Public Speaking Concepts and Ethics

A specific branch of communication, conveying information to larger groups.

Assessing the information you have accumulated and using that information to solve problems and forge new patterns of understanding.

Analyze audience, select topic, determine speech purpose, compose thesis statement, develop main points, gather supporting info, separate into major parts, outline speech, consider presentation aids, practice delivery.

<p>The study of how people create and transfer information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that one's own racial or ethnic heritage is superior to all others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helps overcome nerves and reduce anxiety. Think positive thoughts! Fake it till you make it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Authenticity, Audience, Authority.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pathos describes your ability to evoke audience emotions and strategically connect these emotions with elements of your speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Logical argument.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Greek term for ethical proof, or audiences' perception of the speaker's credibility, intelligence, and motives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Evaluate if speech is ethically sound, prepare speech, honesty, telling lies, avoid name calling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presenting another person's work or ideas as your own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Global plagiarism, Patchwork Plagiarism, Incremental Plagiarism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taking an entire speech or work and passing it off as one's own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using two or more sources and passing it off as one's own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failing to give credit for a specific part of the speech either a quote or paraphrasing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Used to support a point (like quotations).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concentrating on what is said and how it is said, able to then hear the emotions and emphasis that lie behind the words that add to their meaning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hearing: a physical function; Listening: a psychological function.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Appreciative, critical, comprehensive, emphatic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Channeling our energies and efforts so that we actively concentrate on the speaker's complete message.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Topic, General purpose, Specific purpose, Thesis, Intro, Transition, Body, Conclusion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chronological, spatial, topical.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Presentation of a thoroughly prepared speech using an abbreviated set of speaking notes, often in the form of a keyword outline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conveys sincerity, comes across as more truthful, more prepared, candid, open, and trustworthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Generating potential speech topics, a large number of ideas in relation to a specific purpose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One that intends to educate the audience on a particular topic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Speaker analyzes the audience to determine the content, language usage, and listener expectations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Only being concerned with your values, interests, or goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Making assumptions about someone based on such factors as race or gender without considering the person's individuality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, group membership, ethnic/cultural/racial background.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hooks that engage the audience immediately, intellectually and emotionally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Close ended: A closed question can be answered with either a single word or a short phrase; Open ended: long answer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Objects, people, events, processes, concepts, issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Don't overestimate what the audience knows; 2. Don't be too technical; 3. Don't persuade!; 4. Relate subject to audience.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Impromptu; 2. Manuscript; 3. Memorized; 4. Extemporaneous.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Statistics; 2. Examples; 3. Testimony.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Evidence: used to support or prove that information is accurate; Quotation: refers to something written or spoken.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Not too long or short; relatable; creative; descriptive; transition into the thesis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Narrative story; 2. Quote or actual evidence; 3. Rhetorical questions; 4. Striking or shocking statement.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Practice; 2. Prepare; 3. Think positive.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers