Oral Communications Final

Efficacy

The audience’s conviction that they have the ability to act on information

Values

The audience’s understanding of morality

True or False: Listening does not require mental processing

False

Exposition

Provides listeners with background information about the story

Best way to reduce speech apprehension

Practice

Rhetorical situations

Perform, Inform, Persuade

Organizational patterns

Chronological, Spacial, Topical

What distinguishes a persuasive speech from an informative speech?

Persuasive speeches have a call to action

A cause of groupthink

Choosing members for a group that act and think in familiar ways

Significant distinct sections typical in academic articles

Research

True or False: Do you only have to site your source if you are using a direct quote

False

What organizational pattern is recommended for persuasive speeches?

Problem-solution

What is the primary purpose of a thesis statement?

Summarizes the central purpose of the speech

Describe a full-sentence outline

An outline written in complete sentences, including what you actually plan to say

A primary function of a demonstrative information speech?

Guide the audience of the process

The primary function of an elaborative informative speech

Complicate a subject originally thought to be simple

Relevancy

The importance and/or novelty of information

Useful strategy for evaluating the research related to your topic

Read the literature review and reference list

True or False: Peer-reviewed academic journals are the only source for credible information

False

True or False: PowerPoint and other digital slide programs are the only visual aid you can use in a speech

False

The 5/5/5 rule

No more than 5 words per line, no more than 5 lines of text per slide

When using an actual item as a presentational aid, what makes it the most effective?

The item has immediate applicability to the presentation and is safe to handle

A key consideration when using replicas as a presentational aid

You should check for safety with the venue if the item might be mistaken as real

True or False: Visual aids always improve a speech

False

Denotative

The most widely used, literal, or dictionary definition of a word

Connotative

The association or secondary meanings of a word

Burke’s conception of a terministic screen

How the language we use shapes our perception

Public vocabulary

A term so commonly used on a subject that people use them without even considering alternatives

Ethos

An appeal using the speaker’s credibility

Pathos

An appeal using emotion

Logos

An appeal to using logic

Toulmin’s definition of a warrant

How does your evidence support the statement you are making

Synchronous speaking events

Scheduled and occur in real-time

Asynchronous communication events

Recorded and watched on your own time

The “Rule of Thirds”

Positioning key elements, such as a person’s eyes, along 3×3 grid

The 4 steps of the SIFT method

Stop, Investigate the source, Find trusted coverage, and Trace the original

True or False: Chronical organization is using time as your main organizational principle

True

Echo Chamber

A closed environment excluding opposing information, reinforcing shared beliefs

The purpose of a credibility statement

Explains why you as the speaker are a reliable source

Freytag’s Pyramid order

Exposition, Rising action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution

What is NOT a rhetorical purpose of informative speaking?

To persuade

The rate of presentation refers to…

How quickly or slowly you speak

Spatial organization

Using location as the main organizational principle

True or False: Presentational outlines need to be grammatically perfect

False

What type of statement is the following: “My presentation today will describe what
meditation is, how it affects the brain, and some simple meditation practices that
anyone can use to improve their lives in a variety of ways.”

Preview Statement

What type of statement helps answer “Why should my audience care about this
topic”?

Relevance statement

True or False: Charts are a more effective visual aid than photos when you want to elicit an emotional response from your audience

False

True or False: Your presentational aid should have a purpose

True

True or False: All communication is inherently strategic

True

True or False: Informative speeches push an agenda or certain ideas to the audience

False

True or False: All textbooks are a reliable source

False

True or False: Individualistic cultures put higher emphasis on the individual and prioritize responsibilities to family, friends, or community

True

What can lead to groupthink

Group members think and act similar to one another

Public speaking is…

A learnable skill

What is not an example of a source?

Yourself

What is an example of a testimony/interview?

A former WWII veteran recalling the events of D-Day

What is an academic database?

Collection of scholarly writings on a particular subject

Thesis Statement

What tells your audience where the presentation is going

What is a strong way to alert that a presentation is coming to a close

Repeating your thesis

Why citing your sources is important

Increases your credibilitty

Topical Organization

Organizing by categories