Chapter 13: Preparing your Speech

Consensual validation

When other sources agree with or use the same information you're considering using

Secondary resources

Works that analyze and interpret primary resources

Special-occasion Speeches

to entertain, celebrate, commemorate, inspire, or set a social agenda

General Purpose

your reason for giving the presentation

Information interview

A meeting in which you ask questions to gain knowledge or understanding about a particular topic

Voluntary audience

An audience that attends out of self-interest or to fulfill some personal need

When planning your research strategy, consider which background content, such as definitions or historical context, your audience may need explained. This is part of _________.

Identifying your information needs.

Plagiarism

Misrepresenting others' work as your own

Your specific purpose statement is influenced by all of the following except _________.

Research Strategy.

During which step of the speech preparation process can you use critical self-reflection to improve your content and delivery?

Revise.

During your audience analysis, you may consider your listeners demographics in adopting your speech as needed. However, it is important to avoid ________ during this process.

Stereotyping.

Revise

The fifth step in preparing your speech. Process feedback from others and self-reflection, write a final outline and speaking notes

Think

The first step in preparing your speech. Determine the purpose of your speech, choose the topic, and consider how to adapt it to your audience.

Rehearse

The fourth step in preparing your speech. Create speaking notes, practice aloud, work on delivery.

Investigate

The second step in preparing your speech. Includes planning your research strategy, conducting your research, and evaluating the resources you find.

Compose

The third step in preparing your speech. Develop your speech structure and supporting materials, prepare your visual aids.

Social bookmarking

free Web-based services that let you save, organize, and keep brief notes about your online resources

Demographics

include age, sex, education level, group memberships (religious or political associations), socioeconomic status, family status (single, marries, divorced, partnered, with or without children), and cultural background

Persuasive Speeches

reinforce or change listeners' attitudes and beliefs and may motivate them to take certain actions

Public Speaking

the process of preparing and delivering a message to an audience to achieve a specific purpose4

Speech Topic

the specific content you will present

Belief

A conviction regarding what is true and untrue

Concept Map

A drawing showing connections among related ideas

Primary resources

Direct accounts, straight from the original source

Informative Speeches

Educate your audience about a topic, describe an object, demonstrate how something works, or explain a concept

Attitude

In evaluation that makes a person respond favorably or unfavorably toward an issue, a situation, or a person.

While researching your speech check that your sources are _________ to ensure that they are providing biased information

Objective.

Specific purpose statement

One complete sentence summarizing the goal of your speech

Brainstroming

a creative problem-solving strategy that involves coming up with as many ideas as possible in a defined period of time

Audience Analysis

a process of identifying important characteristics about audience members, and using this information to prepare a speech

Captive audience

an audience that is required to attend the presentation