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Anxiety over the prospect of giving a
speech in front of an audience. |
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A hormone released into the
bloodstream in response to physical
or mental stress. |
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Controlled nervousness that helps
energize a speaker for her or his
presentation. |
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Mental imaging in which a speaker
vividly pictures himself or herself
giving a successful presentation. |
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Focused, organized thinking about
such things as the logical
relationships among ideas, the
soundness of evidence, and the
differences between fact and opinion. |
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The person who is presenting an oral
message to a listener. |
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Whatever a speaker communicates to
someone else. |
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The means by which a message is
communicated. |
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The person who receives the
speaker’s message. |
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| The sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. |
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The messages, usually nonverbal,
sent from a listener to a speaker. |
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Anything that impedes the
communication of a message. Can be external or
internal to listeners. |
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The time and place in which speech
communication occurs. |
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The belief that one’s own group or
culture is superior to all other groups or cultures. |
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A speech that is written out word for
word and read to the audience. |
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A speech delivered with little or no
immediate preparation. |
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A carefully prepared and rehearsed
speech that is presented from a brief
set of notes. |
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Presenting a speech so it sounds
spontaneous no matter how many
times it has been rehearsed. |
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