. . PUBLIC SPEAKING : DICTIONARIES: SUBJECT: Public Speaking: Glossary . . Public Speaking: Glossary Public Speaking Tips http://www.speaking-tips.com/Glossary.aspx . . Content Sample: . abstractA summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author.
. abstract words Words that refer to ideas or concepts. . acceptance speechA speech that gives thanks for a gift, an award, or some other form of public recognition.
. acronym A word composed of the initial letters or parts of a series of words. active listeningGiving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
. ad hominem fallacy An attempt to discredit a position by attacking the people who favor it. . adrenalineA hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
. after-dinner speechA brief, often humorous, ceremonial speech, presented after a meal, that offers a message without asking for radical changes in attitude or action.
. agenda-setting functionThe work of informative speaking in raising topics to attention and creating a sense of their importance.
. agreementThe third stage in the persuasive process requires that listeners not only accept the speakers recommendations but remember their reasons for doing so.
. alliteration Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words. . amplification The art of developing ideas by finding ways to restate them in a speech. . analogical persuasionCreating a strategic perspective on a subject by relating it to something about which the audience has strong positive or negative feelings.
. analogical reasoningReasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that what is true for the first case is also true for the second.
. analogous color schemeColors adjacent on the color wheel; used in a presentation aid to suggest both differences and close relationships among the components represented.
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