COMM 1000 Review

what is a proper supporting material in a speech?

speaking that encourages others to listen & listening that encourages others to speak

information that isn't common knowledge but is fascinating; cool facts, statistics, or stories

distinctive ideas, cultures, social behaviors, or way of life of a society, people, or period

context in which the communication process takes place

medium through which a message is transmitted from source to reciever

taking an abstract idea and giving it meaning through symbols, examples, or personal examples

recognizes communication is constant and thus we are sender & reciever at the same time usually

EX: the president must legally be 35, so the president is at least 35 years old

argument that comes to a probable conclusion

example where the importance lies in the details

visual representation of the potential areas to cover in a speech

information that helps you refine your topic & could be useful in explaining it in your speech

psychological noises

how can one be accountable for the use of information?

creating a hierarchy in which ideas of most general ideas appear first, then specific ideas

score that appears most often in a distribution of numbers (ch.8)

who the message is transmitting to

correctness of information

believing your groups perspective is the only right one and judging others on not following

fear associated with real or anticipated communication with another or others

key words that tell to the audience you are moving from one part of the speech to the next

categories of characteristics of groups of people (race, gender, socio-economic status)

a connecting statement that signals you're done with one point and moving to another

info that gives direct support to your thesis and main points; testimonials, examples. or stats

the specific moral choices to be made by a person

example that is real

person responsible for creating the idea or topic they give a speech on

the major premise contains a hypothetical condition and its outcome

how is speech different from conversation?

what is the first thing to do when giving a speech?

Communication as a one-way process in which a source conveys a message to a decoder

an argument based on membership in a group (such as age, gender, etc)

what is not a way of combating communication apprehension?

keeping all information with the same significance on the same level

receiver decodes a message and their response is called ______

convincing yourself something is going to happen before it does

taking ideas from more than one work and presenting it as original with no credit

communication as a two-way process from the source including the feedback and environment

argument which the major premise includes 2+ mutually exclusive alternatives

statement that summarizes what you have already covered and precedes transitions

a force that can hinder the proper decoding of a message

an outline of what is next to come in a speech; combined with transition statments

argument that reasons from known premises to an inevitable conclusion

taking an entire piece of work and saying that it is your own

EX: my bio class, chemistry class, and astronomy class was hard; so then science is hard to me

process of drawing meaning from symbols used to encode a message

statement representing your aim in a speech

changing a few words from a source but not enough to be a pharaphrase, without citing sources

process where someone is slowly introduced to a fear so that they can overcome it

physical noises

statement that previews what you will talk about, say about it and hope the audience takes away

what is a way of making an 'audience analysis' during a speech? (ch. 7)