| Acronyms | words or names formed out of the first letter of words in a series (such as PUSH. for People United to Save Humanity).
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| Attribution | crediting or referencing the sources of information.
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| Audience centered | speakers adapt the speech to the audience's needs, level of knowledge, background, and interests.
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| Audience expectations | what the audience believes is going to happen during the speech.
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| Banal | dull or commonplace
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| Civic engagement | participating to create change, organizing others who share a common vision, and working to improve communities and organizations.
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| Colloquial | informal language.
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| Curriculum | a set of courses in a college or other school.
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| Deference | high esteem or respect.
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| Demographic characteristics | the age, sex, socioeconomic status, ethnicity or nationality, level of education, and professional interests of the audience.
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| General speech purpose | the overall objective of the speech, such as to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
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| Homepage | the first document posted on a website and the doorway though which additional documents or information can be accessed.
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| Intrinsically | inherently or fundamentally connected to something.
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| Occasion | the time, mood, and setting of the speech.
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| Peer reviewed | experts in the discipline select only the best articles to publish in a journal.
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| Plagiarism | using other people's ideas, methods, or words without proper acknowledgment.
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| Primary source | firsthand knowledge, testimony, or direct evidence from authors who created the information.
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| Reconnaissance | to scout out a location beforehand.
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| Search engine | software that searches homepages for key words and phrases.
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| Secondary source | information based on other people's observation or research.
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| Specific speech purpose | the precise goal the speaker wants to achieve with the audience.
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| Speech to entertain | a speech whose overall objective is to amuse, enthrall, cheer, charm, or otherwise please an audience.
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| Speech to inform | a speech whose overall objective is to explain a concept, idea, or process to an audience.
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| Speech to persuade | a speech whose overall objective is to influence an audience to accept a belief, agree with a value, or take an action.
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| Trite | worn out, clichéd, or trivial.
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| Web browser | software that allows you to go from one site to another on the Internet and view Web pages.
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