COM EXAM #1

Question 0

Analogy

Answer 0

Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second.

Question 1

Abstracts

Answer 1

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author.

Question 2

Brainstorming

Answer 2

h

Question 3

Chronemics

Answer 3

h

Question 4

Communication Process - components of communication

Answer 4

1. Speaker - The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
2. Message - Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.
3. Channel - The means by which a message is communicated.
4. Listener - The person who receives the speaker’s message.
5. Frame of reference - The sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
6. Feedback - The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker.
7. Interference - Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners.
8. Situation - The time and place in which speech communication occurs.

Question 5

Connotative meaning

Answer 5

The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.

Question 6

Denotative meaning

Answer 6

The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.

Question 7

Delivery styles:

Answer 7

1. Manuscript speech - A speech that is written out word for word and read to the audience.
2. Impromptu speech - A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparations.
3. Extemporaneous speech - A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.

Question 8

Demographic Analysis

Answer 8

Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, group membership, and racial, ethnic, or cultural background.

Question 9

Dialect

Answer 9

A variety of a language distinguished by variations of accent, grammar, or vocabulary.

Question 10

listening

Answer 10

paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.

Question 11

hearing

Answer 11

the vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.

Question 12

hypothetical example

Answer 12

an example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.

Question 13

Informative Speech

Answer 13

h

Question 14

Kinesics

Answer 14

the study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication

Question 15

critical listening

Answer 15

listening to evaluate a message for purpose of accepting or rejecting it

Question 16

emphatic listening

Answer 16

listening to provide emotional support for a speaker

Question 17

comprehensive listening

Answer 17

listening to understand the message of a speaker