| Question | Answer |
| Purpose | Answers the question: Why am I speaking? What outcome do I want? |
| informative presentation | to instruct and describe; report new information, clarify difficult terms, explain scientific phenomena and/or overcome confusion and misunderstanding. |
| context | circumstance and settings in which communication takes place - includes logistics - the strategic planning, arranging, and use of people, facilities, time and materials relevant to your presentation. |
| competence | refers to a speaker's perceived expertise and abilities. |
| Key Points | represent the most important issues or the main ideas you want your audience to understand and remember about your message. |
| the Speech Framer | provides a visual model for organizing presentation content. |
| mind mapping | a method for organizing and recording potential ideas and information by brainstorming alone. |
| preliminary outline | a first-draft outline that puts the major pieces of a presentation in a clear and logical order. |
| CORE | clear, oral, rhetorical and eloquent |
| metaphor | makes a comparison between two unrelated things or ideas |
| extemporaneous speaking | When you use a set of notes or an outline to guide you through a well prepared presentation. The most common form of delivery. |
| Manuscript speaking | when you write your presentation in advance and read it out loud. Used when speech will be published or an occasion is highly emotional. |
| eye scan | glancing at a specific section of your notes or manuscript and then looking up at your audience to speak. |
| value step | a step in an informative presentation that captures audience attention by explaining how the message can enhance their personal well-being and success. |
| Persuasive Presentation | a presentation designed to change audience opinion or behavior. |
| inoculation | building up audience resistance to the "other side" by exposing flaws in the arguments of the opposition and showing how to refute them. |
| common ground | a place where you and your audience do not disagree, in terms of shared interests, belies, values, attitudes or opinions. |
| argument | a claim supported by evidence and reasoning for or against that claim. |
| claim | the conclusion of an argument or the overall position you advocate in a presentation. "What is the argument trying to prove?" |
| evidence | support for a claim "how do you know that?". |
| warrant | explains why evidence is relevant and why it supports the claim. "How did you get there?" "What gives you the right to draw that conclusion?" |
| backing | provides support for the argument's warrant. "Why is this the right way to get there?" |
| reservation | recognizes that a claim may not be true under every circumstance. |
| qualifier | states the degree to which a claim appears to be true. Usually includes the words probably, possibly or likely. |
| proof | the arguments and evidence you use to support and strengthen a persuasive claim. |
| logos | logical proof |
| pathos | emotional proof |
| ethos | personal proof |
| mythos | narrative proof |
| fallacy | an error in thinking that has the potential to mislead or deceive others. |
| Oral Footnote | a spoken citation. It should include enough information to allow an interested listener to find the original sources. |
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