Chapter 11 Flashcards

1
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A state in which you, the audience, and the occasion overlap

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Rhetorical situation

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2
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The reason the speech needs to be given

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Exigence

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3
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The study of the intended audience for your speech

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Audience analysis

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4
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The process of tailoring your speech to the needs, interests, and expectations of your audiences

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Audience adaptation

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5
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Explains the processes we go through to get to know strangers

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Uncertainty reduction theory

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6
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A broad area of knowledge

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Subject

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7
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Some specific aspect of a subject

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Topic

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8
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An uncritical, non-evaluative process of generating associated ideas

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Brainstorming

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9
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A visual means of exploring connections between a subject and related ideas

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Concept mapping

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10
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An examination of people to gather information about their ideas and opinions

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Survey

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11
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Ignoring the values, needs, interests, and subject specific knowledge of some audience members

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Marginalizing

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12
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Assuming all members of a group have similar knowledge levels, behaviors, or beliefs simply because they belong to that group

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Stereotyping

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13
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The range of demographic characteristics and subject specific differences represented in an audience

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Audience diversity

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14
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The expected purpose and setting for the speech

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Occasion

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15
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The overall intent of the speech

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General goal

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16
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A single statement of the exact response the speaker wants from the audience

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Specific speech goal

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17
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The process of locating information about your topic that has been discovered by other people

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Secondary research

18
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The process of conducting your own study in the real world

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Primary research

19
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Your experiences or education that qualifies you to speak with authority on a subject

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Credentials

20
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Magazines and journals that appear at regular intervals

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Periodicals

21
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Rapidly viewing a work to determine what is covered and how

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Skimming

22
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A short paragraph summarizing the research findings

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Abstract

23
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Report factual information that can be counted on to be true

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Valid sources

24
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Present unbiased information that includes a balanced discussion of controversial ideas

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Accurate sources

25
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Those sources with a history of presenting accurate information

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Reliable sources

26
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A research method focused on careful observations of people or groups of people while immersed in their community

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Fieldwork observations

27
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A planned, structured conversation where one person asks questions and another answers them

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Interview

28
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An educated guess about a cause and effect relationship between two or more things

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Hypothesis

29
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Statements that can be verified

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Factual statements

30
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Numerical facts

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Statistics

31
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Specific instances that illustrate or explain a general factual statement

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Examples

32
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Interpretations and judgments made by authorities in a particular subject area

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Expert opinions

33
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A person who has mastered a specific subject, usually through long-term study

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Expert

34
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Brief, often amusing stories

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Anecdotes

35
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Accounts, personal experiences, tales, or lengthier stories

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Narratives

36
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Illuminate a point by showing similarities

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Comparisons

37
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Highlight differences

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Contrasts

38
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The unethical act of representing a published authors work as your own

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Plagiarism

39
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A preliminary record of the relevant sources you find as you conduct your research

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Annotated bibliography

40
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Individual cards or facsimiles that record one piece of relevant information for your speech

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Research cards

41
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References to an original source, made at the point in the speech where information from that source is presented

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Oral footnote