Speech Exam 2

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rate

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the speed of the delivery

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pause

Back 2

a brief silence for effect

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vocalized pause

Back 3

a way of delaying with sound

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duration

Back 4

how long something lasts

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rhythm

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the tempo of a speech

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alliteration

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the repetition of the initial sounds of words

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pitch

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the highness or lowness of a speakers voice, its upward and downward inflection, the melody produced by the voice

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volume

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the relative loudness or softness of your voice

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projection

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adjusting your volume appropriately for the subject, the audience and the situation

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enunciation

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pronunciation and articulation of words

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pronunciation

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the production of the sounds of a word

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articulation

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the physiological process of creating the sounds

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malapropisms

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mistaking one word for another

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fluency

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the smoothness of delivery, the flow of the words, and the absence of vocalized pauses

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gestures

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motions of the hands or body for emphasis or expression

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movement

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what you do with your entire body during a presentation

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addition

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occurs when an extra sound is added. ex. pic-a-nic instead of picnic

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deletion

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occurs when a sounds is dropped or left out of a word. ex. liberry instead of library

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substitution

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occurs when one sounds is replaced with another. ex git instead of get

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transposition

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occurs when two sounds are reversed. ex perfessor instead of professor.

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symbolic

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they represent the concrete and objective reality of objects and things as well as abstract ideas

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sapir-whorf hypothesis

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our language determines to some extent how we think about the view the world

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abstraction

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simplification standing for a person or thing

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semanticists

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people who study words and meaning

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levels of abstraction

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the degree to which words become separated from concrete or sensed reality

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abstract words

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general, broad and distinct from what you can perceive through your senses

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concrete words

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specific, narrow, particular and based on what you can sense

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denotative meaning

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the direct, explicit meaning or reference of a word

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connotative meaning

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the idea suggested by a word other than its explicit meaning

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descriptive language

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attempts to observe objectively and without judgement

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evaluative language

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full of judgments about the goodness of badness of a person or situation

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comparison

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shows how much one thing is like another

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contrast

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shows how unlike on thing is from another

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literal language

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uses words to reveal facts

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figurative language

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compares one concept to another analogous but different concept

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inclusive language

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language that does not leave out groups of people

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stereotype

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the misjudgment of an individual by assuming that he or she has the characteristics of some group

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etymology

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origin of a word

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repetition

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repeated sounds

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alliteration

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means the repetition of an initial consonant

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hyperbole

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a kind of overstatement or use of a word or words that exaggerates the actual situation

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oversimplification

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describing a complex issue as a simple one

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perspective

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your point of view or perception