Public Speaking Ch 2 – Flashcards
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Daniel Webster
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Who said, "If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some inscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask to be allowed to keep the Power of Speaking, for through it, I would quickly recover all the rest."
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audience
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Always make choices in designing and delivering your speech with your ... in mind.
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audience write
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In a very real sense, your ____ ____ the speech.
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to communicate with your audience
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What is the reason you are speaking?
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(do all of these while considering the audience) 1. select and narrow topic 2. determine purpose 3. develop central idea 4. generate main ideas 5. gather supporting material 6. organize speech 7. rehearse speech 8. deliver speech
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Audience Centered Speech Model
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1. making decisions about the content and delivery of your speech before you speak 2. being aware of your audience's responses during the speech so that you can make appropriate adjustments
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Being audience centered involves two things what are they
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audience response through rhythmic "call response formulas"
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African American audiences expect the speaker to generate what
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the key focus of the content of a speech
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Define speech topic
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1. Who is my audience? 2. What are my interests, talents, and experiences? 3. what is the occasion?
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3 questions that may help you discover a topic
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overarching goal of your speech
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Define General Purpose
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to inform, to persuade, to entertain
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types of general purposes
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concise statement indication whaat you want your listeners to be able to do, remember, or feel when you finish your speech
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Define Specific Purpose
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guide; choose
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Your specific audience should __ your research and help you ___ supporting materials that are related to your audience.
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one-sentence summary of speech
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Define central idea
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columnist H.V Prochnow
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Who said, "A good many people can make a speech, but saying something is more difficult."
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key points of a speech
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Main ideas
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Roman; the development or discovery of ideas and insights
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Invention
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ancient roman Cicero
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Who called invention "finding out what a speaker should say"
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1. does the central idea have logical divisions? 2. can you think of several reasons the central idea is true? 3. can you support the central idea with a series of steps?
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3 questions to ax yoself when determining how to subdivide your central idea into key points
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statistics; visualize
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Relating ___ to something listeners can ____ makes the point more effectively.
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presentation aids
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Almost any presentation can be enhanced by reinforcing key ideas with _______.
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communicating effectively with your audience, not dazzling your listeners with glitzy presentation displays.
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Always concentrate on ______, not ______.
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if effort is organized, accomplishment follows
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A wise person once said...
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the organization and arrangement of ideas and illustrations
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disposition
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3: the introduction, the body, and the conclusion
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Every well prepared speech has _ major divisions: .....
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capture attention, serves as an overview of the speech, and provides your audience with reasons to listen to you
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The introduction helps ___ , _____, _______.
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the main content of your speech
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The body presents ...
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summarizes your key ideas
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The conclusion ...
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the introduction; body; the conclusion
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"Tell them what you're going to tell them (__ _____), tell them (___), and tell them what you told them (__ ____).
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after
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Most public speaking teachers recommend that you prepare your into and conclusion ____ you make the body.
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rehearse your speech aloud, standing just as you will when you deliver it to your audience
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The best way to practice is to
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keep them at your side
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If you are not sure what to do with your hands, just,,,,
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"Style is proper words in proper places"
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Novelist Jonathon Swift said
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words you choose and the arrangement of those words
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The blank and the blank make up the style of your speech
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Delivery
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____ is the final step in the preparation process.
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message and audience
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When you deliver your speech, focus on ____ and you _____.
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"Be sincere, be brief, and be seated."
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Advice of columnist Ann Landers
