Chapter 1 Vocab

Question 1

Communication

Answer 1

Process of creating shared meaning

Question 2

Public Speaking

Answer 2

Sustained formal presentation by speaker to an audience

Question 3

Receivers

Answer 3

Participants who interpret messages sent by others

Question 4

Messages

Answer 4

Verbal utterances, visual images, and nonverbal behaviors to which meaning is attributed during communication

Question 5

Meanings

Answer 5

The interpretations participants make of the messages they send and receive

Question 6

Encoding

Answer 6

Process of putting our thoughts and feelings into words and nonverbal behaviors

Question 7

Decoding

Answer 7

Process of interpreting the verbal and nonverbal messages sent by others

Question 8

Feedback messages

Answer 8

Messages sent by receivers intended to let the sender know how receiver made sense of original message

Question 9

Channels

Answer 9

Both the route traveled by a message and means of transportation

Question 10

Interference/noise

Answer 10

Any stimulus that interferes with the process of sharing meaning

Question 11

Feedback

Answer 11

The reactions and responses to messages that indicate to the sender whether and how a message was seen, heard, and interpreted

Question 12

Intrapersonal communication

Answer 12

Communicating with yourself

Question 13

Interpersonal communication

Answer 13

Communication between two people

Question 14

Small group communication

Answer 14

Communication that occurs among approximately 3 to 10 people

Question 15

Public communication

Answer 15

Communication that occurs among more than 10 people where one message is presented to participants who function as receivers whose own messages are limited primarily to feedback

Question 16

Mass communication

Answer 16

Communication produced and transmitted via media to mass audiences

Question 17

Liberal art

Answer 17

A body of general knowledge and skills needed to participate effectively in a democratic society

Question 18

Ethics

Answer 18

Moral principles that a society, group, or individual hold that a differentiate right from wrong and good behavior from bad behavior

Question 19

Plagiarism

Answer 19

Passing off the ideas, words, or created works of a outer as one’s own by failing to credit the source

Question 20

Rhetorical situation

Answer 20

The composite of the occasion, speaker, and the audience that influences the speech that is given

Question 21

Exigences

Answer 21

Some real or perceived need that a speech might address

Ex: speech about aid for flood victims

Question 22

Speaker

Answer 22

The source or originator of the speech

Question 23

Audience

Answer 23

The specific group of people to whom your speech is directed

Question 24

Audience analysis

Answer 24

study made to learn about diverse characteristics of audience members and then, based on these characteristics, to predict how audience members are apt to listen to, understand, and be motivated to act on speech

Question 25

Occasion

Answer 25

Setting in which the speech is given

Question 26

Speech effectiveness

Answer 26

The extent to which audience members listen to, understand, remember, and are motivated to act on what a speaker has said

Question 27

Audience centered

Answer 27

Offering ideas In ways that respond to a felt need, are appropriate to the occasion, reflect careful research, make sense, and sound interesting

Question 28

Ethos

Answer 28

Everything you say and do to convey competence and good character

Question 29

Pathos

Answer 29

Everything you say and do to appeal to emotions

Question 30

Logos

Answer 30

Everything you say and do to appeal to logic and sound reasoning

Question 31

Macrostructure

Answer 31

The overall framework you use to organize your speech

Question 32

Microstructure

Answer 32

The specific language and style choices you use to frame your ideas and verbalized them to your audience

Question 33

Rhetorical devices

Answer 33

Language techniques designed to create audience attention, hold interest, and aid memory

Question 34

Delivery

Answer 34

How you use your voice and body to present your message

Question 35

5 principles of ethical listening

Answer 35

1. Are honest
2. Have integrity
3. Are fair
4. Demonstrate respect for others
5. Are responsible