Speech 2214 Review Guide -- Fall 2004
HINT: See the D2L Student Questions, the Q’s
I posted online (here are some extra questions too at: reviewquestions_publicspeaking.htm)
and the Text’s
Website
Chapter
1 Key Concepts:
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Define
communication and explain why it is an important course of study.
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Identify five
characteristics of communication (inescapable, irreversible, complicated,
content and relational meaning, rules)
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Do you
understand the five fundamental principles of communication (be aware, adapt,
use and interpret verbal message, use and interpret nonverbal message, listen
and respond thoughtfully).
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Define and describe communication in interpersonal, group, and public
communication situations.
Important Terms:
Verbal vs. Nonverbal
Communication
Chapter 11
Key Concepts:
·
Explain the
practical value of public speaking skills.
·
Understand audience-centered
public speaking
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Define and explain what causes speaker anxiety and offer suggestions for
managing speaker anxiety.
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Suggest
questions and strategies that can help a speaker discover a speech topic.
·
List the
three general purposes for speeches.
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Explain how to write an audience-centered specific purpose statement.
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How do you write a central idea (thesis)?
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Explain how to generate main ideas from a central idea/thesis.
·
Describe sources
of supporting material for a speech and describe
types of supporting material for a speech, and offer guidelines for using each
type effectively.
Important Terms:
Public speaking or
Presentational speaking
Audience-centered
Speaker Anxiety (and how to
combat it) also called Communication Anxiety -- systematic desensitization and
performance visualization in addition to prep, positive attitude, breathing, relaxation, etc.
Brainstorming.
General Purpose, Specific Purpose, Central
Idea/Thesis, Main Idea, Subpoint,
Supporting Materials:
Golden rule asked that you include a narrative, example (hypothetical or
real), statistics, testimony (lay/peer, expert, celebrity) for each main
point. Book also includes: illustration,
description, explanations, definitions, analogy,.
How do you make an oral citation (who, where, when!)
Chapter
12 Key Concepts:
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List and explain
the strategies for organizing main ideas in a speech.
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List and explain
the strategies for organizing supporting material in a speech.
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Explain the
ways to organize a speech for the ears of others.
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List and explain the functions of a speech
introduction.
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Suggest at least
five strategies for getting an audience's attention in a speech introduction.
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List and explain the functions of a speech
conclusion.
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Understand how
to Outline.
Key Terms:
KNOW THE ORGANIZATIONAL
PATTERNS!
Chronological (sequential),
topical (categorical), spatial, cause-effect, problem-solution, motivated
sequence, problem-cause-solution, refutation,
Parts of a speech: introduction (attention device,
tie to the audience, credibility, central idea (thesis)/preview) ; connectives such
as TRANSITIONS -- remember they need to review and preview not just preview and
signposts; body (main points only 2-5 remember!, sub points and how to organize
them accordingly if I gave you an outline), and conclusion (brake light,
summary, tie back to the audience, final memorable end).
How to
outline.
Chapter 13 Key Concepts:
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List and describe the four methods of speech delivery, and provide
suggestions for effectively using each one.
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List and explain
five criteria for using words well.
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List and define
three types of figurative language that can be used to make a speech memorable.
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Explain ways to
create verbal drama and cadence in a speech. Identify and illustrate
characteristics of effective speech delivery.
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List types of
visual aids from which a speaker might select and provide suggestions for
effectively using each type.
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Offer general
guidelines for preparing and using effective visual aids.
Key Terms:
Methods of Delivery: manuscript, memorized, impromptu,
extemporaneous
Simile, metaphor,
alliteration, simple words, repetition, parallelism, generally can you discuss
how to be more vivid in your language choice?
Physical delivery, gestures,
movement, posture, facial expressions, vocal delivery, vocalized pauses,
volume, pitch, rate, inflection, pause, articulation, dialect, appearance,
How to use presentational
aids effectively
How to use PowerPoint and do
so effectively!
Chapter
15 Key Concepts (MOST OF THE MATERIALS ARE RELATED TO PERSUASIVE SPEAKING!):
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Define
persuasion and describe four
strategies for motivating listeners.
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List and explain four ways to organize a persuasive speech.
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List and
explain the five steps of the motivated sequence.
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Define credibility;
analyze its three factors, and describe how to enhance initial, derived, and
terminal credibility.
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Define and provide an example of inductive, deductive reasoning.
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List and explain the book’s logical fallacies.
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Explain three
ways to make emotional appeals in a persuasive speech.
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Provide
specific suggestions for adapting to receptive audiences, neutral audiences,
and unreceptive (hostile) audiences.
Key Terms:
KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS!
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Credibility
Deductive and Inductive Reasoning: Hint
D X I --ask me if you don’t remember
Fallacies!
Audience Types