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Midterm Flashcards

1
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Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one’s own

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Global Plagiarism

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Internal factors of communication anxiety

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  1. Anxiety sensitivity
  2. Perfectionism
  3. Audience misconceptions
  4. Dire consequences
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Elements of the speech communication process

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  1. Speaker
  2. Message
  3. Channel
  4. Listener
  5. Feedback
  6. Interference
  7. Situation
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Guidelines for ethical speaking

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  1. Make sure your goals are ethically sound
  2. Be fully prepared for each speech
  3. Be honest in what you say
  4. Avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language
  5. Put ethical principles into practice
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5
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Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people

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Incremental Plagiarism

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Ways to brainstorm for a speech topic

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  1. Personal inventory
  2. Clustering
  3. Internet search
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The board goal of a speech

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General purpose

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Tips for writing specific purpose statements

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  1. Write the purpose statement as a full infinitive phrase, not as a fragment.
  2. Express your purpose as a statement, not as a question.
  3. Avoid figurative language in your purpose statement.
  4. Limit your purpose statement to one distinct idea.
  5. make sure your specific purpose is not too vague or general.
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Guidelines for writing a central idea

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  1. Should be expressed in a full sentence
  2. Should not be in the form of a question
  3. Should avoid figurative language
  4. Should not be vague or overly general
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Audience Demographics

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  1. Age
  2. Gender
  3. Group memberships
  4. Educational level
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Factors to consider for situational audience analysis

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  1. Size
  2. physical setting
  3. time
  4. disposition toward the topic
  5. disposition toward the speaker
  6. context
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12
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The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase

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Denotative meaning

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13
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Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one’s own

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Patchwork plagiarism

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Differences between public speaking and conversation

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  1. More highly structured
  2. requires more formal language
  3. requires a different method of delivery
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Techniques to help deal with nervousness

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  1. acquire speaking experience
  2. prepare
  3. think positively
  4. use the power of visualization
  5. know that most nervousness is not visible
  6. dont expect perfection
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16
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External factors of communication anxiety

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  1. unfamiliarity

2. importance

17
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The belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures

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ethnocentrism

18
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The six c’s of language

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  1. clarity
  2. color
  3. concreteness
  4. correctness
  5. conciseness
  6. cultural sensitivity
19
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Similarities between public speaking and conversation

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  1. organizing your thoughts logically
  2. tailoring your message to your audience
  3. telling a story for maximum impact
  4. adapting to listener feedback
20
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The meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase

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connotative meaning

21
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An implicit comparison, not introduced with the word “like”or “as”, between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common

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metaphor

22
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Expresses the values, identities, or goal of a particular group or time

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cultural types

23
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Expresses a countries basic political beliefs

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ideograph

24
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The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structures

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antithesis

25
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Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words

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alliteration

26
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The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences

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parallelism

27
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Methods of delivery

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  1. reading from a manuscript
  2. reciting from memory
  3. speaking impromptu
  4. speaking extemporaneously
28
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An explicit comparison, introduced with the word “like” or “as”, between things that are essentially different yet have something in common

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simile

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