Essential Terms

This refers to personal or expert accounts used to provide a specific perspective on a topic.

This is a single, declarative sentence that encapsulates the central message of your speech. [thesis]

These listeners focus on efficiency and time limits. They value brevity and get frustrated by long-winded stories.

This is a very brief speech designed to congratulate, express appreciation, or remember someone. It usually ends with the audience raising their glasses in unison.

This is a form of communication apprehension defined as the personality trait of experiencing anxiety regarding any communication transaction.

This is a phrase or sentence that indicates a speaker is moving from one main point to another by summarizing the previous point and previewing the next.