reasoning from a general statement to reach a specific conclusion

Back 21

deductive reasoning

Front 22

speaker who attempts to gain power or control over others by using impassioned emotional pleas and appealing to the prejudices of listeners

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demagogue

Front 23

perception of your credibility your audience forms as you present yourself as a speaker

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derived credibility

Front 24

energy projected through delivery

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dynamism

Front 25

oversimplifying the problem by by arguing that there are only two approaches

Back 25

either/or fallacy

Front 26

speaker's credibility

Back 26

ethos

Front 27

illustratoins that are used to clarify a fact

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example

Front 28

something that has been directly observed to be true or can be proved to be true

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fact

Front 29

false reasoning that occurs when someone attempts to persuade w/o adequate evidence or w/ arguments that're irrelevant or inappropriate

Back 29

fallacy

Front 30

all encompassing statement

Back 30

generalization

Front 31

conclusion reached w/o adequate evidence

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hasty generalization

Front 32

reasoning that uses specific instances or examples to reach a general, probably conclusion

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inductive reasoning

Front 33

conclusion based on available evidence or partial info., evaluation that has not been directly observed

Back 33

inference

Front 34

impression of a speaker's credibility that listeners have before the speaker starts a speech

Back 34

initial credibility

Front 35

refers to logic

Back 35

logos

Front 36

general statement that is the first element of a syllogism

Back 36

major premise

Front 37

specific statement about an example that is linked to the major premise, second element of a syllogism

Back 37

minor premise

Front 38

shared belief based on the underlying values, cultural heritage, and faith of a group of people

Back 38

myth

Front 39

idea or conclusion that doesn't logically relate to or follow from the previous idea or conclusion

Back 39

non sequitur

Front 40

testimony or quotation that expresses someone's attitudes, beliefs, or values

Back 40

opinion

Front 41

appeal to emotion

Back 41

pathos

Front 42

irrelevant facts or info used to distract someone from the issue under discussion

Back 42

red herring

Front 43

numerical data that summarizes facts or samples

Back 43

statistic

Front 44

three-part way of developing an argument, using a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion

Back 44

syllogism

Front 45

final impression listeners have of a speaker's credibility, after a speech concludes

Back 45

terminal credibility

Front 46

an aspect of a speaker's credibility that relfects whether the speaker is perceived as believable and honest

Back 46

trustworthiness

Front 47

speech of thanks for an award, nomination, or other honor

Back 47

acceptance speech

Front 48

entertaining speeech, usually delivered in conjunction w/ a mealtime meeting or banquet

Back 48

after-dinner speech

Front 49

speech delivered during ceremonies held in memory of some past event and often the person or persons involved

Back 49

commemorative address

Front 50

speech delivered at a graduation or commencement ceremony

Back 50

commencement address

Front 51

speech of tribute to someone who has died

Back 51

eulogy

Front 52

speech that sets the theme and tone for a meeting or conference

Back 52

keynote address

Front 53

speech that officially recommends someone as a candidate for an office or position

Back 53

nomination speech

Front 54

speech that accompanies the presentation of an award

Back 54

presentation speech

Front 55

speech designed to inform the public, to strengthen alliances w/ them, and in some cases to recommend policy

Back 55

public-relations speech

Front 56

oral presentation of information policy related to the workplace

Back 56

report

Front 57

speech that provides information about another speaker

Back 57

speech of introduction

Front 58

brief salute to a momentous occasion

Back 58

toast