Speech Terms For Exam 1

Front 1

transmission of meaning from a sender to a receiver

Back 1

communication

Front 2

a word or phrase that creates audience expectations

Back 2

verbal cue

Front 3

slanting the information positively or negatively

Back 3

selective presentation

Front 4

chronological, topical, or spatial

Back 4

patterns of organization

Front 5

organization based upon the principle of time

Back 5

chronological

Front 6

organization based upon breaking a topic down into its subparts

Back 6

topical

Front 7

organization based upon the principle of space or geographical location

Back 7

spatial

Front 8

movement, reality, proximity, familiarity, novelty, suspense, conflict, humor, or relevance

Back 8

factors of attention

Front 9

can be physical movement in the sense of walking or internal movement in the sense of giving the audience the idea that the speech is progressing toward its end

Back 9

movement

Front 10

instead of talking in abstractions, talk in terms of actual people, events, place and circumstances

Back 10

reality

Front 11

a direct reference to an object near at hand, to an incident which just occurred, or to a member of the audience

Back 11

proximity

Front 12

connecting something unfamiliar to something about which the audience already knows-- usually employed in process speeches

Back 12

familiarity

Front 13

making the audience view a common, ordinary everyday object or event from an entirely new or unexpected perspective-- involves a great deal of creativity on the part of the speaker

Back 13

novelty

Front 14

creating uncertainty by pointing out results which have mysterious or unknown causes or by calling attention to forces which threaten uncertain effects

Back 14

suspense

Front 15

opposition of persons, ideas, or forces

Back 15

conflict

Front 16

amusing anecdotes or allusions, jokes-- can be employed only by the past experienced public speakers

Back 16

humor

Front 17

relating topic of speech to immediate needs of audience

Back 17

relevance

Front 18

manuscript, memorized, impromptu, or extemporaneous

Back 18

types of delivery styles

Front 19

read verbatim

Back 19

manuscript

Front 20

memorize and recite

Back 20

memorized

Front 21

no proparation or practice

Back 21

impromptu

Front 22

uses outine or note cards

Back 22

extemporaneous

Front 23

explanation, testimony, statistics, examples, or anology

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types of evidence

Front 24

statements that seek to define or clarify a concept

Back 24

explanation

Front 25

quotes taken from another source other than the speaker's own opinions or experience

Back 25

testimony

Front 26

use of percentages or numerical data

Back 26

statistics

Front 27

brief or extended narratives that demonstrate individual impact

Back 27

examples

Front 28

statements of comparison and contrast

Back 28

analogy

Front 29

speaker- low visiblity
audience- uninformed, apathetic, passive
delivery- extemporaneous

Back 29

speaker-centered

Front 30

speaker- high visibility
audience- informed, impacted, critical/active
delivery- manuscript

Back 30

message-centered

Front 31

purpose- to define an idea or concept, to explain a cause and effect, or to demonstrate a process
audience- uniformed, apathetic, passive
strategies- extemporaneous, simple introduction and conclusion, chronological/spatial/topical organization, factors of attention, possible visual aides

Back 31

schema of oral report

Front 32

purpose- to create a positive image of a corporation, city, military, or university
audience- uninformed, active, and critical
strategies- extemporaneous, 3 themes of public relations discourse, possible visual aides

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schema of public relations speech

Front 33

eye contact- direct and sustained
normalcy- vocal viriety/intensity and conversational quality
continuity- stumbling, hesitancy, and pauses

Back 33

principle of extemporaneous delivery

Front 34

speaker, message, receiver, channel, and feedback

Back 34

elements of the communication process

Front 35

attention device (illustration, rhetorical question, startling statement, or quotation) and initial summary

Back 35

elements of introductions

Front 36

verbal cue, summary statement, closing thought, and call for questions

Back 36

elements of conclusions

Front 37

expression of concern for the individual, recognition of individual contributions, espousal of shared values, advocacy of benefits and activities, praise by outsiders, and testimonials by employees

Back 37

themes of public relations speeches