Speech 100F Chapters 1,2,3,4

Skills to public speaking list:

1 organize your ideas, 2 tailor your message to your audience, 3 tell your story for maximum impact, 4 adapt to listener feedback.

Spatial Order Definition:

A method of speech organization which the MAIN POINTS FOLLOW a DIRECTIONAL PATTERN.

Chronological Order Definition:

A method of speech organization which the MAIN POINTS FOLLOW a TIME PATTERN.

Causal Order Definition:

A method of speech organization which the MAIN POINTS SHOW a CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP.

What would you most likely find in the introduction?

A spark of attention, topic of speech, and establishment of the speaker.

Signpost Definition:

A very brief statement that indicates WHERE a speaker IS in the speech or that focuses attention on KEY IDEAS.

Connective Definition:

A word or phrase that CONNECTS the ideas of a speech and INDICATES the RELATIONSHIP between them.

Transition Definition:

A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has FINISHED ONE THOUGHT and is MOVING on TO ANOTHER.

Stage Fright Definition:

Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

Ethnocentrism and how to avoid it:

Belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all others. Avoid this by realizing who the audience is, and recognizing their differences.

What will a speaker do to establish goodwill and or credibility?

Depends on if speaker is qualified for the topic, establishes a charismatic reputation eliminating any possible hostility.

Critical Thinking Definition:

Focused, organized thinking about such things like logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion.

Visualization Definition:

Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation.

Purpose of a Speaker's Outline

Organize main points, and follow up with supporting material.

Strategic Organization Definition:

Putting a speech together in a particular way for a particular result to a particular audience. self explanatory really. . .

Guideline points for a preparation outline:

State purpose, identify central idea, label intro, body, and conclusion, be consistent, and label transitions, internal summaries and previews.

What would you most likely find in the conclusion?

Sum of all things, dramatic ending or attention grabber, or possible quote.

Topical Order Definition:

A method of speech organization which the MAIN POINTS DIVIDE the TOPIC into LOGICAL & CONSISTENT SUBTOPICS.

At what point in time did the study of public speaking begin?

4,500 years ago on papyrus in Egypt

Crescendo Ending Definition:

A conclusion in which the speech BUILDS to a zenith of power and intensity.

Dissolve Ending Definition:

A conclusion that generates EMOTIONAL APPEAL by FADING step by step to a DRAMATIC final statement.

Adrenaline Definition:

A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.

Problem-solution Order Definition:

A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents a solution to the problem.

Types of Outlines for Speeches:

Chronological, Spatial, Causal, Topical, and Problem-Solution.

Positive Nervousness Definition:

Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation.

Types of Conclusions:

Crescendo and Dissolve

Channel Definition:

The means by which a message is communicated.

Frame of Reference Definition:

The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have the same FofR.