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Final exam test 4
chapter 11 -15 Texas State University 1310 Communications Professor Houser
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2010

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Public Speaking
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A teachable, learnable process of developing, supporting, organizing, and orally presenting ideas
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Presentational Speaking Process
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1. Select and narrow topic
2. identify purpose
3. develop central idea
4. generate main ideas
5. Gather supporting material
6. organize presentaion
7. rehearse presentation
8. Deliver presentation
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audience-centered presentational speaker
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someone who considers and adapts to the audeince at every stage of the presentation
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Speaker anxiety
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Also known as stage fright; anxiety about speaking in public that is manifested in physiological symptoms such as rapid heartbeat
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Illusion of transparency
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the mistaken belief that the physical manifestations of a speakers nervousness are apparent to an audience
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Habituation
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the process of becoming more comfortable as you speak
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Systematic Desensitization
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An anxiety management strategy that includes general relaxation techniques and visualization of success
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Performance visualization
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An anxiety management strategy that involves viewing a videotape of a successful presentation and imagining oneself delivering that presentation.
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General purpose
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the broad reason for giving a presentation: to inform, to persuade, or to entertain an audience
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Specific purpose
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a concise statement of what listeners should be able to do by the time the speaker finishes the presentation
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Central idea
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a definitive point about a topic
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declarative sentence
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a complete sentence that makes a statement, as opposed to asking a question
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main ideas
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subdivisions of the central idea of a presentation, which provide detailed points of focus for developing the presentation
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directory
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an internet site that offers the user ever-more-specific categories through which to search the world wide web
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search engine
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an internet site that works much like a traditional card catalog or index, allowing the user to perform a subject or keyword search of the world wide web
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