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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Connective
Task Needs
Pronunciation
Visual Framework
2. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Volume
Plagiarism
Feedback
Preparation Outline
3. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Specific Purpose
Appreciative Listening
Rate
Imagery
4. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Quoting out of Context
Vocalized Pause
Manuscript Speech
Consensus
5. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Implied Leader
Causal Reasoning
Peer Testimony
After-Dinner Speech
6. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Extemporaneous Speech
Delivery Cues
Global Plagiarism
Situation
7. 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.
Global Plagiarism
Analogical Reasoning
Patchwork Plagiarism
Vocalized Pause
8. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Key-word Outline
Bill of Rights
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Adrenaline
9. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Conversational Quality
Evidence
Leadership
10. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Delivery Cues
Evidence
Quoting out of Context
Listener
11. 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.'
Oral Report
Logos
Reasoning
False Cause
12. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Situational Audience Analysis
Dissolve Ending
Listening
Hypothetical Example
13. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Oral Report
Paraphrase
Comprehensive Listening
14. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Either-Or
Symposium
Central Idea
Fixed-Alternative Questions
15. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Mean
Testimony
Crescendo Ending
16. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Listening
Stage Fright
Interference
Analogical Reasoning
17. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Oral Report
Attitude
Signpost
Situation
18. 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.
Derived Credibility
Dissolve Ending
Audience-Centeredness
Situational Audience Analysis
19. The means by which a message is communicated.
Quoting out of Context
Inflections
Gestures
Channel
20. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Red Herring
Speech of Presentation
Speaker
Denotative Meaning
21. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Expert Testimony
Ethnocentrism
Internal Preview
22. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Cliche
Slippery Slope
Paraphrase
Critical Listening
23. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Connotative Meaning
Preview Statement
Crescendo Ending
24. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Preview Statement
Abstract Words
Demographic Audience Analysis
Hasty Generalization
25. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Feedback
Plagiarism
Egocentrism
26. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Visualization
Red Herring
Speaking Outline
Attitude
27. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Articulation
Incremental Plagiarism
Problem-Solution Order
Question of Policy
28. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Fallacy
Median
Logos
29. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Designated Leader
Preparation Outline
Preview Statement
Signpost
30. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Internal Summary
Task Needs
Bill of Rights
Global Plagiarism
31. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Appreciative Listening
Evidence
Parallelism
Leadership
32. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Topical Order
Situation
Monotone
33. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Monotone
Causal Reasoning
Problem-Solution Order
Channel
34. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Ad Hominem
Median
Audience-Centeredness
Hearing
35. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Ad Hominem
Speaker
Volume
36. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Chronological Order
Task Needs
Active Listening
Ethos
37. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Identification
Problem Solving (small)
Delivery Cues
Slippery Slope
38. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Symposium
Visual Framework
Spare Brain Time
Pathos
39. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Inflections
Either-Or
Demographic Audience Analysis
Implied Leader
40. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Ethos
Task Needs
Comprehensive Listening
Clutter
41. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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42. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Logos
Panel Discussion
Dialect
Bandwagon
43. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Critical Thinking
Bill of Rights
Rate
Leadership
44. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Emergent Leader
Demographic Audience Analysis
Logos
Paraphrase
45. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Interference
Problem Solving (small)
Volume
Articulation
46. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Reasoning
Speaking Outline
Oral Report
47. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Internal Preview
Imagery
Quoting out of Context
Ethnocentrism
48. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Panel Discussion
After-Dinner Speech
Speech of Introduction
Problem-Solution Order
49. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Articulation
Dyad
Direct Quotation
Small Group
50. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Hasty Generalization
Interference
Causal Order
Eye Contact
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