Speech Midterm

Question 1

Stage Fright

Answer 1

Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

Question 2

Visualization

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Critical Thinking

Answer 3

Focused, organized thinking about such things the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion.

Question 4

Speaker

Answer 4

The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.

Question 5

Message

Answer 5

Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.

Question 6

Channel

Answer 6

The means by which a message is communicated.

Question 7

Listener

Answer 7

The person who receives the speaker’s message.

Question 8

Frame of Reference

Answer 8

The sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No 2 people can have the same exact frame of reference.

Question 9

Feedback

Answer 9

The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker.

Question 10

Interference

Answer 10

Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners.

Question 11

Situation

Answer 11

The time and place in which speech communication occurs.

Question 12

Ethnocentrism

Answer 12

The belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.

Question 13

Adrenaline

Answer 13

A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.

Question 14

Positive Nervousness

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Plagiarism

Answer 15

Presenting another person’s language or ideas as one’s own.

Question 16

Hearing

Answer 16

The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.

Question 17

Listening

Answer 17

Paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.

Question 18

Appreciative Listening

Answer 18

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.

Question 19

Empathic Listening

Answer 19

Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.

Question 20

Comprehensive Listening

Answer 20

Listening to understand the message of a speaker.

Question 21

Critical Listening

Answer 21

Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.

Question 22

Spare “Brain time”

Answer 22

The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.

Question 23

Active Listening

Answer 23

Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker’s point of view.

Question 24

Chronological Order

Answer 24

A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.

Question 25

Topical Order

Answer 25

A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.

Question 26

Extemporaneous Speech

Answer 26

A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.

Question 27

Brainstorming

Answer 27

A method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas.

Question 28

General Purpose

Answer 28

The broad goal of a speech

Question 29

Specific Purpose

Answer 29

A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his or her speech.

Question 30

Central Idea

Answer 30

A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.

Question 31

Residual Message

Answer 31

What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.

Question 32

Catalogue

Answer 32

A listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library.

Question 33

Abstract

Answer 33

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author.

Question 34

Academic Database

Answer 34

A database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals.

Question 35

Virtual Library

Answer 35

A search engine that combines internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data.

Question 36

Preliminary Bibliography

Answer 36

A list complied early in the research process of works that look as if they might contain helpful information about a speech topic.

Question 37

Spatial Order

Answer 37

A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.

Question 38

Causal Order

Answer 38

A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.

Question 39

Nonverbal Communication

Answer 39

Communication based on a person's use of voice and body, rather than on the use of words.

Question 40

Manuscript Speech

Answer 40

A speech that is written out word for word and read to the audience.

Question 41

Impromptu Speech

Answer 41

A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.

Question 42

Extemporaneous Speech

Answer 42

A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.

Question 43

Volume

Answer 43

The loudness or softness of the speaker's voice.

Question 44

Pitch

Answer 44

The highness or lowness of the speaker's voice.

Question 45

Inflections

Answer 45

Changes in the pitch or tone of a speaker's voice.

Question 46

Vocal Variety

Answer 46

Changes in a speaker's rate, pitch, and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.

Question 47

Pronunciation

Answer 47

The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.

Question 48

Articulation

Answer 48

The physical production of particular speech sounds.

Question 49

Dialect

Answer 49

A variety of a language distinguished by variations of accent, grammar, or vocabulary.

Question 50

Informative Speech

Answer 50

A speech designed to convey knowledge and understanding.

Question 51

Description

Answer 51

A statement that depicts a person, event, idea, or the like with clarity and vividness.

Question 52

Comparison

Answer 52

A statement of the similarities among two or more people, events, ideas, etc.