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Pubic Speaking
Quiz 2, chapters 4,5,6,& 8
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
02/16/2010

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Case Studies
Definition
the products of deliberate study of an individual
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Stories
Definition
serve as support for abstract ideas or concepts
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Plot
Definition
the organizational structure of a narrative
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Resolution
Definition
The final event in the narrative plot
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Setting
Definition
The when and where and what happened before to a narrative
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Histories
Definition
the real experiences of an individual
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Essential Narrative Elements
Definition
1. movement through time
2. change
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Complications
Definition
the building up of small events or changes and their relations to each other arouses curiosity
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Characters
Definition
person, organization, institution, place, or object
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Bookend stories
Definition
the same story is used in both the introduction and conclusion
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Descriptive definitions
Definition
reflects the established and conventional usage of a word
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verbal examples
Definition
create a vivd, easily remembered image of the term
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Non-Exemplars
Definition
an example of what the term is not
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Secondary defintions
Definition
defining typical subcategories or parts that make up the whole term
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Prescriptive definitions
Definition
commonly created for brand-new terms
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Differentation
Definition
explaining the differences between the term and another term
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Exemplars
Definition
a model; archetypical example
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Sensory examples
Definition
see, hear, touch, or taste
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Physical Properties
Definition
create a mental picture for the audience of the aspects that can be perceived only by human senses
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Spatial Categories
Definition
structures, places, and objects
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Sensory categories
Definition
looks, sounds, smells, feels, tastes
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Time Order
Definition
using an organization time sequence
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