Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience
A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress
Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his/her presentation
Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation
Focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion
The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener
Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else
The means by which a message is communicated
The person who receives the speaker's message
The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference
The message, usually nonverbal, sent from listener to a speaker
Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners
The time and place in which speech communication occurs
The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures
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positive nervousness
Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation.
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