Chapter 16

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Across
  1. 2. signposts
  2. 6. evaluations.
  3. 7. The stress or emphasis placed on a syllable when it is pronounced.
  4. 9. they modify and interrupt the air stream emitted from the lungs.
  5. 10. are of two major types: filled pauses (interruptions in
  6. 12. The speed with which you speak, generally measured in words
  7. 13. to achieve _______, use active verbs, strong verbs, figures of speech, and imagery.
  8. 15. minute.
  9. 16. pitch The relative highness or lowness of your voice as perceived by your listeners.
  10. 17. ______ is language enables you to direct the audience's attention, thoughts, and feelings.
  11. 21. economical - don't wast words
  12. 22. sentences A type of sentence in which the key word is
  13. 23. at the end of the sentence.
  14. 24. organized in detail and in which certain aspects of style are
  15. 25. speech A speech that is thoroughly prepared
  16. 27. An overused expression that has lost its novelty and part of
  17. 28. speech A speech given without any explicit prior preparation.
  18. 29. sentences A type of sentence patterning in which contrasting ideas are placed together in parallel style.
  19. 31. and often considered improper.
  20. 33. ethnic expressions
  21. 35. facial expressions display your _______ when delivering your speech. Examples would be anger or fear, boredom or excitement, doubt or surprise.
  22. 37. The reasoned judgment of some work; although often
  23. 38. meaning and that calls attention to itself because of its overuse,
  24. 41. imagery to create word "pictures" of people or objects. When appropriate, describe such visual qualities as height, weight, color, size, shape, length, and contour.
  25. 42. assess idioms
  26. 43. follow the following guidelines:
  27. 44. pauses (silences of unusually long duration).
Down
  1. 1. hesitations, too many intensifiers, tag questions, self-critical statements and slang/vulgar expressions are also called _______?
  2. 3. patterns When a speaker keeps their voices at the same pitch, volume, and rate throughout the speech (not a good idea)
  3. 4. speech This type of speech might allow you the freedom to move about and otherwise concentrate on delivery - it doesn't allow for the speaker to adjust to the audience feedback (not a good idea!)
  4. 5. as "tall, dark, and handsome" as a description of a man.
  5. 7. Speak on the appropriate level of formality
  6. 8. The technical language of any specialized group, often a professional class, that is unintelligible to individuals not belonging to the group; "shop talk."
  7. 9. The physiological movements of the speech organs
  8. 11. speech A speech designed to be read verbatim from a script.
  9. 14. accepted standard; for example, as presented in a dictionary.
  10. 15. style Audiences favor speakers who speak in a ____ rather then an impersonal style - speakers who speak with them rather than to them.
  11. 18. Language used by particular groups that is highly informal,
  12. 19. that are filled with such vocalizations as "er" or "um") and
  13. 20. with fault finding, criticism can involve both positive or
  14. 23. The production of syllables or words according to
  15. 26. imagery wording that lets the audience feel the temperature and texture of the object you are talking about.
  16. 29. imagery describe sounds; let your listeners hear the car's tires screeching, the wind whistling, the bells chiming, the angry professor roaring.
  17. 30. patterns a vocal pattern in which, for example, the volume levels vary but they are always in the same sequence.
  18. 32. trite sayings that are worn out because of constant usage. A few examples: "Honesty is the best policy;" "If I can't do it well, I won't do it at all."
  19. 34. short, familiar terms
  20. 36. style The style of spoken discourse. When compared with written style, consists of shorter, simpler, and more familiar words; more qualification, self-reference terms, allness terms, verbs and adverbs; and more concrete terms and terms indicative of consciousness of projection—for example, "as I see it."
  21. 39. Language used by particular groups that is highly informal,
  22. 40. sentences convey ideas in similar/matching style for ease of comprehension and memory.