speech study guide

Study Guide

Exam 1

1. Define the elements of communication: participants, channel, interference

2. Identify ways to overcome nervousness

3. Define the five steps in the listening process: attending, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding

4. Define the three parts of the rhetorical triangle: ethos, logos, and pathos

5. Explain ethical communication and ethical listening

6. Define the types of communication: intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, mass, and public

7. What two emotions must be present to effectively listen

8. Compare and contrast hearing and listening

9. Understand plagiarism

10. Specific purpose

11. How to establish common ground

12. Understand the components of a central idea

13. Rules of using statistics

14. Attention grabbing techniques

15. Define and give examples of transitions

16. Define and give examples of signposts

17. Organizational patterns such as chronological or time order, topical order, spatial order or Monroe's Motivated Sequence.

18. Your outline will include all of the major components of your speech but the delivery outline should be brief and condensed.

19. How to establish credibility.

20. Components of your speech introduction.

21. Components of your speech conclusion.

22. Guidelines to creating and using visual aids.

23. Define denotative and connotative words.

24. Define and identify figurative language such as metaphor, simile, alliteration and antithesis.

25. Define speech delivery such as manuscript, extemporaneous, impromptu, or memorized speeches.

26. What are the rules for speaking with clarity?