Final Flashcards
Central Idea
One sentence statement that sums up the major idea of speech
Specific purpose
A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech
What is the purpose of knowing the demographics of the audience?
Can help you find important clues about your audience to know them
What three criteria are most important in assessing the soundness of documents?
Authorship
Sponsorship
Recency
What are the guidelines for using statistics in a speech?
Quantify ideas Use it sparingly Indentify sources Explain If complicated round off Use visual aids to clarify
5 ways to organize a speech?
Topical Spatial Causal Problem-Solution Chronological
What does spatial organization entail?
Main points follow a directional pattern
Why is it so important to maintain eye contact during a speech?
The speaker would look more impressive when they are looking at the audience while talking
What are vocalized pauses?
When a speaker fills the silence between words w vocalizations such as “UH”
Comprehensive listening
Listening to understand the message of a speaker
Critical listening
Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it
Global plagiarism
Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one’s own
Patchwork plagiarism
Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one’s own
Incremental plagiarism
Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people
What are the guidelines for ethical speechmaking?
Make sure goals are ethically sound Be fully prepared for each speech Be honey in what you say Avoid NAME calling Put ethical principles into practice
What does it mean to be an ethical listener?
Be courteous and attentive
Avoid prejudging the speaker
Maintain the free and open expression of ideas
Persuasive speeches address one of three questions, what are they?
Question of fact
Question of value
Question of policy
What are 5 steps of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence?
Attention Need Satisfaction Visualization Action
When determining a Question of Policy, what three issues do you need to give attention to?
Need
Plan
Practicality
What is a common mistake students make when developing their first speech?
Trying to cover too much material
What are two types of General Purpose in a speech?
To persuade
To inform
What are 4 objectives of a speech introduction?
Get attention
Reveal topic
Establish credibility and goodwill
Preview the body of the speech
What is a fixed alternative question?
Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives
What does it mean to reason analogically?
A speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second
Bandwagon fallacy
Assumes that because something is popular, it is therefore the better one
Hominem fallacy
Attacks the person rather than dealing w the real issue in dispute
What are the guidelines for writing main points?
Keep main points separate
Use same pattern of wording for main points
Balance the amount of time devoted to main points
