CMST-1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ethnocentrism, Mental Image, Critical Thinking
23 Aug 2018
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Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation. Only a fraction of the turmoil you feel inside is visible on the outside. Think positively (1 negative = 5 positive) Visualization: mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation. Prepare (1 min speaking = 1-2 hrs preparing) Audience are not looking for performance but for the ideas that the speaker is trying to communicate. Focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion. A matter of logic---ability to spot weakness in others argument and to avoid them in your own. Organizing a speech is shaping the ideas themselves. 7 elements in the speech communication process. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener. Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else. The means by which a message is communicated.
