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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. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Plagiarism
Signpost
Leadership
Demographic Audience Analysis
2. Numerical data.
Adrenaline
Statistics
Chronological Order
Metaphor
3. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Statistics
Pathos
Bibliography
Either-Or
4. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Fallacy
Statistics
Listener
Positive nervousness
5. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Vocal Variety
Parallelism
Feedback
Articulation
6. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Situation
Vocalized Pause
Bibliography
Paraphrase
7. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Manuscript Speech
Commemorative Speech
Incremental Plagiarism
Consensus
8. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Speaking Outline
Hidden Agenda
Kinesics
Criteria
9. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Analogical Reasoning
Ad Hominem
Ethos
Ethnocentrism
10. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Inflections
Manuscript Speech
Situation
Topical Order
11. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Example
Chronological Order
Red Herring
Rhetorical Question
12. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Feedback
Hasty Generalization
Fallacy
Credibility
13. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Positive nervousness
After-Dinner Speech
Speech of Introduction
14. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Global Plagiarism
Repetition
Goodwill
15. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Imagery
Nonverbal Communication
Open-Ended Questions
Situation
16. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Comprehensive Listening
Strategic Organization
Task Needs
Problem-Solution Order
17. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Listening
Spatial Order
Maintenance Needs
Problem-Solution Order
18. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Creating Common Grounds
Central Idea
Mean
19. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Connective
Delivery Cues
Oral Report
Hasty Generalization
20. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Hearing
Terminal Credibility
Paraphrase
Positive nervousness
21. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Signpost
Hypothetical Example
Repetition
Initial Credibility
22. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Implied Leader
Ethnocentrism
Dyad
Open-Ended Questions
23. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Analogical Reasoning
Residual Message
Rhetorical Question
Supporting Materials
24. 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.
Preparation Outline
Chronological Order
Hasty Generalization
Small Group
25. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Hearing
Egocentrism
Problem Solving (small)
Signpost
26. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Spare Brain Time
Creating Common Grounds
Procedural Needs
27. 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
Incremental Plagiarism
Ethics
Abstract Words
28. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Speech of Presentation
Central Idea
Delivery Cues
Reasoning from Principle
29. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Red Herring
Topic
Question of Policy
Signpost
30. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
Inflections
Concrete Words
Global Plagiarism
31. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
Peer Testimony
Reasoning from Principle
Repetition
32. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Procedural Needs
Plagiarism
Consensus
Dialect
33. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Simile
Active Listening
Terminal Credibility
34. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Ethos
Slippery Slope
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Maintenance Needs
35. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Parallelism
Key-word Outline
Bibliography
Attitude
36. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Hearing
Pause
Creating Common Grounds
37. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Question of Policy
Symposium
Situation
Bibliography
38. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Extemporaneous Speech
Task Needs
Appreciative Listening
39. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Rhetorical Question
Frame of Reference
Visual Framework
Critical Listening
40. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Impromptu Speech
Paraphrase
Task Needs
Crescendo Ending
41. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Comprehensive Listening
Key-word Outline
Median
Extemporaneous Speech
42. The speed at which a person speaks.
Consensus
Evidence
Inflections
Rate
43. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Incremental Plagiarism
Speech of Introduction
Crescendo Ending
44. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Bibliography
Articulation
Repetition
Speech of Presentation
45. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Derived Credibility
Identification
Bill of Rights
Open-Ended Questions
46. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Open-Ended Questions
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Connective
47. An error in reasoning.
Leadership
Fallacy
Channel
Statistics
48. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Gestures
Comprehensive Listening
Plagiarism
Derived Credibility
49. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Brief Example
Repetition
Either-Or
Task Needs
50. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Reasoning
Fixed-Alternative Questions
After-Dinner Speech
Emergent Leader
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