Definitions

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Pathos

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Emotional appeal

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Logos

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Logical appeal

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Ethos

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Credibility

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Positive nervousness

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Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation

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Visualization

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Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself getting a successful presentation

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Critical thinking

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Focused organize thinking about such things as a logical relationships among ideas the sounds of evidence and the differences between fact and opinion

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Frame of reference

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The messages usually nonverbal send from the listener to a speaker

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all the others

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Ethics

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The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong

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Plagiarism

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Presenting another persons language or ideas as one’s own

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Appreciative listening

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Listening for pleasure or enjoyment

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Empathetic listening

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Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker

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Comprehensive listening

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Listening to understand the message of the speaker

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Critical listening

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Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of excepting or rejecting it

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Active listening

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Giving undivided attention to a speaker and a genuine effort to understand their point of view

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Extemporaneous speech

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Carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes

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Central idea

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One sentence statement that sums up the major ideas in the speech

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Residual message

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What a speaker want the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else and a speech

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Audience centeredness

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Keep in the audience for most in mind at every step of the speech preparation and presentation

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Egocentrism

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The tendency of people to be conserved above all with their own values and beliefs

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Demographic audience analysis

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Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age gender religion sexual orientation race or cultural background

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Stereotyping

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Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people usually assuming all members of the group are like

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Credibility

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The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic

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Delivery cues

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Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how they want to deliver key parts of the speech

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Inclusive language

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Language that is not stereotype to mean or patronize people on the basis of gender race religion etc.

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Persuasion

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The process of creating, reinforcing, or changing peoples believes or actions

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Target audience

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The portion of the whole audience of the speaker most wants to persuade

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Question of fact

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a question about the truth or falsity of an assertion

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Question of value

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A question about the worth rightness or morality of an idea or action

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Question of policy

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A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken

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Burden of proof

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The obligation facing a persuasive speaker to prove that a change from a current policy is necessary