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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Analogical Reasoning
Articulation
Feedback
Chronological Order
2. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Panel Discussion
Critical Listening
Articulation
Main Points
3. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Vocal Variety
Criteria
Channel
4. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Bibliography
Stereo-typing
Ethics
Situational Audience Analysis
5. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Symposium
Rhetorical Question
Metaphor
6. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Acceptance Speech
Ethical Decisions
Adrenaline
Signpost
7. 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
Testimony
Expert Testimony
Generic 'he'
8. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Connective
Hidden Agenda
Main Points
Slippery Slope
9. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Visualization
Median
Key-word Outline
Rhetorical Question
10. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Emphatic Listening
Internal Summary
Scale Questions
Extemporaneous Speech
11. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Internal Preview
Parallelism
Speech of Introduction
Volume
12. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Eye Contact
Paraphrase
Cliche
Pitch
13. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Logos
Bibliography
Concrete Words
Fixed-Alternative Questions
14. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Evidence
Testimony
Inflections
Vocalized Pause
15. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Chronological Order
Simile
Rate
Ad Hominem
16. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Plagiarism
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Simile
Evidence
17. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Maintenance Needs
Hearing
Small Group
Topical Order
18. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Direct Quotation
Reasoning from Principle
Preview Statement
Credibility
19. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Initial Credibility
Invalid Analogy
Symposium
Commemorative Speech
20. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Abstract Words
Connotative Meaning
Spare Brain Time
Chronological Order
21. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Paraphrase
Causal Reasoning
Causal Order
Repetition
22. 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.'
Credibility
Clutter
False Cause
Plagiarism
23. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Feedback
Brief Example
Ethical Decisions
24. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Manuscript Speech
Inflections
Hidden Agenda
25. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Consensus
Imagery
Manuscript Speech
26. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Dyad
Concrete Words
Connective
Either-Or
27. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Emergent Leader
Hidden Agenda
Task Needs
Maintenance Needs
28. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Designated Leader
Logos
Listener
Speech of Presentation
29. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Concrete Words
Hasty Generalization
Comprehensive Listening
Demographic Audience Analysis
30. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Global Plagiarism
Designated Leader
Adrenaline
Delivery Cues
31. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Connective
Hidden Agenda
Invalid Analogy
Pathos
32. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Ethical Decisions
Derived Credibility
Preview Statement
Message
33. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Listening
Invalid Analogy
Simile
34. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Criteria
Clutter
Impromptu Speech
Testimony
35. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Specific Purpose
Spatial Order
Ad Hominem
Expert Testimony
36. Numerical data.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Alliteration
Analogical Reasoning
Statistics
37. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Bibliography
Concrete Words
Procedural Needs
Egocentrism
38. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Emphatic Listening
False Cause
Repetition
Reasoning from Specific Instances
39. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Spare Brain Time
Either-Or
Analogical Reasoning
Speech of Presentation
40. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Statistics
Critical Thinking
After-Dinner Speech
Scale Questions
41. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Problem-Solution Order
Emergent Leader
Supporting Materials
Audience-Centeredness
42. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Example
Visual Framework
Paraphrase
Demographic Audience Analysis
43. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Adrenaline
Bill of Rights
Ethos
Listener
44. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that which is true for the first case is also true for the second.
Channel
Analogical Reasoning
Pitch
Panel Discussion
45. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Question of Policy
Conversational Quality
Visual Framework
Appreciative Listening
46. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Red Herring
Ethos
Evidence
Emphatic Listening
47. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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48. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Conversational Quality
Egocentrism
Reasoning from Principle
Fallacy
49. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Ethnocentrism
Procedural Needs
Commemorative Speech
Bill of Rights
50. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Situation
Procedural Needs
Quoting out of Context