Speech Terms
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. audience
A. Someone who ___ attentively
2. conclusion
B. Formally making a person known to another or to the public
3. confidence
C. A customary way of operation or behavior
4. gestures
D. An iconic mental representation
5. image
E. How loud something is, or how much space it fills
6. introduction
F. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
7. listener
G. Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
8. nerves
H. Someone who expresses in language
9. outline
I. An opportunity to state your case and be heard
10. posture
J. The temporal end
11. preparation
K. To attain ___ or reach a desired goal
12. question
L. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (plural)
13. speaker
M. Freedom from doubt
14. speech
N. Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling (plural)
15. tone
O. The line that appears to bound an object
16. volume
P. The arrangement of the body and its limbs
17. humor
Q. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
18. practice
R. A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
19. eyecontact
S. A meeting of the ___ between two people that expresses meaningful nonverbal communication
20. succeed
T. The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
21. appearance
U. The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose