Communication competence - Answers The ability to take part in effective communication that is
characterized by skills and understandings that enable communicators to exchange messages
successfully
Speech anxiety - Answers Fear of speaking before an audience
Public speaking - Answers The art of effective oral communication with an audience
Organizing - Answers Arranging ideas and elements into a systematic and meaningful whole
Expert opinion - Answers Ideas, testimony, conclusions, or judgements of witnesses or recognized
authorities
Communication - Answers The simultaneous sharing and creating of meaning through human symbolic
interaction
Self-inventory - Answers A list of subjects that you know about and find interesting
Testimony - Answers Opinions or conclusions of witnesses or recognized authorities
Body - Answers The main content of a speech that develops the speaker's general and specific purposes
Communication apprehension - Answers The most severe form of speech anxiety; an anxiety syndrome
associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons
Communications - Answers Generally used to denote the delivery systems for mediated and mass
communication
Brainstorming - Answers A technique used to generate as many ideas as possible within a limited
amount of time, which can be used to produce topics, information, or solution to problems
Example - Answers A simple, representative incident or model that clarifies a point
Main points - Answers The principal subdivisions of a speech
Systematic desensitization - Answers A relaxation technique designed to reduce the tenseness
associated with anxiety
Time-sequence (or chronological) pattern - Answers An order of presentation that begins at a particular
point in time and continues either forward or backward
Manuscript delivery - Answers A delivery style in which a speaker writes the speech in its entirety and
then reads it word for word
Ethics - Answers An individual's system of moral principles
, Brief example - Answers A specific instance that is used to introduce a topic, drive home a point, or
create a desired response
Reviewing the current media - Answers A technique for developing a list of possible topics by looking at
current publications, television, movies, and other forms of public communication
Plagiarism - Answers The use of another person's information, language, or ideas without citing the
originator and making it appear that the user is the originator
General purpose - Answers The overall goal of a speech, usually one of three overlapping functions: to
inform, to persuade, or to entertain
Illustration - Answers An extended example, narrative, case history, or anecdote that is striking and
memorable
Spatial pattern - Answers An order of presentation in which the content of a speech is organized
according to relationships in space
Memorized delivery - Answers A delivery style in which a speaker memorizes a speech in its entirety
from a word-for-word script
Impromptu delivery - Answers A delivery style in which a speaker delivers a speech with little or no
planning or preparation
Topical pattern - Answers An order of presentation in which the main topic is divided into a series of
related subtopics
Factual illustration - Answers A report of something that exists or actually happened
Informative speech - Answers A speech that enhances an audience's knowledge and understanding by
explaining what something means, how something works, or how something is done
Ethos - Answers (Ethical appeal) Someone's character
Process - Answers A series of actions that has no beginning or end and is constantly changing
Hypothetical illustration - Answers A report of something that could happen, given a specific set of
circumstances
Mind mapping - Answers A visual organizational strategy that uses words or symbols to identify the
concepts and their connections to each other
Extemporaneous delivery - Answers A delivery in which the speaker carefully prepares the speech in
advance but delivers it using only a few notes and with a high degree of spontaneity
Persuasive speech - Answers A speech that attempts to change listeners' attitudes or behaviors by
advocating or trying to gain acceptance of the speaker's point of view