Spc 1608 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

General Purpose of a Speech correct answers The primary function of a speech. Most common to inform, persuade and entertain. Specific Purpose of a Speech correct answers Goal or objective a speaker hopes to achieve in speaking to a particular audience. Communication is a... correct answers Transactional system. Context correct answers Each speech takes place in a specific context of events, persons, relationships and goals. Speaker and the audience correct answers *simultaneously exc...

when preparing for your first speech it is important to analyze your.. correct answers Context and audience Your speeches will inform and persuade. These would be considered the correct answers general purpose of your speech a relationship in which things have a reciporacal influence on each other correct answers interdependence the meaning produced by communicators correct answers message ____ steps necessary to successfully orgainzing your speech correct answers seven the combin...

Language correct answers the rule-governed word system we use to verbally communicate... "symbolic substitutes" Receiver-Centric correct answers a person's assumption that the meaning he or she gives to a word or a phrase is its exclusive meaning Receiver-Centric Listeners correct answers -easily turned off to a speaker -apply a very narrow range of meaning to words -force their meaning on the message Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis correct answers -the idea that what people perc...

___________ is the process by which attitudes and behaviors are influenced as a result of receiving a message. correct answers Persuasion According the Elaboration Likelihood Model, a peripheral cue is: correct answers A cue or message (such as using a fear appeal), which may affect the audience's motivation to elaborate or process the message during the presentation. Which of the following statements best describe the suggestions for developing Main Points in your speech? correct answers...

Identify 3 goals of speaking to Inform correct answers 1. To enhance understanding 2. To maintain interest 3. To be Memorable Describe 5 different types of Informative speeches correct answers Speeches about: 1. Objects, things, and natural phenomena 2. Procedures 3. People 4. Events 5. Ideas or Concepts What are 4 strategies that enhance audience understanding? correct answers Give information that: 1. The audience can use immediately 2. Actively involves the listeners 3. Is lik...

General Purpose of a Speech correct answers The primary function of a speech. Most common to inform, persuade and entertain. Specific Purpose of a Speech correct answers Goal or objective a speaker hopes to achieve in speaking to a particular audience. Communication is a... correct answers Transactional system. Context correct answers Each speech takes place in a specific context of events, persons, relationships and goals. Speaker and the audience correct answers *simultaneously exc...

Informative correct answers new or different information knowledge info understanding call to action correct answers this is interesting, important, worthwhile persuasion correct answers call to action: specific action Topic (informative) correct answers 1. audience A. involvement "novelty" B. approriateness C. Accessibility D. Life enrichment informative ideas correct answers explain a process explain a concept how to people objects events processes auditory lingu...

Denotative Meaning correct answers The literal or explicit definition of a word. Connotative Meaning correct answers The implied meaning of a word based upon its use within a given context. Listening correct answers The process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to aural and visual stimuli. Five Ways of Listening correct answers 1. Discriminative Listening 2. Comprehensive Listening 3. Therapeutic Listening 4. Critical Listening 5. Appreciative Listening People-Ori...

Which element of the rhetorical situation refers to the real or perceived need that spurs on public address? correct answers exigence Larissa's speech was highly effective because it drew upon her personal competence and character. Which element of effective speaking made her speech successful? correct answers ethos Before Michael's speech, he keeps telling himself that he's not ready and he's going to fail. Which symptom of public speaking apprehension is Michael experiencing? correct...