UGA Intro to Public Speaking COMM
1100 Final Review (Post Mid-Term),
COMM 1110 Final Exam Review- Nolan
2025/2026
Denotative Meaning - ANS ✔✔the specific meaning associated with a word
Connotative Meaning - ANS ✔✔the idea suggested by or associated with a word
Ways Oral and Written Language Differ - ANS ✔✔Oral : smaller variety of words, words with
fewer syllables, shorter sentences, more self-reference words (I,me,mine), fewer quantifying
terms or precise numerical words, more pseudo quantifying terms (many,few,some), more
extreme and superlative words
(none, all, every, always,never), more qualifying statements (clauses beginning with unless and
except), more repetition of words and syllables, more contractions, more interjections ("Wow!,"
"Really?," "No!," "You're kidding!"), more colloquial and nonstandard words
speaker, audience, context, topic - ANS ✔✔Language in a speech must be appropriate for the
______, _____, ______, _______
Imagery - ANS ✔✔The use of language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
Concreteness - ANS ✔✔An attempt to help our audiences see specific realities or actual
instances instead of abstract theories and ideas.
Simile - ANS ✔✔A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using
like/as.
, Metaphor - ANS ✔✔A figure of speech where a term or phrase is applied to something in a
nonliteral way to suggest a resemblance (Ex. Love is a battlefield).
Rhythm - ANS ✔✔The patterned, recurring variance of elements of sound or speech.
Parallelism - ANS ✔✔When listing items in a sequence, audiences will respond more strongly
when those ideas are presented in a grammatically parallel fashion, which is referred to as
___________ (Ex. give me liberty or give me death)
Repetition - ANS ✔✔A linguistic device designed to help audiences become familiar with a short
piece of the speech as they hear it over and over again
Alliteration - ANS ✔✔Repeating two or more words in a series that begin with the same
consonant (Ex. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin)
Assonance - ANS ✔✔Repeating the same vowel sounds with different consonants in the
stressed syllables (Ex. free as a breeze, mad as a hatter)
Inclusive Language - ANS ✔✔language that avoids placing any one group of people above or
below other groups while speaking
Gender-Specific Language - ANS ✔✔language that privileges one of the sexes over the other
Generic "he" - ANS ✔✔when a speaker labels all people within a group as "he" when in reality
there is a mixed sex group involved
Clarity, Economy, Obscenity, Obscure Language/Jargon, Power, and Variety - ANS ✔✔The 6
elements of Language
1100 Final Review (Post Mid-Term),
COMM 1110 Final Exam Review- Nolan
2025/2026
Denotative Meaning - ANS ✔✔the specific meaning associated with a word
Connotative Meaning - ANS ✔✔the idea suggested by or associated with a word
Ways Oral and Written Language Differ - ANS ✔✔Oral : smaller variety of words, words with
fewer syllables, shorter sentences, more self-reference words (I,me,mine), fewer quantifying
terms or precise numerical words, more pseudo quantifying terms (many,few,some), more
extreme and superlative words
(none, all, every, always,never), more qualifying statements (clauses beginning with unless and
except), more repetition of words and syllables, more contractions, more interjections ("Wow!,"
"Really?," "No!," "You're kidding!"), more colloquial and nonstandard words
speaker, audience, context, topic - ANS ✔✔Language in a speech must be appropriate for the
______, _____, ______, _______
Imagery - ANS ✔✔The use of language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
Concreteness - ANS ✔✔An attempt to help our audiences see specific realities or actual
instances instead of abstract theories and ideas.
Simile - ANS ✔✔A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using
like/as.
, Metaphor - ANS ✔✔A figure of speech where a term or phrase is applied to something in a
nonliteral way to suggest a resemblance (Ex. Love is a battlefield).
Rhythm - ANS ✔✔The patterned, recurring variance of elements of sound or speech.
Parallelism - ANS ✔✔When listing items in a sequence, audiences will respond more strongly
when those ideas are presented in a grammatically parallel fashion, which is referred to as
___________ (Ex. give me liberty or give me death)
Repetition - ANS ✔✔A linguistic device designed to help audiences become familiar with a short
piece of the speech as they hear it over and over again
Alliteration - ANS ✔✔Repeating two or more words in a series that begin with the same
consonant (Ex. Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin)
Assonance - ANS ✔✔Repeating the same vowel sounds with different consonants in the
stressed syllables (Ex. free as a breeze, mad as a hatter)
Inclusive Language - ANS ✔✔language that avoids placing any one group of people above or
below other groups while speaking
Gender-Specific Language - ANS ✔✔language that privileges one of the sexes over the other
Generic "he" - ANS ✔✔when a speaker labels all people within a group as "he" when in reality
there is a mixed sex group involved
Clarity, Economy, Obscenity, Obscure Language/Jargon, Power, and Variety - ANS ✔✔The 6
elements of Language
