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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. 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.'
Paraphrase
False Cause
Example
Clutter
2. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Ethics
Pronunciation
Visualization
Pathos
3. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Creating Common Grounds
Speaker
Pause
4. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Connotative Meaning
Dissolve Ending
Clutter
Delivery Cues
5. 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.
Causal Order
Spatial Order
Problem-Solution Order
Transition
6. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Open-Ended Questions
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Spatial Order
Kinesics
7. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Designated Leader
Causal Order
False Cause
8. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Conversational Quality
Causal Order
Goodwill
Chronological Order
9. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Interference
Generic 'he'
Stage Fright
Positive nervousness
10. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Example
Causal Reasoning
Oral Report
11. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Delivery Cues
Antithesis
Causal Order
Invalid Analogy
12. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Incremental Plagiarism
Conversational Quality
Articulation
Task Needs
13. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Monotone
Message
Gestures
Visual Framework
14. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Topical Order
Volume
Message
15. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Central Idea
Expert Testimony
Conversational Quality
Red Herring
16. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Hasty Generalization
Residual Message
Bandwagon
Supporting Materials
17. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Emergent Leader
Pathos
Ethos
Visual Framework
18. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Denotative Meaning
Panel Discussion
Peer Testimony
Patchwork Plagiarism
19. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Evidence
Inflections
Gestures
20. The subject of a speech.
Denotative Meaning
Specific Purpose
Topic
Designated Leader
21. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Expert Testimony
Reflective-Thinking Method
Bandwagon
Small Group
22. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Parallelism
Symposium
Residual Message
Key-word Outline
23. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Denotative Meaning
Antithesis
Concrete Words
Visualization
24. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Quoting out of Context
Either-Or
Scale Questions
25. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Internal Summary
Plagiarism
Visualization
Kinesics
26. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Terminal Credibility
Channel
Question of Policy
Pitch
27. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Channel
Pitch
Evidence
Listener
28. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Dissolve Ending
Critical Thinking
Ethos
Either-Or
29. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Procedural Needs
Name-calling
Global Plagiarism
Scale Questions
30. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
After-Dinner Speech
Critical Listening
Spatial Order
Volume
31. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Internal Preview
Chronological Order
Speech of Presentation
Topical Order
32. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Fallacy
Stereo-typing
Simile
Frame of Reference
33. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Manuscript Speech
After-Dinner Speech
Panel Discussion
Scale Questions
34. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Clutter
Appreciative Listening
Question of Policy
Problem-Solution Order
35. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Bill of Rights
Spatial Order
Speech of Introduction
Hidden Agenda
36. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Impromptu Speech
Oral Report
Comprehensive Listening
Listening
37. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Comprehensive Listening
Monotone
Ethics
Reasoning
38. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Bandwagon
Bibliography
Topical Order
Paraphrase
39. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Hidden Agenda
Repetition
Message
Reasoning
40. 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.
Central Idea
Reflective-Thinking Method
Preparation Outline
Brief Example
41. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Connotative Meaning
Direct Quotation
Strategic Organization
Visualization
42. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Connotative Meaning
Rate
Alliteration
Direct Quotation
43. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Creating Common Grounds
Hearing
Specific Purpose
Inflections
44. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Listener
Bill of Rights
Metaphor
Identification
45. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Implied Leader
Interference
Slippery Slope
Extemporaneous Speech
46. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Internal Summary
Rhetorical Question
Causal Order
Visualization
47. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Impromptu Speech
Antithesis
Alliteration
48. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Extemporaneous Speech
Consensus
Frame of Reference
Dialect
49. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Ethical Decisions
Crescendo Ending
Red Herring
Fallacy
50. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Oral Report
Active Listening
Transition