COMM 101 MIDTERM University of Idaho| Latest Updated 2026/2027(Graded A+)
Balance ✔️Visual relationship between the items on a visual aid
Bar Graph ✔️Graph that compares quantities at a specific moment in time
Demonstration ✔️Display of how something is done or how it works
Flow Chart ✔️Chart that illustrates direction or motion
Line graph ✔️Graph that shows trends over time
List ✔️Series of words or phrases that organize ideas one after the other
Organizational chart ✔️Chart that illustrates the structure of groups
Articulation ✔️Physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible
Conversational style ✔️Speaking style that is more formal than everyday conversation but remains spontaneous and relaxed
Delivery ✔️Action or manner of speaking to an audience
Dialect ✔️Pattern of speech that is shared by an ethnic group or people from specific geographical locations
Extemporaneous speech ✔️Speech that is carefully prepared and practiced from brief notes rather than from memory or a written manuscript
Impromptu speech ✔️Speech that is not planned or prepared in advance
inflection ✔️Manipulation of pitch to create certain meanings or moods
Manuscript speech ✔️Speech that is read to an audience from a written text
Memorized speech ✔️Speech that has been written out, committed to memory, and given word for word
Proxemics ✔️Use of space during communication
rate ✔️speed at which a speaker speaks
vocal variety ✔️Changes in the volume, rate, and pitch of a speaker's voice that affect the meaning of the words delivered
Vocalized pauses ✔️Pauses that speakers fill with words or sounds like "um", "er", or "uh"
Volume ✔️Loudness of a speaker's voice
Abstract language ✔️Language that refers to ideas or concepts but not to specific objects
alliteration ✔️Repetition of initial sounds of two or more words in a sentence or phrase
antithesis ✔️placement of words and phrases in contrast or opposition to one another
Concrete language ✔️Language that refers to a tangible object--a person, place, or thing
idiom ✔️Fixed, distinctive expression whose meaning is not indicated by its individual words
language ✔️System of verbal or gestural symbols a community uses to communicate
metaphor ✔️Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things by describing one thing as being something else
Mixed metaphor ✔️Metaphor that makes illogical comparisons between two or more things
mnemonic device ✔️Verbal device that makes information easier to remember
Oral Style ✔️Speaking style that reflects the spoken rather than the written words
Parallelism ✔️Arrangement of related words so they are balanced or of related sentences so they have identical structures
Balance ✔️Visual relationship between the items on a visual aid
Bar Graph ✔️Graph that compares quantities at a specific moment in time
Demonstration ✔️Display of how something is done or how it works
Flow Chart ✔️Chart that illustrates direction or motion
Line graph ✔️Graph that shows trends over time
List ✔️Series of words or phrases that organize ideas one after the other
Organizational chart ✔️Chart that illustrates the structure of groups
Articulation ✔️Physical process of producing specific speech sounds to make language intelligible
Conversational style ✔️Speaking style that is more formal than everyday conversation but remains spontaneous and relaxed
Delivery ✔️Action or manner of speaking to an audience
Dialect ✔️Pattern of speech that is shared by an ethnic group or people from specific geographical locations
Extemporaneous speech ✔️Speech that is carefully prepared and practiced from brief notes rather than from memory or a written manuscript
Impromptu speech ✔️Speech that is not planned or prepared in advance
inflection ✔️Manipulation of pitch to create certain meanings or moods
Manuscript speech ✔️Speech that is read to an audience from a written text
Memorized speech ✔️Speech that has been written out, committed to memory, and given word for word
Proxemics ✔️Use of space during communication
rate ✔️speed at which a speaker speaks
vocal variety ✔️Changes in the volume, rate, and pitch of a speaker's voice that affect the meaning of the words delivered
Vocalized pauses ✔️Pauses that speakers fill with words or sounds like "um", "er", or "uh"
Volume ✔️Loudness of a speaker's voice
Abstract language ✔️Language that refers to ideas or concepts but not to specific objects
alliteration ✔️Repetition of initial sounds of two or more words in a sentence or phrase
antithesis ✔️placement of words and phrases in contrast or opposition to one another
Concrete language ✔️Language that refers to a tangible object--a person, place, or thing
idiom ✔️Fixed, distinctive expression whose meaning is not indicated by its individual words
language ✔️System of verbal or gestural symbols a community uses to communicate
metaphor ✔️Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things by describing one thing as being something else
Mixed metaphor ✔️Metaphor that makes illogical comparisons between two or more things
mnemonic device ✔️Verbal device that makes information easier to remember
Oral Style ✔️Speaking style that reflects the spoken rather than the written words
Parallelism ✔️Arrangement of related words so they are balanced or of related sentences so they have identical structures
