concept

(noun)

An understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and/or imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

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Examples of concept in the following topics:

  • Antithesis

    • Contrast is a very important stylistic choice to fully illustrate a concept.
    • By explaining a concept, idea or argument with its opposite, you give your audience a 360 degree understanding of your point.
    • By giving your audience a contrast with the opposite point of view, they have a better idea of the concept; if they do not, you can clarify further.

  • Improve Listener Engagement, Comprehension, and Memory

    • For example, if a speaker uses a story to explain a concept and has a visual aid related to the story, the audience member will process both the visual aid and the story, and will be more likely to understand the concepts the speaker is presenting.
    • Similarly, a visual aid will act as a cue for the audience to remember a story or concept that the speaker is explaining.
    • The visual cue will more easily remind the audience of the concept than a simple explanation in words.

  • Extemporaneous Speeches

    • There are two popular methods for creating a graphical representation for notes: outlining, and mind or concept mapping.
    • Mind mapping and concept mapping are visual representations of ideas and concepts.
    • Concept maps are more free-form, since multiple hubs and clusters can be created.
    • Unlike mind maps, concept maps do not fix on a single conceptual center.

  • Q&A Considerations in Non-Academic Environments

    • Fortify Key Terms and Concepts: Identify any terms, concepts or acronyms in the speech that might cause confusion or disagreement in the audience.
    • Always define key terms and concepts in the speech, unless the audience is a homogeneous group of specialists.
    • However, even specialists may disagree on basic definitions; if there is any controversy surrounding a foundational term or concept, be prepared to take sides or explain why the controversy does not affect your issue.
    • Prepare for Basic Questions: When speaking to an audience with mixed levels of expertise, be prepared for questions about basic principles and concepts.
    • Has the definition or common conception of the issue changed over time?

  • Tailor Abstraction to Your Audience

    • Abstraction is the process of perceiving similarities from our direct, specific observations in the universe, organizing the similarities, and then assigning a word label for the more general concept.
    • We group together all the similar experiences to form a higher-level concept, which includes all the specific, individual observations we are engaging in abstraction.
    • Hayakawa explained the concept using a ladder .
    • Finally, at the top level, you have even more abstract concepts such as power, beauty, and casualness.
    • You can move up the ladder again to talk about boarder concepts.

  • Maximize Understanding

    • Understanding involves comprehending or knowing about an object, idea, concept, or process.
    • Classification and grouping alike things to form a concept: First, you'll want to cite examples that are familiar to the audience and put them into the same classification.
    • Thus, you gain a concept of a tree .
    • You'll want to see how the members of the audience organize the world cognitively in order to reframe your concepts so that the audience understands them.
    • Repetition: Build upon prior understanding of concepts by repeating and using internal summaries.

  • Informative Speeches

    • Concepts refer to ideas, beliefs, theories, attitudes, and/or principles.
    • When speaking about concepts, you may have to find concrete ideas in order to make abstract ideas more relatable and tangible to your audience.
    • Whether discussing the theory of the origins of the universe to whether there's any truth to the phrase "love at first sight," concept speeches break down complex ideas into manageable chunks of understanding for your audience.
    • A narrowly focused speech topic can really hone in on an object, process, event, or concept, thus making it easier for the audience to understand that topic.

  • The Role of Color

    • When properly used color should draw attention to the important terms or concepts in your presentation.
    • When properly used color should draw attention to the important terms or concepts in your presentation.

  • Definitions

    • These have been identified as central concepts for you, and by excluding them, you'll be very likely answering a different question from the one set.
    • There are often other key terms you want to include, and it's usually worth spending some time thinking about which ones are the key concept.
    • This is time worth spending, because you can later use the concepts without giving any further qualifications or comments.
    • The following two paragraphs define the concepts "social disadvantage" and "siblings. " The definitions are taken from a range of sources, and referenced accordingly.

  • Defining Emotional Appeal

    • It is generally characterized by the use of loaded language and concepts (God, country, and apple pie being good concepts; drugs and crime being bad ones).