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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Alliteration
Conversational Quality
Evidence
Patchwork Plagiarism
2. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Extemporaneous Speech
Speech of Introduction
Acceptance Speech
Antithesis
3. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents the solution to the problem.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Abstract Words
Problem-Solution Order
Central Idea
4. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Ethical Decisions
Rhythm
Internal Summary
Fallacy
5. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Active Listening
Ethical Decisions
Small Group
Metaphor
6. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Topic
Preparation Outline
Question of Policy
Audience-Centeredness
7. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Analogical Reasoning
Demographic Audience Analysis
Adrenaline
Dissolve Ending
8. A detailed outline developed during the process of speech preparation that includes the title - specific purpose - central idea - introduction - main points - sub points - connectives - conclusion - and bibliography of a speech.
Dialect
Preparation Outline
Task Needs
Slippery Slope
9. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Global Plagiarism
Inflections
Acceptance Speech
10. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Parallelism
Quoting out of Context
Listener
Symposium
11. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Listener
Situational Audience Analysis
Simile
12. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Name-calling
Evidence
After-Dinner Speech
Hearing
13. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Speaker
Problem-Solution Order
Panel Discussion
Appreciative Listening
14. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Clutter
Pitch
Generic 'he'
Maintenance Needs
15. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Impromptu Speech
Stereo-typing
Question of Policy
Residual Message
16. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Direct Quotation
Pitch
Extemporaneous Speech
Supporting Materials
17. A trite or over uesd expression.
Example
Cliche
Causal Order
Speaker
18. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Imagery
Small Group
Internal Preview
Incremental Plagiarism
19. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Vocalized Pause
Speaker
Central Idea
Goodwill
20. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Causal Order
Stage Fright
Mean
Paraphrase
21. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Open-Ended Questions
Listening
Task Needs
Chronological Order
22. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Leadership
Strategic Organization
Simile
Demographic Audience Analysis
23. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Consensus
Task Needs
Pathos
Conversational Quality
24. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Listening
Speech of Introduction
Visualization
Positive nervousness
25. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
After-Dinner Speech
Ethics
Testimony
Acceptance Speech
26. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Speaking Outline
Abstract Words
Supporting Materials
Rhetorical Question
27. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Testimony
Denotative Meaning
Central Idea
Audience-Centeredness
28. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Ethics
Red Herring
Stage Fright
Spare Brain Time
29. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Critical Thinking
Scale Questions
Panel Discussion
Connotative Meaning
30. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Signpost
Oral Report
Paraphrase
Crescendo Ending
31. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Situational Audience Analysis
Manuscript Speech
Panel Discussion
Dissolve Ending
32. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Imagery
Visualization
Causal Order
Repetition
33. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Visualization
Connotative Meaning
Ethical Decisions
Repetition
34. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Bandwagon
Emergent Leader
Fallacy
Hidden Agenda
35. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Residual Message
Acceptance Speech
Creating Common Grounds
Key-word Outline
36. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Volume
Fallacy
Paraphrase
Topical Order
37. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Situational Audience Analysis
Pause
Paraphrase
Vocalized Pause
38. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Problem Solving (small)
Incremental Plagiarism
Either-Or
Eye Contact
39. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Main Points
Simile
Eye Contact
Metaphor
40. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Commemorative Speech
Audience-Centeredness
Critical Thinking
Antithesis
41. Audience Analysis that focuses on situational factors such as the size of the audience - the physical setting of the speech - and the disposition of the audience toward the topic - the speaker - and the occasion.
Situational Audience Analysis
Creating Common Grounds
Frame of Reference
Pathos
42. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Stereo-typing
Crescendo Ending
Abstract Words
Feedback
43. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Topic
Message
Manuscript Speech
Signpost
44. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Name-calling
Hasty Generalization
Statistics
Egocentrism
45. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Implied Leader
Slippery Slope
Stage Fright
Imagery
46. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Residual Message
Panel Discussion
Connotative Meaning
Brief Example
47. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
False Cause
Active Listening
Consensus
Causal Reasoning
48. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Preview Statement
Causal Order
Emphatic Listening
Paraphrase
49. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Scale Questions
Vocal Variety
Direct Quotation
Dialect
50. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Creating Common Grounds
Speaking Outline
Emphatic Listening
Global Plagiarism
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