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According to your book, the most central element in all aspects of preparing your speech is ________.

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Considering the audience

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Recency Effect

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recalling a list of items in order

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Yolanda was looking forward to giving her informative speech because she liked her topic--her hometown. However, when she gave the speech the audience seemed disinterested; she couldn't understand why she got such negative audience feedback. Given this information about the situation, what was Yolanda's mistake?

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She was speaker-centered rather than audience-centered in her topic selection.

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Audience-centered

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someone who considers and adapts to the audience at every stage of the presentational speaking process

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Grace knew her speech--backward and forward. She rehearsed it over and over again, timing it to make sure she didn't run over the time limit. When she actually delivered the speech, she found herself much less nervous and much more confident than she expected to be. Which guideline for developing confidence provided in your text applies here?

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Be prepared

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Rey presented an informative speech on earthquakes. He described the structural causes of earthquakes, how they develop, which areas of the earth are prone to quakes, how quakes are measured, the damage they do, and what to do when one hits. The speech became dry, the audience's attention declined, and Rey's speech exceeded the time limit by three minutes. From this description, what was Rey's mistake?

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Failing to narrow his topic

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What the listeners should know or be able to do at the end of your speech is the

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Specific purpose

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Satoshi gave a speech explaining three types of Japanese writing. Satoshi's general purpose was to ________ his audience.

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inform

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Tiffany presented an informative speech on the cognitive theory of stimulation. What type of informative speech was this?

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A speech about an idea

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Cullen is preparing a speech about his visit to the Empire State Building. The type of informative speech he is preparing is a presentation about_______.

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an object

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Masayuki gave a speech on ways the high context values are reflected in the Japanese culture. His three main points were the language, the gift-giving customs, and the visual arts. Which pattern did he use to organize his speech?

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Topical

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Topical organization

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Organizing by logical division

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spatial

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organizing according to location, position or direction

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cause/effect

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organizing by discussing a situation and its cause and effect

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Problem and solution

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organizing by discussing a problem and then various solutions

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Chronologically

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Organizing by time or sequence

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Comedians generally speak to get members of their audience to smile, laugh, and generally enjoy themselves. The general purpose of this type of presentation would be to

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Entertain

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What type of organizational pattern is reflected in these main points? I. As a young child, J.R.R. Tolkien and his young cousins invented a language called Nebosh. II. As a college student, J.R.R. Tolkien invented several languages influenced by Welsh and Finnish. III. By the time he published the works of fiction for which he is famous, J.R.R. Tolkien had invented a number of Elvish languages.

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chronological

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If you want to inform an audience about three equally "risky" behaviors related to contracting HIV, which organizational pattern would work best?

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topical

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Janine organized her three statistics on organ transplants according to their significance. She saved her "clincher" point about how easy it is to indicate your willingness to donate by signing the back of your driver's license for the last point before her conclusion. What organizational principle did Janine demonstrate in this speech?

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Recency Effect

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Stephen was planning a speech on the environmental impact of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. He planned to organize his speech by starting at the area immediately around the cone, move to a discussion of the areas directly east of the mountain, then move counterclockwise to the north and west of the mountain. What type of organizational pattern was he using?

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Spatial

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What is communication apprehension

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real or perceived fear or anxiety related to public speaking

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What are symptoms Communication App

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Rapid Heartbeat

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How can i manage Comm App

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Be Prepared Know How to Develop a Presentation Focus on Your Audience Focus on Your Message Mental Pep Talk Public Speaking Experience

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What is audience-centered speaking

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when a speaker adapts to the audience at every stage of the presentational speaking process.

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What is the Presentational SpeakingProcess?

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Select and narrow topic Identify your purpose Develop central idea & initial preview Generate main ideas Gather supporting material Organize presentation Rehearse presentation Deliver presentation

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What must you do to narrow a topic

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consider the audience, occasionm and personal interest and experiences.

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General purpose

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Inform, persuade, and or entertain

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Specific Purpose

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A concise statement of what listeners should understand, believe, feel, or be able to do by the time the speaker finishes the presentation. " At the end of my presentation, the audience will...." NOT INCLUDED

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Central Idea

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Thesis statement. The three points.

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Accountability

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who is responsible for the website

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Accuracy

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is the information correct

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Objectivity

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is the website free of bias

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Date

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is the site current

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Usability

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Do the layout and design of the website facilitate its use

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Diversity

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Is the site inclusive (Free of bias)

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reference resources

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encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs and book of quotations

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periodicals

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Bibliographical data for articles published in a group of magazines or journals

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illustation

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A story or anecdote that provides an example of an idea, issue, or problem the speaker is discussing

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descriptions

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a word picture

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explanation

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a statement that makes clear how something is done or why its exists in its present or past form

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definition

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a statement of what something means

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analogy

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a comparison between two things that demonstrates how something is unfamiliar is similar to something the audience already understands

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statistics

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numerical data that summarizes examples

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Informative speaking

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To share information with others to enhance their knowledge or understanding of the information concepts, and ideas that present

