Sue gives a “high-five” to her friend Beth after Beth scores a point during a basketball game. Sue’s high five indicates she is happy with Beth’s performance, which we determined by interpreting what that form of touch/contact means. Which of the following is the interpretation of touch and what it communicates?

If your specific goal were “To inform my audience how to make genuine French press coffee,” you would probably organize your speech in ___________ order.

What logical fallacy is exemplified by the following statement? “My mother got into a car accident last week, and my aunt did two months ago. We can see, then, that women are bad drivers.”

As we discussed in class, one main purpose of a speech of introduction is to

When a speaker seeks to create a bond with listeners by emphasizing similar attitudes, values, beliefs or behaviors, the speaker is attempting to establish _______________.

                          audience analysis usually builds on the demographic analysis and gives the speaker insight into the time, size, location, and occasion of the speech.

The denotative meaning of a word includes all the feelings, associations, and emotions that the word touches off in different people

The                           speaker uses only brief notes or a speaking outline to jog the memory.

When Gabriel received the Top Engineering Student award at the department’s annual award ceremony, he gave a speech thanking the department for according him this honor. According to your textbook, what kind of ceremonial speech did Gabriel give?

As discussed in class, the                         meaning gives words their emotional power.