midterm Flashcards

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Canons of Rhetoric

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a classical approach to speechmaking in which the speaker divides a speech into five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.

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3 major parts of speech

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intro, body, conclusion

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3
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thesis statement purpose

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the central idea of the speech, lays out what speech is about.

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4
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Supporting Material examples

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book, news article, journal

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Supporting material purpose

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illustrates and elaborates upon your ideas and provides evidence for your articles.

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Main points

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express the key ideas or arguments of the speech

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7
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Restriction on main point are..

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only introduce one idea at a time

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8
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supporting points

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organize the evidence you have gathered to explain or justify

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9
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coordinate points

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given equal weight

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10
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subordinate points

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comes from coordinate. below the more important ones

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11
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transitions

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words or phrases that tie speech ideas together

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12
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speech aniexty

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nervous bc of the fear of unknown, lack of control, self talk

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reasons for anxiousness

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lack of positive experience, feeling different, illusion of transparency, imposter syndrome.

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14
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imposter syndrome

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a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success.

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15
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4 categories of human communication

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mass, dyadic, small group, public

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16
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Communication Process

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source, encoding, message, channel, receiver, decoding, feedback, noise, shared meaning, context

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Chronologically

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follows a natural sequence, best for topics that describe a timeline

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problem solution

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demonstrates nature and significance of a problem and provides justification

19
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Presentation Aids

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will help audience understand your points. visuals or audios

20
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why study public speaking

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gain real life skills to greater confidence
advance professional goals
gain oral communication skills employers value

21
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conversation skills

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planning and delivering a speech. instinctive adjustments to your audience, topic, and occasion.

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composition skills

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writing a speech. offering credible evidence, researching topics. Having an intro, thesis, ideas, and conclusion

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audience analysis

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a process of learning about your listeners relative to the speech topic and occasion

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general speech purposes

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to inform, to persuade, or to mark a special occasion