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Presentations about people

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Build a particular point that relates to the key elements in the person's career, personality

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Presentation about events

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describe the event in concrete, tangible terms, bringing the experience to life for your audience

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Presentation about ideas

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Freedom of speech Evolution Animal rights

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Simplify ideas

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Discuss only major features and name one or two leaders in the field

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Pace your information

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Arrange material so that it is equal

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Relate new information to old:

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Associate your information with something that is new

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Strategies for making your presentation interesting

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-Use pictures, Humor,

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Make your speech memorable

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Build Redundancy Reinforce key ideas verbally ; nonverbally

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Yolanda was looking forward to giving her informative speech because she liked her topic--her hometown. However, when she gave the speech the audience seemed disinterested; she couldn't understand why she got such negative audience feedback. Given this information about the situation, what was Yolanda's mistake?

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She was speaker-centered rather than audience-centered in her topic selection.

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specifity

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organizing a topic from specific info to general

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recency

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arranging ideas form lesast important to most or from weakest to strongest

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primacy

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arranging from most important to least important

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complexity

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from simple to more complex

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chronological organization

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by time or sequence

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soft evidence

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illustration, description, explanation definitions, analogies, and opinions

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hard evidence

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statistic

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preview statement

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A statement of what is to come

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initial preview

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First statement of the main ideas of a presentation usually presented with or near the central idea

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internal preview

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a preview within the speech that introduces ideas still to come

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transition

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a word phrase or nonverbal cue that indicates movement from one idea to the next or the relation between ideas

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verbal transition

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a word or phrase that indicates the relationship between two ideas

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summary

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a recap of what has been said

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internal summary

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a recap within the presentation of what has even said so far

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final summary

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a recap of all the main points of a presentation,, usually occurring just before or during the conclusion

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What should your introduction do

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Get your audience attention, introduce your topic, give your audience a reason to list establish your credibility, state your central ideas, preview your main ideas

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what should your conclusion do

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summarize your presentation reemphasize your central idea in a memorable way, motivate your audience to respond, provide closure

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What is manuscript speaking

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reading a presentation from written text

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memorized speaking

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delivering a presentation word for word from memory without using notes

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what impromptu speaking

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delivering a presentation without advanced preparation

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extemporaneous speaking

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speaking from a written or memorized outline without having memorized the exact wording of the presentation

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specific word

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word that refers to an inducible member of a general class

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concrete word

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a word that refers to an object or describes an action or characteristic in the most specific way possible

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unbiased word

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a word that does not stereotype discriminate against, or insult either gender or any racial, cultural or religious group

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vivid word

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a colorful word

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figurative language

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metaphors, similies, personification:

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metaphors

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implied comparisons

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smilies

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like or as

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personification

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human qualities for nonhuman

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drama

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a characteristic of a speech created when something something is phrased in a way that differs from the way the way the audience expects

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omission

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leaving out a word or phrase the audience expects to hear

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inversion

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reversing the normal word order of a phrase or sentence

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suspension

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with holding a key word or phrase until the end of a suspension

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cadence

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the rhythm of language

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parallelism

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using the same grammatical structure for two or more clauses or sentences

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What Physical delivery

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gestures, movement, posture, volume, vocal delivery, pitch, rate, articulation

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persuasion

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the process of attempting to change or reinforce a listeners attitude, beliefs, values, or behavior

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coerision

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the use of force to get another person to think or behave as you wish

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dissonance

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hearing something that doest sound right to you

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Hierarchy of needs

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classic theory that humans have five levels of needs and that lower-level needs must be met before people can be concerned about higher level needs

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fear appeals

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scaring to persuade people.

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ELM elaboration likelihood model

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a contemporary theory that people can be persuaded both directly and indirectly

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attitude

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a a learned behavior to respond favorably or unfavorable to something; a like or dislike

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belief;

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a sense of what is true or false

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value

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an endurig conception of right or wrong, or good or bad

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proposition of fact

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a claim that something is wrong or right

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proposition of value

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a claim that calls to judge the worth of something

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proposition of policy

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a claim that is advocating a specific action, behavior, policy to be changed

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ethos

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credibility

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competence

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credibility that says whether a speaker is informative, skilled or knowledgeable

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dynamism

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credibility that reflects whether the speaker is entergetic

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inductive reasoning

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using specific instances to reach a conclusion

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deductive reasoning

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general statement to specific conclusion

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casual reasoning

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relating events saying they caused others

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Grace knew her speech--backward and forward. She rehearsed it over and over again, timing it to make sure she didn't run over the time limit. When she actually delivered the speech, she found herself much less nervous and much more confident than she expected to be. Which guideline for developing confidence provided in your text applies here?

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Be prepared

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Yolanda was looking forward to giving her informative speech because she liked her topic--her hometown. However, when she gave the speech the audience seemed disinterested; she couldn't understand why she got such negative audience feedback. Given this information about the situation, what was Yolanda's mistake?

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She was speaker-centered rather than audience-centered in her topic selection.

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