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Unit 1 Vocab
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Communication
Not Applicable
07/14/2016

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Intrapersonal Communication
Definition
Communicating with yourself through your thoughts
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Audience Analysis
Definition
Learning about the diverse characteristics of the people who make up the audience
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Speech Planning Process
Definition
System you use to prepare a speech
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Impersonal Communication
Definition
Communication between people about general information, such as saying “hi” to someone in the hallway
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Speech-making process
Definition
Process of giving a speech to the audience
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Speaking expressively
Definition
Using various vocal techniques so you sound a bit more dramatic than you would in casual conversation
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Nonverbal Communication
Definition
The way you stand when giving a speech and the way you use your eyes, face and hands
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Rhetorical devices
Definition
Language techniques that create and hold audience attention and help audience members remember what you said in your speech
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Empower
Definition
To make more confident and assertive
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Interpersonal Communication
Definition
Communication between two people who have a relationship with each other
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Plagiarism
Definition
Stealing and passing off the ideas, words, or created works of someone else as your own
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Ethics
Definition
A set of moral principles that a society, group or individual holds that distinguish right from wrong and good behavior from bad behavior
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Remembering
Definition
Being able to recall and retain the information you heard
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Public Speaking
Definition
A formal presentation made by a speaker to an audience
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Listening
Definition
Receiving spoken communication from another person and making an effort to hear and understand what the person is saying
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Attention span
Definition
Length of time you can concentrate and listen effectively
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Monotone
Definition
An unchanging tone without rise or fall in the speaker’s voice
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Critical listening
Definition
Evaluate what the speaker is saying and decide on the value of the message
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Understanding
Definition
The ability to assign accurate meaning to what was said
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Closed question
Definition
Narrowly focused questions that require only brief answers such as yes or no
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Active listening
Definition
Includes identifying how ideas are organized, asking questions, silently paraphrasing, watching nonverbal clues and taking notes
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Paraphrase
Definition
Restating the speakers meaning in your own words
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Research
Definition
Investigating a subject to learn the facts about it
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Credentials
Definition
Your experience or education that qualify you to speak with authority on a specific subject
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Primary source
Definition
First-hand accounts that you conduct or those written by people who were part of the original event or research
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Follow-up question
Definition
A question you ask during an interview that results from the answers to your primary questions
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Open question
Definition
Broad based questions that ask the interviewee to provide perspective, ideas, information, values, goals or opinions
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Speech Goal
Definition
A statement of what you want your audience to know, believe or do.
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Neutral question
Definition
Questions asked in a way that does not direct a person’s answer
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Leading question
Definition
Questions asked in a way that suggest you have a preferred answer
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Critical analysis
Definition
The process of evaluating what you have heard to determine a speech’s completeness
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Credibility
Definition
A speaker’s ability to inspire trust and belief
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Critique
Definition
A formal assessment of a speech that requires you to analyze and evaluate a speech’s effectiveness according to how well the speaker meets specific key criteria
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Constructive critique
Definition
An analysis of a speech that evaluates how well a speaker meets a specific speaking goal while following the rules for good speaking and recommends how the speech might be improved
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Speech Plan
Definition
A strategy for achieving your speech goals.
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Animated delivery
Definition
A lively, energetic, enthusiastic and dynamic delivery
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Audience adaptation
Definition
Process of writing your speech to meet the needs and interests of the listeners
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Demographics
Definition
Characteristics of a group of people
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Outline
Definition
A plan of main points and supporting detail that you want to cover in your speech
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Chronological order
Definition
A method of arranging things in relation to when they happen in time
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Topical order
Definition
A method of arranging information by subjects, facts or points
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Visual aid
Definition
An object, picture, photo, chart or other image that the audience can see
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Eye contact
Definition
A form of nonverbal communication that occurs when two people look at one another for a few seconds
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Speak clearly
Definition
Speaking so the audience can make out what you are saying.
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Pitch
Definition
How high or low the sound of your voice is
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Quality of voice
Definition
The tone that distinguishes your voice from everyone else’s
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Accent
Definition
The speech habits of people from a specific country, region of a country or even a state or city.
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Articulation
Definition
The way you use your mouth and lips to form words
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Vocal expressiveness
Definition
The variety you create in your voice through changing pitch, volume and rate; the expressing of certain words ; and using pauses
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Stress
Definition
To emphasize certain words by speaking them more loudly than they rest of the sentence
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Pause
Definition
A moment of silence that enhances the meaning of an idea
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Gestures
Definition
How you move your hands, arms and fingers
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Movement
Definition
Changing the position of your entire body
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