Details Title: Oral Communications Final Description: Questions on PKoch's final! Total Flash Cards: 111 Created: 01/13/2009 12:41:28		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Debate/Speech Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Ethos Definition Ethics Term Aristotle Definition ancient greek philosopher and historian along with being the father of biology. wrote the books rhetoric and poetics Term logos Definition logic Term pathos Definition heart or appealing to the emotions Term homeostasis Definition balance, use in oral comm is to shake up the audience to get them to listen and/or do something Term statistics Definition numbers Term fact Definition something you can prove Term illustration Definition a word picture Term rhetorical question Definition meant to be thought about Term testimony Definition someone's opinion. Anyone can give it. Term Maslow's Hierarchy of needs Definition from bottom up- physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, aesthetic, self-actualization Term hierarchy Definition a stacked tower, when you take one out they all collapse Term maslow Definition a social scientist and jerk Term introduction Definition includes an attention getter, link, thesis and preview Term thesis (inform) Definition one sentence that sums up your whole speech Term preview Definition what's in your speech. gotten from thesis Term link Definition connects your topic to the audience Term transition Definition does three things 1 connects the two ideas 2 sums up previous idea 3 introduces next idea Term conclusion (inform) Definition restate thesis, review, and clencher Term persuasive intro Definition take a stand, Term persuasive conclusion Definition challenge or appeal to action Term two easy forms of persuasive speech format Definition string of pearls and problem/solution Term Monroe's motivated sequence Definition attention, need for change, solution, visualization, and appeal to action Term persuasive speeches are used to Definition move to action and/or change minds Term question of fact Definition a topic that has an answer that can be proved true or false ie: global warming Term question of value Definition topic that has to do with values or beliefs, has no right or wrong answer, but factual evidence can be used. ie: capital punishment Term question of policy Definition topic concerning a law or the government ie:no child left behind Term communication Definition the sharing of information to achieve understanding Term hearing vs listening Definition hearing is purely physical while listening is understanding Term how stage fright can help you Definition adrenaline causes you to be a more interesting speaker Term informative speech is used to Definition teach or tell Term entertaining speech is used to Definition amuse Term impromptu speech is one that Definition has had no previous preparation Term pitch Definition how high or low your voice goes Term volume Definition how loud or soft Term rate Definition how fast or slow Term resonation Definition the re-echoing of sound that make you sound like you Term articulation Definition forming of sound into words Term gesture Definition meaningful movement of the hands and arms Term posture Definition how you hold your body Term brainstorm Definition free-thinking that have a thread linking them, hopefully Term mnemonic Definition memory device Term simile Definition comparison using like or as ie: she was as angry as a bear Term metaphor Definition comparison not using like or as ie she was a bear in the morning Term personification Definition giving an inanimate object human-like qualities ie the wispering wind Term hyperbole Definition exaggeration used for emphasis or effect Term understatement Definition under-exaggerating for emphasis or effect Term irony:3 types Definition situational, verbal, dramatic Term know the circle of communications! Definition KNOW IT! Term nonverbal communication Definition sharing information without words Term verbal communication Definition using words Term intrapersonal Definition within yourself Term interpersonal Definition with other people Term finish the sentence: every 7-11 senconds Definition your brain starts to wander Term reception Definition getting communication, happens in the auditory cortex step one of hearing in the brain. sound is heard Term integration Definition you organize the information, happen in the frontal lobes, second step of communication in the brain Term production Definition movements that lead to speaking initiate, happens in the broca's area on central motor strip. third step of communication in the brain Term outer ear Definition collects soundwaves, sends them to the eardrum where it's caused to vibrate Term middle ear Definition 3 bones, hammer, anvil, and stirrup. all together called the ossicles. sends the eardrum's vibrations to the inner ear Term inner ear Definition vibrations stimulate the sensory cells and send that to the auditory nerve and that sends it to the auditory cortex Term respiration Definition breathing, uses inspiration and experiation to create a sound Term articulators Definition teeth, jaws, lips, palate, uvula, and tongue Term respirators Definition lungs, nose, mouth, diaphragm, trachea, pharynx, bronchial tubes Term resonators Definition oral cavity, larynx, nasal cavity, chest cavity/thorax, turbinators, Term haptics Definition communications through touch Term proxemics Definition communications through distance Term chronemics Definition communication through time Term artifactual Definition communication through what you wear and how you appear Term oculesics Definition communications through eye contact and what you do with your eyes Term paralanguage Definition how you say something Term quality Definition resonation Term gustory Definition sense of taste Term olfactory Definition sense of smell Term rhetoric Definition having to do with words Term symantics Definition word choice Term syntax Definition word order Term perception Definition running words through your own personal filter or your experiences Term truth Definition what you can define as facts Term allusion Definition a reference to another piece of literature or writing or spoken words Term oxymoron Definition combination or contradictory words Term connotation Definition the meaning of the word Term denotation Definition the totally of things to which a term is applicable Term malapropism Definition two words that sound the same Term quotation Definition using someone elses words while still giving them credit Term goodwill Definition kind words of suport Term anaphora Definition repeating words right next to each other for emphasis Term antithesis Definition parallel arrangements Term paradox Definition a statement that is seemingly contradictory to common sense Term onomatopoeia Definition the use of words to suggest a sound Term alliteration Definition the repitition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words Term allegory Definition symbolism Term series Definition list Term logical fallacy Definition mistake in thinking, used intentionally or unintentionally to change people's minds Term ad hominem (to the man) Definition when you can't win an arguement any other way, you address a personal problem having nothing to do with the arguement Term non sequitar (off topic) Definition use of something completely unrelated in a debate Term post hoc ergo propter hoc (after this, therefore because of this) Definition i think, therefore i am Term equivocation Definition use of a word in two different senses in an arguement Term appeal to popularity (bandwagoning) Definition argueing a claim must be true because a number of people say so Term appeal to ignorance (burden of proof) Definition arguing that lack of evidence proves something Term appeal to emotion Definition the use of emotions as a permise or a claim in an arguement, usuallyu guilt pride anger etc Term red herring irrelevance Definition deliberate raising of an irrelevant fact to distract Term straw man Definition distorting of one weakness or an over simplification to be easily attacked Term begging the question Definition stating something as the truth without enought supporting info Term slippery slope Definition arguing without good reason that taking one certain step will lead to other undesirable steps Term analogy Definition comparison or two or more things in specific ways Term faulty analogy Definition stating that because these two things are alike in one way, that they must be alike in other ways Term genetic fallacy Definition claims that a statement is true or false because of where it came from Term fallacy of composition Definition wht is true of the parts must be true of the whole Term fallacy of division Definition what is true of the whole must be true of the parts Term appeal to tradition Definition because its been around for years means it must be true Term false dilemma Definition asserting that there are only two alternatives