Speech Final Review Flashcards
Message
What you say
Denotative meaning
Dictionary meaning of a word
Connotative meaning
Emotional or personal response to a word
External barriers
Situations in the environment that keep listeners from paying attention to the speaker
Interpersonal communication
Type of communication in which people (usually 2) share meanings in order to build & maintain relationships
Listener barriers
Personal attitudes or behaviors that interfere with listening
Communication acts
Major reasons for communicating which include sharing info, discussing feelings, persuading, following social rituals, and using imagination
Social rituals
Rules for interaction in a culture or society
Self-concept
Ones picture of oneself formed from personal beliefs or attitudes
Self-esteem
Ones opinion of oneself based on personal self-concept
Empathy
Ability to put oneself in another person’s place to understand what that person is feeling
Stereotype
People in a group treated as if they possess only the characteristics of that group
Speech to inform
Speech in which the speakers purpose is to increase the knowledge of the listeners
Speech to persuade
Speech in which the authors purpose is to convince the listeners to hold a certain belief or act in a certain way
Plagiarism
Representing the words/ideas of others as your own
Johari Window
A 4-part box diagram representing the awareness people have of themselves and others
Glittering generality
Type of faulty reasoning involving vague statements that are not supported with specific information or linked to the main point
Faulty reasoning
Incorrect or false reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Using many specific pieces of information to reach a general conclusion
Deductive reasoning
Using a general idea to reach conclusions about very specific instances
Proposition
Statement of a problem, worded so there are clearly 2 sides of an argument
Affirmative
In debate, the side that argues in favor of an issue or change
Negative
In debate, the side that argues against an idea or change
Proposition of fact
Statement that says something is good or. Ad, right or wrong, useful or useless
Proposition of value
Statement that says something should or should not be done
Dramatic speaker
Voice that is heard telling the story or poem during a reading. Often the dramatic speaker is one of the main characters in the literary material
Oral history
Story that is passed down through generations without being written
Oral interpretation
Reading literature aloud to communicate meaning to an audience
