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Public speaking

Public speech to a group of audience in a structured, deliberate manner to inform, influence, or entertain.

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Public speaking

hey stupid question

Language; Public speaking

Trite question posed to the audience like How many of you want to make more money?

oxymoron

Language; Public speaking

Two concepts (usually two words) that do not go together, but are used together like old news, extensive briefing, direct circumvention and random order.

straw man fallacy

Language; Public speaking

Understating, distorting, or otherwise misrepresenting the position of opponents for the sake of refutation.

ad-lib

Language; Public speaking

Unplanned words or phrases spoken during a presentation.

verbatim

Language; Public speaking

Using the exact words of a source.

convulsive laughter

Language; Public speaking

Violent laughter that causes a person to lunge forward, backward or both.

sequence chart

Language; Public speaking

Visual illustrations of the different stages of a process.

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