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Speech
Exam 3
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Undergraduate 1
11/12/2008

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discriminative listening
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phase of listening in whihc we detect sounds of spoken communication
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comprehensive listening
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phase of listening in whihc we focus on, understand, and interpret spoken messages
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empathetic listening
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phase of listening in which we suspend judgment, allow speakers to be heard, and try to see things from their points of view
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appreciative listening
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phase of listening in which we enjoy the beauty of messages, responding to such factors as the simplicity, balance, and the eloquence of language
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critical listening
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listening with careful analysis and evaluation of message content
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constructive listening
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search for the value that messages may have for your life, despite their defects
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Listening barriers based on situations nad speakers
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physical noise, message problems, and presentation problems
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Listening barriers based on listeners themselves
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inattentiveness, listening style preference, bad habits, listening aprehension, emotional reactions to words, and attitudes
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receiver apprehension
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fear of misinterpreting, inadequately processing and/or not being able to adjust psychologically to messages sent by others
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trigger words
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words that arouse such powerful feelings that they interfere with te ability to listen critically and constructively
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filtering
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listening to only part of a message, the part the listener wants to hear
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assimilation
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the tendency of listeners to interpret the positions of a speaker with whom they agree as closer to their own views than they actually are
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contrast effect
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seeing positions different than yours as being more distant than they actually are
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facts
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information that can be verified by observation or expert testimony
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inferences
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assumptions based on incomplete information
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opinions
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expressions of personal attitude or belief offered without supporting material
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demagogues
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political speakers who try to inflame feelings without reard to the accuracy or adequacy of their claims in order to promote their own agendas
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critique
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an evaluation of a speech that emphasizes strengths as well as weaknesses and that focuses on how a speaker might improve
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universal listener
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listening as though you represent all who might be affected by a message
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denotative meaning
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the dictionary definition or objective meaning of a word
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connotative meaning
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the emotional, subjective, personal meaning that certain words can evoke in listeners
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jargon
Definition
technical language related to a specific field that may be incomprehensible to a general audience
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euphemism
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sometimes humorous use of words to soften or evade the truth of a situation
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doublespeak
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using words that point in the direction opposite from the reality they should be describing
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amplification
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the art of developing ideas by finding ways to restate them in a speech
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slang
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the language of the street
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malapropisms
Definition
language errors that occur when a word is confused with another word that sounds like it
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maxims
Definition
brief and particularly apt sayings
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cultural sensitivity
Definition
the respectful appreciation of diversity within an audience
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figurative language
Definition
teh use of words in certain surprising and unusual ways in order to magnify the power of thier meaning
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metaphor
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Brief, concentrated form of compariso that is implied and often surprising. connects elements of experience that are notusually related in order to create a new perspective
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enduring metaphor
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metaphors of unusual power and populairty that are based on experience that lasts across time and that crosses many cultural boundaries
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simile
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a language tool that clarifies something abstract by comparing it with something concrete; usually introduced by as or like
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culture types
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terms that expres the values and goals of a group's culture
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ideographs
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compact expressions of a group's basic political faith
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antithesis
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a language technique that sombines opposing elements in the same sentence or adjoining sentences
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inversion
Definition
changing the normal order of words to make statements memorable
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