SPC 2608 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Vivid Band, Variety Show, Memory
12 Oct 2018
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Fall 2018
Public Speaking Final Study Guide
[Chapter 1]
3 Models of Communication
ACTION
1. Encode
a. Translate ideas and images in the mind to an audience
2. Message
a. The speech itself (what is said, how it is said)
3. Channels
a. Visual:
i. posture, gestures, eye contact, dress, visual aids, etc.
b. Auditory
i. Vocal cues: inflection, rate, voice quality
4. Receiver
a. Individual audience member, decoding depends on experience, values
INTERACTION
1. Feedback
a. Audience Centered: picking up expressions, and adjusting
2. Context
a. Environment of situation in which the speech occurs
i. (time, place, expectations, traditions)
TRANSITION
1. Public speaking as a simultaneous process
2. How the audience responds to messages
Rhetoric
• The use of words and symbols to achieve a goal
3 Western Historical Ages of Public Speaking
GOLDEN AGE
1. The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle sets guidelines for speakers
2. Roman Orators: Cicero & Quintilian
3. Clergy: Martin Luther’s Articles of Faith
POLITICAL ORATORY (19 & 20 CENTURY)
1. Speaking for political rights
2. Declamation- delivery of an already famous speech
3. Elocution- expression of emotion through posture, movement, gesture, facial
expressions, and voice
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TECHNOLOGICAL AGE
1. “A date which will live in infamy”- Franklin Roosevelt (Pearl Harbor)
2. “I have a dream” -Martin Luther King
5 Canons of Public Speaking
1. Invention
a. Creative process of developing ideas
2. Arrangement
a. How the speech is organized
3. Style
a. Your choice of words
4. Memory
a. Extent to which you use notes or rely on memory to share ideas
5. Delivery
a. Nonverbal expression of your message
Understanding Nervousness Insight
1. Average
2. Insensitive
3. Inflexible
4. Confrontational
Strategies to Build Confidence
• Know Your Audience
• Don’t Procrastinate
• Select an Appropriate Topic
• Prepare
• Be Organized
• Know Introduction & Conclusion
• Make Practice Real
• Breathe
• Channel Nervous Energy
• Visualize Success
• Give Yourself a Mental Pep Talk
• Focus on Message, Not Fear
• Look for Positive Support
• Seek Speaking Opportunities
• Focus on Accomplishment
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Document Summary
Interaction: feedback, audience centered: picking up expressions, and adjusting, context, environment of situation in which the speech occurs, (time, place, expectations, traditions) Transition: public speaking as a simultaneous process, how the audience responds to messages. Rhetoric: the use of words and symbols to achieve a goal. Golden age: the art of rhetoric by aristotle sets guidelines for speakers, roman orators: cicero & quintilian, clergy: martin luther"s articles of faith. Political oratory (19 & 20 century: speaking for political rights, declamation- delivery of an already famous speech, elocution- expression of emotion through posture, movement, gesture, facial expressions, and voice. Technological age: a date which will live in infamy - franklin roosevelt (pearl harbor, i have a dream -martin luther king. Understanding nervousness insight: average, insensitive, inflexible, confrontational. General purpose: overarching goal of your speech, three types, to inform, teach, define, illustrate, clarify, or elaborate on a topic, class lectures, seminars, workshops, to persuade, change or reinforce listener"s attitudes.
