Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Intrapersonal Communication

Answer 1

Communicating with yourself through your thoughts

Question 2

Audience Analysis

Answer 2

Learning about the diverse characteristics of the people who make up the audience

Question 3

Speech-planning process

Answer 3

System you use to prepare a speech

Question 4

Impersonal Communication

Answer 4

Communication between people about general information, such as saying “hi” to someone in the hallway

Question 5

Speech-making process

Answer 5

Process of giving a speech to the audience

Question 6

Speaking expressively

Answer 6

Using various vocal techniques so you sound a bit more dramatic than you would in casual conversation

Question 7

Rhetorical devices

Answer 7

Language techniques that create and hold audience attention and help audience members remember what you said in your speech

Question 8

Empower

Answer 8

To make more confident and assertive

Question 9

Interpersonal Communication

Answer 9

Communication between two people who have a relationship with each other

Question 10

Plagiarism

Answer 10

Stealing and passing off the ideas, words, or created works of someone else as your own

Question 11

Ethics

Answer 11

A set of moral principles that a society, group or individual holds that distinguish right from wrong and good behavior from bad behavior

Question 12

Nonverbal Communication

Answer 12

The way you stand when giving a speech and the way you use your eyes, face and hands

Question 13

Public Speaking

Answer 13

A formal presentation made by a speaker to an audience

Question 14

Listening

Answer 14

Receiving spoken communication from another person and making an effort to hear and understand what the person is saying

Question 15

Attention span

Answer 15

Length of time you can concentrate and listen effectively

Question 16

Monotone

Answer 16

An unchanging tone without rise or fall in the speaker’s voice

Question 17

Critical listening

Answer 17

Evaluate what the speaker is saying and decide on the value of the message

Question 18

Understanding

Answer 18

The ability to assign accurate meaning to what was said

Question 19

Remembering

Answer 19

Being able to recall and retain the information you heard

Question 20

Active listening

Answer 20

Includes identifying how ideas are organized, asking questions, silently paraphrasing, watching nonverbal clues and taking notes

Question 21

Paraphrase

Answer 21

Restating the speakers meaning in your own words

Question 22

Research

Answer 22

Investigating a subject to learn the facts about it

Question 23

Credentials

Answer 23

Your experience or education that qualify you to speak with authority on a specific subject

Question 24

Primary source

Answer 24

First-hand accounts that you conduct or those written by people who were part of the original event or research

Question 25

Follow-up question

Answer 25

A question you ask during an interview that results from the answers to your primary questions