Exam 2 Ch. 11-14

Question 1

An organizational pattern for a public speech in which the topic is organized into its subtopics or component parts.

Answer 1

topical pattern

Question 2

a culture that emphasizes the group’s rather than the individual’s goals

Answer 2

collectivist culture

Question 3

the main assertion of a message

Answer 3

thesis

Question 4

an organizational pattern in which a speaker arranges the information in a discourse to motivate an audience to respond positively to the speaker’s purpose

Answer 4

motivated sequence

Question 5

the science of reasoning

Answer 5

logical support

Question 6

the process of claiming authorship for the work of another and can apply to ideas as well as specific words

Answer 6

plagiarism

Question 7

an information you want to communicate or the attitude or behavior you want to change

Answer 7

specific purpose

Question 8

a speech delivered without preparation

Answer 8

impromptu speech

Question 9

a statement that summarizes what you have already discussed in the speech, usually some major subdivision of your speech

Answer 9

internal summary

Question 10

a speech that is thoroughly prepared and organized in detail and in whichcertain aspects of style are predetermined

Answer 10

extemporaneous speech

Question 11

style of spoken discourse that consists of shorter, simpler, and more familiar words.

Answer 11

oral style

Question 12

words or statements that connect what was said to what will be said

Answer 12

transitions

Question 13

a question that you ask without expecting an answer

Answer 13

rhetorical question

Question 14

expressions that are unique to a specific language and whose meaning cannot be deduced from the individual words used

Answer 14

idiom

Question 15

the physiological movements of the speech organs as they modify and interrupt the air stream emitted from the lungs

Answer 15

articulation

Question 16

a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared using words, like or as

Answer 16

simile

Question 17

a speech devoted to describing an object or person

Answer 17

Speech of description

Question 18

a type of definition in which the steps to construct the object are identified

Answer 18

Operational definition

Question 19

a speech devoted to showing how to do something or how something operates

Answer 19

speech of demonstration

Question 20

a relative brief specific instance

Answer 20

example

Question 21

the historical or linguistic development of a word or phrase and often a useful way to help define a word

Answer 21

etymology

Question 22

a form of supporting material consisting of an expert’s opinions or witnesses’ accounts and may add an authoritative tone to your arguments

Answer 22

testimony

Question 23

a message that repeats an idea in different words

Answer 23

restatement

Question 24

a long example presented in the form of an anecdote, short story, or report

Answer 24

narrative

Question 25

a relatively long and detailed example

Answer 25

illustration

Question 26

a predisposition to resond for or against an object, person, or position

Answer 26

Attitude

Question 27

the believability of a speaker

Answer 27

credibility

Question 28

the tendency of listeners to actively seek out information that supports their existing opinions, beliefs, attitudes, and values

Answer 28

selective exposure

Question 29

confidence in the existence or truth of something

Answer 29

belief

Question 30

questions concerned with values

Answer 30

question of value

Question 31

the realization or fulfillment of one’s talents and potentialities

Answer 31

self-actualization

Question 32

one of the abilities of credibility; the individual’s dynamism or forcefulness

Answer 32

Charisma

Question 33

questions concerning what should be or should not be done

Answer 33

questions of policy

Question 34

questions concerned with what is or not true

Answer 34

questions of fact