Comm 101

1. the practice of summoning feelings and actions consistent with successful performance
8. speaking from manuscript, speaking from memory, speaking impromptu, and speaking extemporaneously.
9. Any source that requires credit in written form should be acknowledged in oral form.
10. for an issue or a cause, or to strengthen (or weaken) beliefs about a certain controversy.
11. type of delivery that is unpracticed, spontaneous, or improvised, involves speaking on relatively short notice with little time to prepare
13. represent documented occurrences, including actual events, dates, times, people, and places
17. instead of memorizing or writing the speech word for word, you speak from an outline of key words and phrases
21. a form helps listeners follow your ideas more easily while lend- ing a rhythmic elegance to your words.
22. When your topic is new to the audience and/or addresses a complex concept
24. Research shows that thinking positively about preparing speeches actually

2. to increase the audience’s knowledge and deepen their understanding of some phenomenon
3. what you want the audience to learn or do as a result of your speech
4. to inform, to persuade, or to mark a special occasion.
5. You can use, ,adjectives to modify nouns as well as verbs,
6. read a speech verbatim
7. estates the speech thesis and reiterates how the main points confirm it
12. narratives, testimony, facts, and statistics
14. largely passive process of perceiving sound, is the conscious act of receiving
15. getting people to change their minds
16. each of us has a set of basic needs ranging from essential
18. statement that clearly expresses the central idea of your speech.
19. refers to our level of trust in a source’s credentials and track record for providing accurate information.
20. also called a temporal pattern
23. an oratorical style