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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 juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Situation
Articulation
Feedback
Antithesis
2. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Topical Order
Designated Leader
Hasty Generalization
Preview Statement
3. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Situation
Crescendo Ending
Commemorative Speech
Initial Credibility
4. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Slippery Slope
Transition
Bibliography
5. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Derived Credibility
Connective
Commemorative Speech
6. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Ethics
Identification
Nonverbal Communication
Chronological Order
7. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Consensus
Listener
Logos
Gestures
8. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Feedback
Median
Audience-Centeredness
False Cause
9. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Kinesics
Vocal Variety
Channel
10. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Logos
Vocal Variety
Implied Leader
Delivery Cues
11. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Hasty Generalization
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Initial Credibility
Identification
12. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Consensus
Topic
Internal Summary
Preparation Outline
13. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Simile
Global Plagiarism
Egocentrism
Leadership
14. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Goodwill
Ad Hominem
Dialect
Derived Credibility
15. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Interference
Symposium
Positive nervousness
Appreciative Listening
16. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Specific Purpose
Emergent Leader
Hearing
Demographic Audience Analysis
17. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Statistics
Speaker
Evidence
18. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Hearing
Emergent Leader
Active Listening
Goodwill
19. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Problem-Solution Order
Rate
Quoting out of Context
20. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Speaking Outline
Speaker
Frame of Reference
Monotone
21. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Emphatic Listening
Listener
Speaker
Strategic Organization
22. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Egocentrism
Internal Preview
Transition
Crescendo Ending
23. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Bill of Rights
Internal Preview
Speaker
Rhetorical Question
24. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Bibliography
Hearing
Fallacy
25. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Listener
Central Idea
Expert Testimony
Median
26. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Interference
Demographic Audience Analysis
Conversational Quality
Question of Policy
27. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Clutter
Either-Or
Analogical Reasoning
28. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Question of Policy
Residual Message
Active Listening
29. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Ethical Decisions
Articulation
Ethnocentrism
Key-word Outline
30. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Parallelism
Implied Leader
Paraphrase
Connective
31. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Designated Leader
Plagiarism
Mean
Pathos
32. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Interference
Reasoning
Speech of Introduction
33. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Identification
Problem Solving (small)
Red Herring
Criteria
34. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Main Points
Reasoning from Principle
Critical Listening
Positive nervousness
35. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Visual Framework
Specific Purpose
Emphatic Listening
Causal Order
36. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Dissolve Ending
Quoting out of Context
Stage Fright
37. The average value of a group of numbers.
Plagiarism
Dyad
Mean
Median
38. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Egocentrism
Example
Internal Preview
Listener
39. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Repetition
Extemporaneous Speech
Open-Ended Questions
Small Group
40. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Ethnocentrism
Adrenaline
Channel
Speaker
41. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Commemorative Speech
Denotative Meaning
Connotative Meaning
42. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Internal Summary
Red Herring
After-Dinner Speech
Direct Quotation
43. A group of two people.
Rhetorical Question
Dyad
False Cause
Reasoning from Specific Instances
44. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Leadership
Dialect
Key-word Outline
Main Points
45. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Panel Discussion
Median
Situational Audience Analysis
Kinesics
46. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Situational Audience Analysis
Pathos
Repetition
Demographic Audience Analysis
47. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Small Group
Bibliography
Connective
Ethics
48. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Designated Leader
Ethical Decisions
Testimony
Brief Example
49. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Extemporaneous Speech
Small Group
Attitude
Spatial Order
50. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Concrete Words
Initial Credibility
Derived Credibility
Hypothetical Example