9th Grade Speech
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Avg score: 24% Most missed: “failure to listen effectively can result in ___________”
9th Grade Speech
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1. refusing to consider ideas that are different from your own; an example is someone refusing to listen

2. the logical fallacy that asks people to become part of the supposedly overwhelming group in favor of some person, product, or idea

3. a type of faulty reasoning occurring when the speaker does not have adequate evidence to support the broad conclusion drawn; when the evidence given does not prove the point of an argument

4. faulty reasoning that gives a person or idea a bad label without providing evidence to support it

5. the method of false reasoning that asks people to become part of the supposedly overwhelming group in favor of a person, product, or idea

6. when listening to a speaker who commands a great deal of respect, an audience should be cautious not to pay too much attention to the ______ and too little to the message

7. anything that draws the mind or attention away in another direction

8. these include noises, distractions, and daydreaming

9. failure to listen effectively can result in ___________

10. the stating of opinions as though they were proven facts

11. understanding and interpreting sound in a manin

12. willing to listen to all aspects of a question before the making of a decision; more listening than speaking

13. a main point

14. the source of a message is the ____________

15. looking a speaker directly in the eyes is a form of _________

16. the connecting of new information with something already known

17. listening for central ideas means listening to __________

18. 'It does not follow' (Latin); a remark that does not logically follow from what has just been said

19. the logical fallacy of stating that an idea is true without providing proof; speakers never really prove the point that they are trying to make

20. be ready from the very beginning

21. connect new information you are hearing with something you already know

22. the reception of sound

23. the average person misses ___________ of what he hears

24. involves some well-known person on a particular subject; the not-always-expert opinion of a well-known person on a particular subject

25. gestures, facial expressions, and tone of voice