Thursday, July 16, 2009

Midterm Exam Review

Chapter 1
Benefits of public speaking (3)
Communication Apprehension (term)
Credibility (term)
Dynamism (term)
Common ground (term)
Listening vs. Hearing (from discussion not book)
4 steps of listening critically (from discussion not book)
4 major listening goals (from discussion)
Comm. Models (3) (from discussion)
Channel (term)
Noise (term)
Feedback (term)
Communication (term) (according to the text)

Chapter 2
Canons of rhetoric

Chapter 3
Ways to generate speech topics (5)
General purposes (3)
Specific purposes (term)
Thesis statement (term)
3 things to consider when choosing a topic

Chapter 4
Audience analysis (term)
Demographics (term)
Worldview (term)
Ways to gather information about the audience (4)
Open vs. Closed ended questions
Degree questions
Audience adaptation (term)

Chapter 6
Organizational patterns (6)
Monroe's motivated sequence elements
Law of recency (from discussion)
Primacy (from discussion)
Transistions (3)
Purpose of introductions
Functions of conclusions

Chapter 7
Extemporaneous delivery
Memorized
Manuscript
Impromptu
*Review graph on pg.162

Appx. A
Small group communication (term)
Questions of fact, value, and policy
Problem vs. solution Questions
Absolute and important criteria
Types of group presentations

*Also, review the structure of a speech presentation (i.e. what goes into making a speech? examples: attention getter, preview statement, etc.) Take a look at your cultural narrative speech outline there may be questions regarding elements of a good speech.

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