UW Oshkosh Honors Speech COMM 112; Finals Study Guide

Lisa's Approach to public speaking: The Four P's

Passion
Preparation
Practice
Play

The process or act of performing a speech to a live audience

Public Speaking

Any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern. Citizens acting alone or together to protect public values or make a change or difference in the community are common types

Civic Engagement

91% of employers surveyed agreed that critical thinking and communicating are important

Value of Liberal Education

transitions, internal previews, internal summaries, signposts are known as _____________.

Connectives

Spend time on organization and organize at the macro and micro level. These are tips for ____________ your speech

Organizing

To inform my audience...." is the __________ ________ of an informative speech

Specific purpose

A single sentence summing up the main idea of your speech, it's the heart of your speech, and is NOT just a list of your main points

Thesis statement

The tendency to remember the first piece of information we encounter better than information presented later on

Primacy Effect

The order of presentation EFFECT that occurs when more recent information is better remembered and receives greater weight in forming a judgement

Recency Effect

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Using like or as

Simile

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which is not literally applicable

Metaphor

The simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words, with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis

Repetition

Figurative language in which a series of words, usually two or more neighboring words, have the same first consonant sound; however, sometimes repetition of sounds occur inside a word

Alliteration

What are the four styles of Delivery?

Impromptu
Manuscript
Memorized
Extemporaneous

What kind of speeches are ceremonial speeches and special occasion speeches?

Epideictic Speech

Figurative language in which two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same gramatical structure

Parallelism

Figurative language where human qualities are given to non-living objects

Personification

Figurative language which uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis. It is the opposite of understatement

Hyperbole

The inability to differentiate between self and other

egocentric

Process of reasoning from one or more statements to reach a logically certain conclusion. Goes in the same direction as that of the conditionals and links premises with conclusions

Deductive Reasoning

Method of reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying some evidence for the truth of the conclusion

Inductive Reasoning

Brief statement referring to a point you are going to make. It can forecast or foreshadow a main point coming in your speech

Internal Preview

Speeches consisting of an argument that certain conditions should exist. These essays advocate adoption of POLICIES or courses of action because problems have arisen that call for a solution

Policy Claim

Are words particular to a certain age and are vague, but have "inherent potency" in their meanings. Such words include:
Progress
Freedom

Weaver's God Terms

Are words that seem impenetrable and automatically give a phrase positive meaning are NOT terms you avoid, but are rather terms that you embrace in describing the other side, and in helping to frame what your audience should be against

Weaver's Devil Terms

5 step organizational plan, developed in the 1930s by speech professor Alan Monroe, used for persuading an audience to take immediate action

Monroe's Motivated Sequence

First step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence:
Gain the _________ of the audience

Attention

Second step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence:
Explain the Problem

Need

Third step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence:
Present a solution to the problem

Satisfaction

Fourth step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence:
Seeing the benefits and practicality of the solution

Visualization

Fifth step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence:
Urge the audience to take specific response now

Action

Staging image events for _______ _________ is a rhetorical tactic of a number of advocates for social change

Media Dissemination

Protest speeches often make an impact through their representation by ____/_______ media

Mass
Social

Protest speakers should consider how their speech may attract/be portrayed in _______ ________

Media coverage

Who are we?
Who do we struggle against?
What is the injustice?
What are you going to do about it?
These are the four questions of a ________ _______.

Protest speech

Highlight key points; use clip art, pictures, charts, and graphs to illustrate points, not as fillers. _______ of visual aids.

Content

Two common reasoning problems...

Unclear
Faulty

Fallacies:
A pattern of reasoning rendered invalid by a flaw in its logical structure that can neatly be expressed in a standard logic system, for example propositional logic

Ad Hominem

Fallacies:
An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous

Slippery Slope

Fallacies:
Generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence� essentially making a rushed conclusion without considering all of the variables

Hasty Generalization

Fallacies:
Since Event Y followed Event X, Event Y must have been caused by Event X

Post hoc ergo propter hoc (false cause)

Fallacies:
Consists of assuming that because two things are alike in one or more respects, they are necessarily alike in some other respect

False Analogy

Fallacies:
In which something is FALSELY claimed to be an "either/or" situation, when in fact there is at least one additional option

False Dilemma (either/or)

Common Reasoning Patterns (ADIC )

Analogical
Deductive
Inductive
Causal

Evidence, Supporting Materials: (STEF)

Statistics
Testimony
Examples
Facts

Three parts of an argument

Claim
Evidence
Reasoning

Parts of an argument:
What is the point you are trying to make?

