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22 Cards in this Set
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Audience-centered presentational speaker |
Someone who considers and adapts to the audience at every stage of the presentational speaking process. |
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Speaker anxiety |
Also known as stage fright; anxiety about speaking in public that is manifested in physiological symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, butterflies in the stomach, shaking knees and hands, quivering voice, and increased perspiration. |
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Illusion of transparency |
The mistaken belief that the physical manifestations of a speaker’s nervousness are apparent to an audience. |
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Habituation |
The process of becoming more comfortable as you speak. |
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Systematic desensitization |
An anxiety management strategy that includes general relaxation techniques and visualization of success. |
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Performance visualization |
An anxiety management strategy that involves viewing a videotape of a successful presentation and imagining oneself delivering that presentation. |
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General purpose |
The broad reason for giving a presentation: to inform, to persuade, or to entertain an audience. |
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Specific purpose |
A concise statement of what listeners should be able to do by the time the speaker finishes the presentation. |
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Central idea |
A definitive point about a topic. |
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Declarative sentence |
A complete sentence that makes a statement as opposed to asking a question. |
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Main ideas |
Subdivisions of the central idea of a presentation that provide detailed points of focus for developing the presentation. |
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Supporting material |
Verbal or visual material that clarifies, amplifies, and provides evidence to support the main ideas of a presentation. |
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Vertical search engine |
A website that indexes information on the World Wide Web in a specialized area. |
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Boolean search |
A web search that ties words together so that a search engine can hunt for the resulting phrase. |
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Online database |
A subscription-based electronic resource that may offer access to abstracts or the full texts of entries, in addition to bibliographic data. |
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Stacks |
The collection of books in a library. |
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Periodical index |
A listing of bibliographical data for articles published in a group of magazines or journals during a given time period. |
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Reference resources |
Material housed in the reference section of a library, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, and books of quotations. |
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Illustration |
A story or anecdote that provides an example of an idea, issue, or problem the speaker is discussing. |
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Hypothetical illustration |
An example or story that has not actually occurred. |
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Figurative analogy |
A comparison between two seemingly dissimilar things that share some common feature on which the comparison depends. |
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Oral citation |
The oral presentation of such information about a source as the author, title, and publication date. |
