New Speech Terms

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Chapter 2

• New Speech Terms

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Common Ground

• Understanding the audience.

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Confidence

• Believing in yourself.

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Content

• Worthwhile things you have to say.

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Conviction

• Believing in what you say.

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Dedication

• Willingness to practice a speech.

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Empathy

• Sincere understanding of the feelings of others.

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Enthusiasm

• Directed energy.

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Fear

• Biological process where people secure energy to
  do a job that matters.

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Friendliness

• Being a congenial speaker.

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Impression

• Getting off to a good start.

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Newness

• Originality in a speech.

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Notes

• Your ideas, written in brief, outlined form.

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Organization

• A speech plan that makes the speech easy to
  follow.

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Perception

• How you see things.

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Performance Anxiety

• Another term for stage fright.

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Phobia

• A persistent, irrational fear that causes one to
  avoid specific situations.

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Self-esteem

• Confidence in oneself.

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Stage Fright

• Fear of audiences.