Module 7: Topics Flashcards
(19 cards)
The broad goal in creating and delivering a speech.
General Purpose.
General purpose which involves helping audience members acquire information that they do not already know.
Informing
The process of delivering information, skills, or expertise in some form to people who could benefit from it.
Knowledge Sharing
General purpose which involves attempting to get listeners to embrace a point of view or to adopt a behavior that they would not have done otherwise.
Persuasion
When a speaker urges listeners to engage in a specific behavior or change a point of view because the speaker truly believes that the change is in the best interest of the audience members.
Pure persuasion
When a speaker urges listeners to engage in a specific behavior or change a point of view by misleading them, often to fulfill an ulterior motive beyond the face value of the persuasive attempt.
Manipulative Persuasion
An individual’s general predisposition toward something being good or bad.
Attitude
An individual’s perception of the usefulness, importance, or worth of something.
Value
Propositions or positions than an individual holds as true or false without positive knowledge or proof.
Beliefs
Beliefs that people have actively engaged in and created over the course of their lives.
Core Beliefs
Beliefs that people have not actively engaged in.
Dispositional Beliefs
General purpose which involves creating a speech for audience enjoyment.
Entertaining
Any limitation or restriction a speaker may have.
Constraint
A broad area of knowledge.
Subject Area
Detailed and descriptive list about an individual.
Personal Inventory
A tool that will help find lists of possible topics.
Finding Aid
A set of activities designed to determine an audience’s needs, wants, wishes, or desires.
Needs Analysis
Starts with one of the three general purposes and then specifies the actual topic and the basic objective of the speech.
Specific Purpose
The set of circumstances surrounding a speech.
Rhetorical Situation
