Study Guide Review
Speech 101 Midterm Study Review
Chapter 1
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3. Ranked first among the skills of college graduated sought by employers
4. The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt some 4,500 years ago. In classical Greece & Rome, public speaking played a central role in education and civic life. The great Roman leader Cicero used his speeches to defend liberty & wrote several works about oratory in general. In recent years, communication researchers have provided an increasingly scientific basis for understanding the methods and strategies of effective speech.
5. Similarities
Organizing your thoughts logically
Tailoring your message to your audience
Telling a story for maximum impact
Adapting to listener feedback
Differences
Public speaking is more highly structured
Public speaking requites more formal language
“ “ requires a different method of delivery
6. Aim at transforming it from a negative force into a “positive nervouseness” – a zesty, enthusiastic, lively feeling with a slight edge to it. Don’t think of yourself as having stage fright, instead “stage excitement”
Acquire Speaking Experience
Prepare, prepare, prepare
Think positively
Use the power of visualization
Know that most nervousness is not visible
Don’t Expect Perfection
7. Critical thinking- focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, & the differences between fact & opinion
8. 7 elements in which we focus on how these elements interact when a public speaker addresses an audience
Speaker- the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message- whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel- the means by which a message is communicated
Listener- the person who receives the speaker’s message
Feedback- the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker
Interference- anything that impedes the communication of a
Chapter 1
1.
2.
3. Ranked first among the skills of college graduated sought by employers
4. The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt some 4,500 years ago. In classical Greece & Rome, public speaking played a central role in education and civic life. The great Roman leader Cicero used his speeches to defend liberty & wrote several works about oratory in general. In recent years, communication researchers have provided an increasingly scientific basis for understanding the methods and strategies of effective speech.
5. Similarities
Organizing your thoughts logically
Tailoring your message to your audience
Telling a story for maximum impact
Adapting to listener feedback
Differences
Public speaking is more highly structured
Public speaking requites more formal language
“ “ requires a different method of delivery
6. Aim at transforming it from a negative force into a “positive nervouseness” – a zesty, enthusiastic, lively feeling with a slight edge to it. Don’t think of yourself as having stage fright, instead “stage excitement”
Acquire Speaking Experience
Prepare, prepare, prepare
Think positively
Use the power of visualization
Know that most nervousness is not visible
Don’t Expect Perfection
7. Critical thinking- focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, & the differences between fact & opinion
8. 7 elements in which we focus on how these elements interact when a public speaker addresses an audience
Speaker- the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Message- whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
Channel- the means by which a message is communicated
Listener- the person who receives the speaker’s message
Feedback- the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker
Interference- anything that impedes the communication of a