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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 audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Paraphrase
Credibility
Metaphor
Chronological Order
2. The speed at which a person speaks.
Causal Order
Ad Hominem
Credibility
Rate
3. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Abstract Words
Emphatic Listening
Internal Summary
Articulation
4. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Initial Credibility
Monotone
Hidden Agenda
Strategic Organization
5. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
False Cause
Ethical Decisions
Speech of Introduction
Consensus
6. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Hasty Generalization
Paraphrase
Designated Leader
Extemporaneous Speech
7. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Speech of Introduction
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Causal Reasoning
Crescendo Ending
8. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Invalid Analogy
Speech of Introduction
Pathos
Signpost
9. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Comprehensive Listening
Reasoning
Leadership
Example
10. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Key-word Outline
Listening
Concrete Words
Articulation
11. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Internal Summary
Residual Message
Kinesics
Attitude
12. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Cliche
False Cause
Testimony
13. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Adrenaline
Causal Order
Audience-Centeredness
Main Points
14. A group of two people.
Volume
Commemorative Speech
Dyad
False Cause
15. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Internal Preview
Direct Quotation
Panel Discussion
16. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Key-word Outline
Red Herring
Symposium
Pronunciation
17. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Credibility
Plagiarism
Appreciative Listening
Median
18. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Positive nervousness
Reasoning
Listener
Situational Audience Analysis
19. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Leadership
Connotative Meaning
Spare Brain Time
Small Group
20. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Vocalized Pause
Delivery Cues
Visual Framework
Attitude
21. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Evidence
Key-word Outline
Speaker
Generic 'he'
22. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Frame of Reference
Situational Audience Analysis
Bandwagon
Supporting Materials
23. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
False Cause
Egocentrism
Terminal Credibility
Attitude
24. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Implied Leader
Initial Credibility
Preparation Outline
Criteria
25. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Extemporaneous Speech
Imagery
Vocalized Pause
Acceptance Speech
26. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Small Group
Central Idea
Kinesics
Paraphrase
27. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Imagery
False Cause
Pathos
Fixed-Alternative Questions
28. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Antithesis
Internal Summary
Kinesics
29. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Initial Credibility
Spare Brain Time
Listening
30. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Alliteration
Denotative Meaning
Identification
Logos
31. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Evidence
Reasoning
Clutter
Manuscript Speech
32. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Logos
Paraphrase
Red Herring
Internal Summary
33. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Mean
Ethnocentrism
Name-calling
Designated Leader
34. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Denotative Meaning
Ad Hominem
Commemorative Speech
Incremental Plagiarism
35. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Credibility
Slippery Slope
Brief Example
Visualization
36. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Open-Ended Questions
Ethos
Situational Audience Analysis
Listening
37. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Clutter
Example
Statistics
Emphatic Listening
38. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Nonverbal Communication
Main Points
Alliteration
39. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Conversational Quality
Panel Discussion
Pause
Manuscript Speech
40. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Plagiarism
Supporting Materials
Residual Message
Ethics
41. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Ethical Decisions
Articulation
Visualization
Signpost
42. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
False Cause
Maintenance Needs
Creating Common Grounds
Credibility
43. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Appreciative Listening
Example
Derived Credibility
44. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Paraphrase
Maintenance Needs
Pathos
Chronological Order
45. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Preview Statement
Imagery
Dialect
Commemorative Speech
46. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Nonverbal Communication
Appreciative Listening
Initial Credibility
Paraphrase
47. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Gestures
Eye Contact
Bibliography
Connective
48. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Parallelism
Spatial Order
Specific Purpose
Stage Fright
49. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Task Needs
Scale Questions
Incremental Plagiarism
Derived Credibility
50. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Internal Preview
Goodwill
Connective
Name-calling