Claim

Parts of an argument:
What do you have to go on?

Evidence

Parts of an argument:
How do you get there?

Reasoning

Four components of Ethos: (TGCD)

Trustworthiness (Good moral character)
Goodwill
Competence (Good sense)
Dynamism

Emotional prof or persuasive appeal based on the use of emotional appeal

Pathos

Logical prof or persuasive appeal based on the use of evidence or reasoning

Logos

Types of Persuasive Appeals:
Speakers perceived credibility

Ethos

Type of Persuasive Appeals:
Emotions

Pathos

Types of Persuasive Appeals:
Evidence and Reasoning

Logos

3 types of persuasive appeals (according to Aristotle)

Ethos
Logos
Pathos

Organizing your policy speech:
1. Problem-Solution
OR
2. ________: need, plan, practicality

Topical

Ethical proof or persuasive appeal based on speaker's perceived credibility

Ethos

You must address the three issues in your policy persuasive speech:

Need
Plan
Practicality

Component of Ethos:
How the audience regards the speaker's honesty, sincerity, and integrity

Good moral character (trustworthiness)

Component of Ethos:
How an audience regards a speaker's intelligence, expertise, knowledge, and reasoning

Good sense (competence)

Component of Ethos:
How an audience regards the speaker's identification with and warmth toward the audience

Goodwill

Component of Ethos:
How the audience regards a speaker's energy and enthusiasm

Dynamism

Claims:
An argument about the truth or falsity of an assertion.
What is/is not

Claim of Fact

Claims:
An argument about the worth, rightness, morality, and so forth an idea or action
Argument about what is right/moral

Claim of Value

Claims:
An argument about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken
An argument about what should be done
Argument about specific action

Claim of Policy

With Persuasive specific purpose and thesis, be sure to identify:
1. ________ _______
2. Who will enact the _______ ______.

Specific Policy
Policy Change

Respectful words for different groups, cultures, and world views

Inclusive Language

Write in a 3x5 notecard if there is no ________.

Lectern

Outlining improves...... (COD)

Content
Organization
Delivery

Audience size
Temporal factors
Environment
Audience mobility
Audience disposition
Speaker
Topic
Occasion
These are examples of....

Situational Characteristics

Words or phrases that cause negative emotional reactions, intensify conflicts, foster prejudgement, and further discourage competent listening

Trigger Words

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

stereotype

Age
Sex and Gender
Sexual orientation and identity
Racial and ethnic identification
Socio-economic status
Group memberships
These are examples of...

Demographic Characteristics

Definition (dictionary, expert, etymological, functional)
Explanation
Demonstration
Description
Narration
These are all examples of...

Informative Strategies

A clearly signaled end
Summarized main points
Closed with memorable last line/clincher
These are all components of a...

Compelling conclusion

Grabbed attention of audience
Clearly stated thesis
Established WIIFM
Established credibility
Previewed main points
These are all components of a....

Compelling Introduction

Single sentence that explains the specific topic and goal of your speech

Specific Purpose Statement

To inform my audience...

Informative Specific Purpose

Honors a person (place)
Celebrates shared social values

Speech of Tribute

Spend time on organization
Organize at macro and micro level
These are tips when selecting your _____ ______.

Main points

When selecting your main points:
Main points should be __________.

Coordinated

When selecting your main points:
Subpoints should be ________.

Subordinate

Figurative language that refers to the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas. It involves the brining out of a contrast in the ideas by an obvious contrast in words, clauses, sentences, within a parallel grammatical structure

Antithesis

Figurative language where a speaker corrects or comments on something he or she has just said

Correction

Figurative language where the speaker speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object

Apostrophe

Figurative language in which a speaker pretends to hide what he exactly wants to say and enforce. It is a type of irony which an outline of a message is conveyed in a manner that seems to suppress the exact message

Paralipsis

Types of plagiarism:
Taking a speech entirely form another source and passing them off as your own

Global Plagiarism

Types of plagiarism:
Taking ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as your own

Patchwork Plagiarism

Types of plagiarism:
Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people

Incremental Plagiarism

RefWorks and Purdue OWL are Polk Library Resources for _________ sources

Citing

Choose a large enough font
Headings should be larger
Choose a typeface that is easy to read [use sans]
These are rules for ________ with visual aids

Fonts

Animate your presentation so that content appears on your click
Don't go overboard
These are important tips for ___________ on visual aids

Animation

Animation effects can add interest, but they can also be __________.

