Chapter 3 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Context
Any circumstances in which an event occurs that influences the meaning of the moment and the message.
Audience
Those who are listening to you in a given context.
Demographic
groups determined by select population characteristics
Stereotyping
assuming qualities in a specific individual because of membership in a larger group
Open-Ended Questions
items on a survey that allow room for the person taking the survey to answer in his/her own words.
Fixed-response questions
items on a survey that allow only for prescribed answers.
These are two ways you can find out information about your audience
surveys and interviews
These are the two reasons people engage in discussion
To create relationships and advance business goals.
Rhetoric Situations
moments that call for a rhetorical response
Exigence
a decisive point at which a response is invited or required
“We do not find meaning; we create it through out speech” is an idea from
Vatz
The responses that are required or invited at a certain point in time and cannot be responded to when the moment is lost is an idea from…
Bitzer
Verbal Appeal
specific construction of what you say so you can better identify with your audience
using “we” and “us” instead of “me” and “I” is a strategy to
identify and establish common ground with the listener
another way to identify with the audience is to
incorporate what you know about your listener into the message.
you can enhance your content and analysis of the information with
stories, statistics and examples that the listener can identify with
crescendo
an organizational pattern in which the strongest point is placed at the end and is built up to by smaller main points.
There are two ways to organize your message. Name them
Main point at the beginning or main point at the end
Classroom response sytems
devices that allow students to answer questions posed during a lecture and provide tabulated results of the poll for everyone in the room in a timely manner
