COMM 107- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 107
• Professor: brookefowler

Document Summary

Strategies for managing speech anxiety: prepare and practice, being confident, do(cid:374)"t procrasti(cid:374)ate, poor prep = bad outcome, good food before and no caffeine, prep and practice is a must, gain realistic perspective, phases of speech anxiety. Confrontation phase- when you face the audience and begin to speak. Adaptation phase- at 60 seconds into the speech, symptoms diminish and you reach a more comfortable level of speaking. Release stage- the 60 seconds after you finish speaking: learning to monitor you adaptation will make you less anxious, rational vs irrational anxiety. Aristotle - the three elements of speech making: speaker, subject, and person addressed. Audience determines the object of the speech and the effectiveness. 5 types: captive, committed, contrary, concerned, and casual. Listeners look for weakness in your arguments and can ambush you. Belief, attitudes, values, demographics( age, gender, culture, etc. ) Ex: don"t speak of 9/11 if they were not alive. Pick a topic like health that they are all interested in.