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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking

Subjects : dsst, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.






2. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.






3. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.






4. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.






5. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.






6. The means by which a message is communicated.






7. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'






8. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.






9. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.






10. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.






11. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.






12. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.






13. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.






14. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.






15. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.






16. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.






17. A trite or over uesd expression.






18. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.






19. The subject of a speech.






20. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.






21. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.






22. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.






23. A group of two people.






24. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.






25. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.






26. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.






27. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.






28. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.






29. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.






30. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.






31. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.






32. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.






33. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.






34. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.






35. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.






36. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.






37. The average value of a group of numbers.






38. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.






39. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.






40. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.






41. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.






42. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.






43. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.






44. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.






45. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.






46. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.






47. The person who receives the speaker's message.






48. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.






49. A constant tone or pitch of voice.






50. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.