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1. a situation in which an individual speaks to a group of people assuming
responsibility for speaking for a defined length of time: public speaking
2. acknowledging an audience's expectations and situations before, during,
and after a speech: audience centered
3. refers to the gap between populations that have a high level of access to an
use of digital communications technology, and populations that have a low
level of access and use: digital divide
4. Aristotle's term for public speaking: rhetoric
5. discovering what you want to say in a speech, such as by choosing a topic
and developing good arguments: invention
6. the way ideas presented in a speech are arranged: arrangement
7. the language or words used in a speech: style
8. using the ability to recall information to give an effective speech: memory
9. the presentation of a speech to an audience: delivery (dont forget greeks valued this most)
10. a story used in a speech or other form of communication: narrative
11. the planned a structured presentation of ideas transmitted from one phys-
ical location to another by means of information and communications tech-
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, nology: distance speaking
12. the person who assumes the primary responsibility for conveying a mes-
sage in public communication context: speaker
13. the words and nonverbal cues a speaker uses to convey ideas, feelings, and
thoughts: message
14. a mode of medium of communication: channel
15. the intended recipients of a speaker's message: audience
16. anything that interferes with the understanding of a message: noise
17. audience members' responses to a speech: feedback
18. the situation in which a speech is given: context
19. the extern surrounding that influence a public speaking event: environment
20. fear of speaking in front of an audience: speech anxiety
21. a theory that posits when individuals face an uncertain or unfamiliar situa-
tion, their level of anxiety increases: uncertainty reduction theory
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, 22. a phenomenon that leads us to think other people observe us much more
carefully than they actually do: spotlight ettect
23. the tendency of individuals to believe that how they feel is much more
apparent to others than it really is: illusion of transparency
24. imagining step-by-step a successful speech: visualization
25. the moral aspects of speaking and listening: ethical communication
26. the psychological and emotional tone that develops as communicators
interact with one another: communication climate
27. occurs when speakers are sensitive to audience needs and listen to au-
dience members; responses and listeners pay careful attention to speaks'
messages two they can respond appropriately and effectively: dialogue
28. occurs when communication is one way and communicators are only con-
cerned with their own individual goals: monologue
29. words that attack groups such as racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual minori-
ties: hate speech
30. presenting someone else's ideas and work, such as speeches, papers, and
images, as your own: plagiarism
31. a type of intellectual property that law protects; an original author's work
prevented from being used by others: copyright
32. using someone's original work in a way that does not infringe on the
owner's rights, generally for educational purposes, literary criticism, and news
reporting: fair use
33. brief references to a source during a speech: oral citations
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