Chapter 13 Flashcards
Audience Involvement
Level of commitment and attention that listeners devote to a speech.
Audience Participation
Listener activity during speech; technique to increase audience involvement.
Bar Chart
Visual aid that compares two or more values by showing them as elongated horizontal rectangles.
Column Chart
Visual aid that compares two or more values by showing them as elongated vertical rectangles.
Description
Type of speech that uses details to create a word picture of the essential factors that make that thing what it is.
Diagram
A line drawing that shows the more important components of an object.
Explanations
Speeches or presentations that clarify ideas and concepts already known but not understood by an audience.
Information Anxiety
Psychological stress that occurs when dealing with too much information.
Information Hunger
Audience desire, created by a speaker, to learn information.
Information Overload
Decline in efficiency that occurs when the rate of complexity of material is too great to manage.
Informative Purpose Statement
A complete of the objective of a speech, worded to stress audience knowledge and/or ability.
Instructions
Remarks that teach something to an audience in a logical, step-by-step manner.
Knowledge
Understanding acquired by making sense of the raw material of information.
Line Chart
Visual aid consisting of a grid that maps out the direction of a trend by plotting a series of points.
Model
Replica of an object being discussed. Usually used when it would be difficult or impossible to use the actual object.
