Abstract words (words that refer to ideas or concepts that are removed from material reality) like “peace,” “love,” “immoral,” “justice,” “freedom,” “success,” and “honor”
not physical
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- Aug 2025
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worldview
perspective
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Cosmology signifies the way that we see our relationship to the universe and to other people.
"who is deserving to what"
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Speech writers should be careful not to presume that audience members share the same beliefs.
i think of "beliefs" as opinons/thoughts that are unproven/debatable
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Psychological noise
occupied and distracted mentally
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physiological noise, and this refers to bodily processes and states that interfere with a message. For instance, if a speaker has a headache or the flu, or if audience members are hot or they're hungry, these conditions may interfere with message accuracy.
does not have to be a literal noise, these examples of biological discomforts (hence "physiological")
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