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📞Intro to Public Speaking
Key Terms

115 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Public Speaking exam

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A

Academic presentations
Ad hominem
Aesthetic appeal
American Oratory Traditions
Appeal to authority
Appeal to ignorance
Argumentative message
Argumentative thesis
Audience feedback
Audience Impact
Audience Interaction
Audience mirroring
Audience perception
Audience Relevance
Audience responsiveness
Audience Segmentation
Audience Sensitivity
Audience Surveys
Audience trust

B

Bennett's Model of Intercultural Sensitivity
Business speeches

C

Card Stacking
Carl Hovland
Causal argument
Causal pattern
Cause and Effect
Cause-effect
Cause-effect pattern
Central Idea
Central route
Charts and graphs
Chronological pattern
Circular structure
Clarity of Message
Classical rhetoric
Cognitive pause
Cognitive Responses
Commemorative Speech
Common ground
Comparative Speech
Comparative Thesis
Compare-contrast pattern
Concrete Language
Controlled breathing techniques
Credibility Statement
Crescendo effect
Cross-examination
Cultural Intelligence
Culturally diverse audiences
Currency of Information

D

Debatable Thesis
Declarative Thesis
Deictic Gestures
Denotative meanings
Descriptive feedback
Diaphragmatic breathing
Dual Coding Theory

F

Filler words
Frame of reference
Fundamental Speech Purposes

G

Gesture holds
Gesture space
Guided imagery

H

Hierarchical Organization
High-Context vs. Low-Context Communication
Hofstede's Dimensions
Hostile audience

I

Indentation
Intonation
Inverted pyramid structure

L

Logical Flow
Logical Sequence
Low-Context Culture

M

Manuscript speaking
Memorized Speaking