Study Guide

Quiz 1

1. Definition of Communication
2. Transactional Model of Communication (sender, receiver, encode, decode, message, channel, feedback, context, noise)
3. Characteristics of Communication (inescapable, irreversible, content & relationship info, governed by rules, multichanneled)
4. Publc Speaking in a Democracy
5. Rhetorical Situation (Speaker, Audience, Occasion, Speech)
6. Benefits of Studying Public Speaking
7. Speech Anxiety / Comm Apprehension
8. Trait Apprehension
9. State Apprehension
10. Reasons for Anxiety
11. Strategies for Anxiety
12. Top 10 Important Steps for Public Speakers (care, organization, start/end strong, look great/feel great, show your personality, never drop the ball, control your body, make eye contact, control your voice, rehearse your speech)
13. Characteristics of a Good topic
14. Evaluation of topics
15. Topic Clarification
16. Topic Revelation Statement
17. Main Point Development
18. Journalist Questions
19. Speech Introduction (Attn Getter, TRS, Sig. Statement, Preview)
20. Body Points (Intro, Main Ideas, Big Point, Transition)
21. Conclusions (Review, Lasting Thought)
22. Functions of Outlining (Organization, Logic, Practice)
23. Subordination
24. Rule of 2
25. Outline Format

Quiz 2