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Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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textual graphics

Language; Public speaking

Visual presentation of key words in a speech using a chalkboard, poster board, flip chart, transparency, slide, or handout.

graphics

Language; Public speaking

Visual representations of information.

residual message

Language; Public speaking

What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.

message

Language; Public speaking

Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else.

parallel construction

Language; Public speaking

Wording an outline’s main points in the same way in order to emphasize their importance and to help the audience remember them.

gag

Language; Public speaking

Wordplay or horseplay with the audience.

ideographs

Language; Public speaking

Words that convey in a compressed way a group’s basic political faith or system of beliefs.