Oral Communication Study Guide

The Five Orators

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Quintillian, and Cicero

Public speaking began in…

5-6th Century BCE

The Contemporary Scholar that devoted public speaking as a discipline and helped make it a powerful tool was…

Dr. Marie H. Nichols, Ph.d

The communication process is..

Sender (speaker), Receiver (listener), Feedback (understanding)

Two main forms of communication is…

Verbal (speaking words) and non-verbal (visual aids on the speaker)

The Three P's…

Prepare, Practice, Present.

Five barriers or distractions to public speaking (orations)…

Physical (Cars), Physiological ( Headaches), Psychological (Mental), and Social.

Hearing is passive for…

Psychological and Passive.

Listening is a(n) active part of communication, what is being applied?

Active and/or Psychological listening.

Everyone is prone too…

Stage fright.

Stage fright affects most people, almost everyone is affected by it. What is one way people can do to get rid of this fright?

Practice.

Four kinds of listening are…

Appreciation, Comprehension, Critique, and Empathy.

The ability to speak efficiently and effectively helps benefit what?

Problem solving.

Three purposes of speaking is…

Informing, Persuading, and Entertaining.

How are speeches composed?

Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.

The Four Methods of Preparing and Delivering a Speech?

Memorized, Reading from a manuscript, Extemporaneous, and Impromptu.