Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

Intrapersonal Communication Definition

Answer 1

Communicating with yourself through your own 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

The system you use to prepare for a speech.

Question 4

Impersonal Communication

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Speech-Making Process

Answer 5

Process of giving a speech to the audience.

Question 6

Speaking Expressively

Answer 6

Use 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 creating 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 rising or falling 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 speaker’s 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 qualifies 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.

Question 26

Open Question

Answer 26

Broad-based questions that ask the interviewee to provide perspective, ideas, information, values, goals, or opinions.

Question 27

Closed Question

Answer 27

Narrowly focused questions that require only brief answers such as yes or no.

Question 28

Neutral Question

Answer 28

Questions are asked in a way that does not direct a person’s answer.

Question 29

Leading Question

Answer 29

Questions are asked in a way that suggests you have a preferred answer.

Question 30

Critical Analysis

Answer 30

The process of evaluating what you have heard to determine a speech’s completeness.

Question 31

Credibility

Answer 31

A speaker’s ability to inspire trust and belief.

Question 32

Critique

Answer 32

A formal assessment of a speech requires you to analyze and evaluate a speech’s effectiveness according to how well the speaker meets specific key criteria.

Question 33

Constructive Critique

Answer 33

An analysis of a speech that evaluates how well a speaker meets a specific speaking goal while following the rules for good speaking and recommends how the speech might be improved.

Question 34

Speech Plan

Answer 34

A strategy for achieving your speech goals.

Question 35

Speech Goal

Answer 35

A statement of what you want your audience to know, believe, or do.

Question 36

Audience Adaptation

Answer 36

Process of writing your speech to meet the needs and interests of the listeners.

Question 37

Demographics

Answer 37

Characteristics of a group of people.

Question 38

Outline

Answer 38

A plan of main points and supporting detail that you want to cover in your speech.

Question 39

Chronological Order

Answer 39

A method of arranging things in relation to when they happen in time.

Question 40

Topical Order

Answer 40

A method of arranging information by subjects, facts, or points.

Question 41

Visual Aid

Answer 41

An object, picture, photo, chart, or other images that the audience can see.

Question 42

Eye Contact

Answer 42

A form of nonverbal communication that occurs when two people look at one another for a few seconds.

Question 43

Animated Delivery

Answer 43

A lively, energetic, enthusiastic, and dynamic delivery.

Question 44

Speak Clearly

Answer 44

Speaking so the audience can make out what you are saying.

Question 45

Pitch

Answer 45

How high or low is the sound of your voice is.

Question 46

Quality Of Voice

Answer 46

The tone that distinguishes your voice from everyone else’s.

Question 47

Accent

Answer 47

The speech habits of people from a specific country, region of a country, or even a state or city.

Question 48

Articulation

Answer 48

The way you use your mouth and lips to form words.

Question 49

Vocal Expressiveness

Answer 49

The variety you create in your voice through changing pitch, volume, and rate; the expressing of certain words; and using pauses.

Question 50

Stress

Answer 50

To emphasize certain words by speaking them more loudly than they rest of the sentence

Question 51

Pause

Answer 51

A moment of silence enhances the meaning of an idea.

Question 52

Gestures

Answer 52

How you move your hands, arms, and fingers.

Question 53

Movement

Answer 53

Changing the position of your entire body.

Question 54

Sender

Answer 54

The sender begins the communication process.

Question 55

Message

Answer 55

The message may be in words (written or spoken), pictures, or even video.

Question 56

Receiver

Answer 56

The receiver physically receives the message and then translates/decodes the message.

Question 57

Feedback

Answer 57

The feedback is the receiver's response to the sender and concludes the communication process.