The Basics of Public Speaking

Question 1

Public Speaking

Answer 1

An organized, face-to-face, prepared, intentional (purposeful) attempt to inform, entertain, or persuade a group of people through words, physical delivery, or audio aids

Question 2

Glossophobia

Answer 2

A severe fear of public speaking

Question 3

Communication

Answer 3

Sharing meaning between two or more people

Question 4

Culture

Answer 4

the system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another

Question 5

Noise

Answer 5

anything that disrupts, interrupts, or interferes with the communication process

Question 6

Contextual Noise

Answer 6

something in the room or physical environment keeps them from attending to or understanding a message

Question 7

Physical Noise

Answer 7

the receiver(s)’ health affects their understanding of the message, or the sender’s physical state affects her ability to be clear and have good delivery.

Question 8

Psychological Noise

Answer 8

the receiver(s) or sender(s) mental state prevents the audience from receiving an intended message

Question 9

Semantic Noise

Answer 9

the meanings the audience attaches to words, phrases, graphics, and other symbols are different from that intended by the speaker.

Question 10

Feedback

Answer 10

How the audience responds

Question 11

Encode

Answer 11

the process of the sender putting his/her thoughts and feelings into words or other symbols

Question 12

Decode

Answer 12

the process of the listener or receiver understanding the words and symbols of a message and making meaning of them

Question 13

Symbol

Answer 13

a word, icon, picture, object, or number that is used to stand for or represent a

Question 14

Denotative

Answer 14

the objective or literal meaning shared by most people using the word

Question 15

Connotative

Answer 15

the subjective or personal meaning the word evokes in people together or individually