🎤 SPEECH CLASS FLASHCARDS

  • Delivery Techniques: Methods used to enhance speech presentation, including vocal variety, body language, and eye contact.


🟡 SOURCES & WORKS CITED

Q: What is a source?
A: A place where you get reliable information (website, book, person).


Q: How many sources must you verbally cite?
A: At least 2 sources.


Q: What phrase is commonly used before citing a source?
A: “According to…”


Q: If you cite a source in your speech but not on Works Cited, what is it?
A: Plagiarism


Q: What format is required for Works Cited?
A: MLA format


Q: Name 3 MLA rules
A: No bold, no underline, double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman, alphabetized


Q: How should dates be written in MLA?
A: Day Month Year (6 Sept. 2025)



🔵 SUPPORTING IDEAS

Q: What are supporting materials?
A: Materials that make ideas clear or persuasive


Q: What does verbatim mean?
A: Word-for-word quoting


Q: What is paraphrasing?
A: Restating in your own words without changing meaning


Q: Changing the meaning while paraphrasing is called?
A: Plagiarism


Q: When should you use verbatim?
A: When it’s powerful OR controversial


Q: What is an example?
A: A real situation used to support a point


Q: What is a hypothetical example?
A: A made-up scenario to illustrate a point



🟣 AUDIENCE ANALYSIS

Q: What is audience analysis?
A: Collecting info about audience characteristics, values, and attitudes


Q: When do you do audience analysis?
A: BEFORE writing your speech


Q: What are demographics?
A: Basic facts (age, gender, education)


Q: What are psychographics?
A: Beliefs, values, opinions


Q: Give 1 psychographic question
A: “Do they agree with my topic?”


Q: What is a contiguous audience?
A: In-person audience


Q: What is a media audience?
A: Audience through TV/internet


Q: What is common ground?
A: Shared connection between speaker and audience



🔴 LISTENING

Q: What is hearing?
A: Passive process of sound entering ears


Q: What is listening?
A: Active process of understanding and responding


Q: What does “other-oriented” mean?
A: Focusing on others, not yourself


Q: Give 2 examples of responding
A: Eye contact, nodding, posture, asking questions


Q: What is an external barrier?
A: Noise, overload, complexity


Q: What is an internal barrier?
A: Preoccupation, prejudgment, lack of effort


Q: What is pseudo listening?
A: Pretending to listen


Q: What is monopolizing?
A: Making conversation about yourself


Q: Name 1 monopolizing behavior
A: Interrupting or rerouting conversation