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Stage Fright

Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech

Adrenaline

A hormone released in the blood stream in response to physical or mental stress



Positive Nervousness

Controlled nervousness that energizes a speaker for their presentation

Visualization

Mental imaging in which the speaker pictures themselves speaking

Critical Thinking

Focused and organized thinking about fact and opinion, logically, evidence


Speaker

Person who is giving an oral message



Channel

The means in which a message is used to communicate

Message

What a speaker wants to communicate to their audience or someone else

Listener

Person who receives the message

Frame of Reference

The sum of a person's goals, values, knowledge

Feedback

The usually nonverbal messages sent back from the audience/listener to the speaker

Interference

Anything getting in the way of the message (internal or external)

Situation

Time and Place

Ethnocentrism

The belief that a person's culture or beliefs is better than everyone else's.

Ethics

Right and wrongs in human affaris

Ethical Decisions

Course of actions against a set course of ethical guidelines

Name-Calling

The use of language used to demean a person or group

Bill of Rights

The First 10 Amendments

Plagiarism

Taking one's work and passing it off as your own

Patchwork Plagiarism

Taking ideas from more than one source and putting them together

Incremental Plagiarism

Failing to give credit to the author or publisher

Paraphrase

To summarize a work in one's own words

Ice Breaker Speech

Speech early in the term to get them in front of the class ASAP

Introduction

Opening part of a speech

Body

The main section

Conclusion

The end remarks of a speech

Chronological Order

Following a time pattern of organization

Topical Order

Divided into logical and consistent subtopics

Main Points

The major points developed

Transitions

Words or statements that are used to go from one point to the next

Extemporaneous Speech

Carefully rehearsed and presented from notes

Gestures

Motion of a speaker's body

Eye Contact

Direct visual contact with the eyes

Informative Speech

Used to convey knowledge and understanding

Object

Anything visible, tangible, and stable in form

Process

A series of actions that leads to a result or product

Event

Happens or regarding as happening

Concept

Belief, theory, idea, notion, principle

Description

Statement that depicts a person, event, or idea with clarity and vividness

Comparison

Statement of similarities of two or more people, events, ideas

Contrast

Statement of differences of two or more people, events, ideas

Personalize

Present one's ideas in some fashion to the experience of the audience

Persuasion

Creating, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions

Mental Dialogue with Audience

Mental give and take between the speaker and audience

Target Audience

Exactly who you are aiming your speech at

Question of Fact

Question about the truth or falsity of assersion

Question of Value

Question about someone's worth or morality

Question of Policy

Question about if a specific course of action should be taken

Speech to Gain Passive Agreement

Convince the audience without actually going and doing the stuff you set out to do

Speech to Gain Immediate Action

Convince the audience to take action and give support

Need

The first basic issue in analyzing a question of policy

Burden of Proof

Speaker must prove that change is needed now

Plan

How does the speaker plan to actually get rid of the problem

Praticality

Will the plan actually get rid of the problem or create more

Problem Solution Order

1st Problem


2nd Solution

Problem Cause Solution Order

1st Problem


2nd Cause


3rd Solution

Comparative Advantages Order

Each point explains why the speaker's solution will work vs the others mentioned

Monroe's Motivated Sequence

Attention, Need, Satisfaction, Visualization, and Action