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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The speed at which a person speaks.
Criteria
Abstract Words
Rate
Hearing
2. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Global Plagiarism
Adrenaline
Eye Contact
Terminal Credibility
3. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Speaking Outline
Question of Policy
Topic
Open-Ended Questions
4. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Crescendo Ending
Either-Or
Dyad
5. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Listening
Creating Common Grounds
Positive nervousness
6. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Active Listening
Internal Preview
Statistics
Terminal Credibility
7. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Preview Statement
Plagiarism
Hypothetical Example
Volume
8. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Dialect
Plagiarism
Vocalized Pause
Extemporaneous Speech
9. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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10. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Volume
Kinesics
Derived Credibility
11. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Transition
Panel Discussion
Cliche
False Cause
12. 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
Articulation
Bill of Rights
Incremental Plagiarism
13. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Central Idea
Reasoning from Principle
Appreciative Listening
Speech of Presentation
14. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Main Points
Procedural Needs
Statistics
Scale Questions
15. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Analogical Reasoning
Interference
Bandwagon
16. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Dialect
Patchwork Plagiarism
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Feedback
17. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Bill of Rights
Implied Leader
Causal Order
Peer Testimony
18. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Expert Testimony
Connective
Interference
Comprehensive Listening
19. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Alliteration
Symposium
Positive nervousness
Invalid Analogy
20. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Dyad
Global Plagiarism
Parallelism
Adrenaline
21. An error in causal reasoning in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follow another - the first event is the cause of the second. This error is often known by it's Latin name meaning - 'after this - therefore because of this.'
Critical Listening
Nonverbal Communication
False Cause
Antithesis
22. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Causal Order
Parallelism
Critical Thinking
Emphatic Listening
23. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Procedural Needs
Statistics
Metaphor
24. The average value of a group of numbers.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Channel
Mean
Demographic Audience Analysis
25. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Credibility
Impromptu Speech
Spatial Order
Direct Quotation
26. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Reasoning
Brief Example
Commemorative Speech
Invalid Analogy
27. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Hasty Generalization
Incremental Plagiarism
Spatial Order
28. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Imagery
Audience-Centeredness
Denotative Meaning
Conversational Quality
29. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Critical Thinking
Procedural Needs
Example
Pathos
30. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Preview Statement
Key-word Outline
Frame of Reference
31. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Internal Summary
After-Dinner Speech
Connotative Meaning
32. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
After-Dinner Speech
Topical Order
Bandwagon
Dialect
33. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Small Group
Message
Reflective-Thinking Method
Appreciative Listening
34. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Implied Leader
Metaphor
Hasty Generalization
Monotone
35. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Symposium
Maintenance Needs
Procedural Needs
36. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Bill of Rights
Nonverbal Communication
Pitch
Antithesis
37. 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.
Inflections
Ethics
Open-Ended Questions
Preparation Outline
38. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Connective
Causal Order
Statistics
Oral Report
39. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Problem Solving (small)
Vocalized Pause
Specific Purpose
Rhythm
40. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Active Listening
Direct Quotation
Pitch
Abstract Words
41. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Attitude
Plagiarism
Supporting Materials
Delivery Cues
42. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Frame of Reference
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Scale Questions
Listener
43. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Analogical Reasoning
Testimony
Crescendo Ending
Hypothetical Example
44. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Panel Discussion
Frame of Reference
Spare Brain Time
Parallelism
45. A trite or over uesd expression.
Criteria
Articulation
Residual Message
Cliche
46. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Identification
Open-Ended Questions
After-Dinner Speech
Either-Or
47. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Criteria
Conversational Quality
Egocentrism
48. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Delivery Cues
Implied Leader
Reflective-Thinking Method
Internal Preview
49. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Appreciative Listening
Pause
Specific Purpose
Panel Discussion
50. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Hypothetical Example
Bandwagon
Strategic Organization
Evidence