Speech Chapter 15 Vocabulary

an audience in which the majority of listeners agree, from slightly to completely, with the speaker's thesis.

• Neutral audience

• Hostile audience

• Favorable audience

• Apathetic audience

an audience in which the majority of the listeners have not reached a decision about a speaker’s thesis.

• Neutral audience

• Hostile audience

• Favorable audience

• Apathetic

an audience in which the majority of the listeners have no interest in the speaker’s thesis.

• Neutral audience

• Hostile audience

• Favorable audience

• Apathetic audience

an audience in which the majority of the listeners oppose the speaker’s thesis.

• Neutral audience

• Hostile audience

• Favorable audience

• Apathetic audience

a method for organizing information in which the thesis is stated first and then reasons are presented to support it.

• Problem-Solution Method

• Deductive Approach

• Statement-of-Reason Method

• Comparative Advantage Method

the classic deductive method for presenting information in which the thesis is started directly, followed by reasons supporting it.

• Problem-Solution Method

• Deductive Approach

• Statement-of-Reason Method

• Comparative Advantage Method

a deductive approach for presenting information in which the speaker first presents the problem then offers at least one possible solution for that problem.

• Problem-Solution Method

• Deductive Approach

• Comparative Advantage Method

• Statement-of-Reason Method

an common deductive approach for presenting information in which each reason is presented as a benefit to the audience.

• Problem-Solution Method

• Deductive Approach

• Comparative Advantage Method

• Statement-of-Reason Method

an inductive method for presenting information that includes five steps; drawing attention to a problem, showing a need for action, outlining a plan tp satisfy that need, visualizing benefits, and suggesting a specific action.

• Inductive Approach

• Negative Method

• Criteria-Satisfaction Method

• Monroe Motivated Sequence

an inductive method for organizing information in which the speaker shows that no option other than the one the speaker proposes is acceptable.

• Inductive Approach

• Negative Method

• Criteria-Satisfaction Method

• Monroe Motivated Sequence