Speech

Speech Study Guide

• Mass communication is when communication is produced and transmitted via mass media to large segments of the population at the same time. • Impromptu speech is a speech that is created within seconds or minutes of delivery. Typically, these speeches are delivered without any type of notes and are done under pressure. • Manuscript speeches are carefully prepared speeches that are designed for a specific issue, use specialized language, and allow the speaker to plan what to say but also have a written transcript of their remarks. • Extemporaneous speeches are researched and planned ahead but are not scriptedword for word, thus presentations of the same speech vary slightly from speech to speech. • Self-inventory examines a speaker’s intellectual and educational interests, goals, and activities to help generate possible topics for speeches. • Brainstorming is the act of writing down anything that comes to one’s mind about a particular category. • Concept mapping is a visual means of exploring connections between a subject and ideas. When generating ideas, ask who, what, when, where, why, and how. • Ethics are described as a set of behavioral standards. • Fair-mindedness is the willingness to suspend personal biases and remain open to competing ideas. • Occasion encompasses the expected purpose for the speech. • Specific purposes describe the specific response a speaker wants from an audience and are shaped by speaker’s goals, the situation of the speech, and potential benefits to the audience. Basically, a specific purpose is the ultimate response a speaker wants to evoke.

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