Distracting

Provides broad knowledge in addition to specialization, develops intellectual and practical skills, prepares you to apply knowledge and skills in the real world, and helps you develop a sense of social responsibility

Liberal Education

Speech Genres of Ancient Greece: (FED)

Forensic
Epideictic
Deliberative

Ancient Greek speech genre:
Future action speech

Deliberative

Ancient Greek speech genre:
Past judgement speech

Forensic

Ancient Greek speech genre:
Present praise/blame
Speech of tribute
Honor a person (place)
Celebrate shared social values

Epideictic

Contemporary Speech Genres: (PIC)

Persuasive
Informative
Celebratory

Contemporary speech genre:
Future action speech

Persuasive

contemporary speech genre:
Past/Known speech

Informative

Contemporary speech genre:
Present praise speech

Celebratory

Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one's own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source.

Plagiarism

If it did not come from your own brain, ______ it!

Cite

Author/source/publication
Why is this a credible source
Date
Title, other relevant information
This is an example of a complete ________ ________.

Verbal citation

Choose from design templates or create your own background
Keep the slide template and colors consistent throughout the presentation
Use contrasting colors so your font stands out form the background
This are tips for _______ and _________ with visual aid

Color
Background

Why do we need a new policy?

Need

What is the current policy?
What is wrong with that policy?

Need

Support the need with details about the _______ _______, like population impacted, costs, etc.

Current problems

Adapt to your audience
Help the audience process statistics
Use variety
These are tips for using _________ __________.

Supporting Materials

Try to give listeners new knowledge
Adapt information to the audience
Use effective organization strategies
These are things all good ___________ _________ do.

Informative speeches

What is the new policy?

Plan

Explain the plan (the policy)
Support with details: who enacts, funding, implementation

Plan

Would it be workable and solve the problem?

Practicality

How will the plan address the need?
Address audience objections: do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? Address counter arguments

Practicality

Make a quick outline of key points
Make strong eye contact
Use signposts to help audience follow your speech
Adapt to audience and occasion
Establish presence before and after speech
Make a quick outline of key points
These are tips for ____________ speak

Impromptu

Avoid abusive language and ______ ________.

Name calling

Recognize that your language is __________.

Powerful

Try to use ________ language

Inclusive

Try to avoid using ________ words

Trigger

Include statements to highlight common ground
Consider obstacles to engaging the audience and try to address them
Adapt information to your specific audience with locally relevant information and supporting material
These are tips for preparing an _______

Audience centered

Use a conversational style of speaking
Practice without over-rehearsing your speech
Choose the exact wording of your ideas the moment that you say them
Respond to the inspiration of the moment without losing your way
Familiarize, don't memorize
These are

Extemporaneous delivery

You need in text cites for all outside material that clearly correspond to all __________.

References

You must __________ works cited.

Alphabetize

References must be _____ ______ with a hanging indent

Left aligned

Your audience will NOT hear ___________ you say

Everything

Audiences are ___________.

egocentric

The audience wants to hear about things that impact them ________.

Directly

The personal beliefs, values, and experiences of your __________ will be used to filter your message

Audience

Use supporting materials if you think your audience will have trouble ___________ your topic

Understanding

Use supporting materials if you think your audience will doubt your ________ to speak on this topic

Credibility

Use supporting materials if you think your aduciendo will have trouble _________ to your topic

Relating

Epideictic speech:
Adapt to the ______________ of the audience and occasion

Expectations

Epideictic speech:
Appeal to your audience's _________.

Emotions

Epideictic speech:
Celebrate ________ _______ with your audience

Shared values

Barriers to effective informative speaking:
Over or underestimating way the _________ knows

Audience

Barriers to effective informative speaking:
Lacking ________ in purpose, structure, and information

Clarity

Barriers to effective informative speaking:
Failure to ________ topic to the audience

Relate

Barriers to effective informative speaking:
Use of ___________

Abstractions

Barriers to effective informative speaking:
___________ presentation of information

Impersonal

When selecting your main points:
Use your _______ ________ and thesis statements

Specific purpose

When selecting your main points:
Choose important _______.

Ideas

When selecting your main points:
Write out each main point in a clear, simple ________.

Sentence

When selecting your main points:
Consider your __________ and presentation time.

Audience