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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 credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Fallacy
Oral Report
Terminal Credibility
Reflective-Thinking Method
2. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Problem-Solution Order
Small Group
Ethos
Stage Fright
3. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Red Herring
Task Needs
Eye Contact
Crescendo Ending
4. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Quoting out of Context
Causal Reasoning
Frame of Reference
Paraphrase
5. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Nonverbal Communication
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Listener
Volume
6. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
After-Dinner Speech
Eye Contact
Parallelism
7. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Delivery Cues
Expert Testimony
Appreciative Listening
Bill of Rights
8. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Example
Critical Thinking
Message
Visual Framework
9. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Delivery Cues
Visualization
Active Listening
10. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Metaphor
Hearing
Bibliography
Eye Contact
11. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Acceptance Speech
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Panel Discussion
Preview Statement
12. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Identification
Connotative Meaning
Appreciative Listening
Rhythm
13. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Feedback
Dyad
Testimony
Spatial Order
14. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Pronunciation
Clutter
Rhythm
Extemporaneous Speech
15. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Logos
Abstract Words
Visual Framework
16. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Plagiarism
Initial Credibility
Logos
Positive nervousness
17. 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.
Central Idea
Speaking Outline
Analogical Reasoning
Initial Credibility
18. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Monotone
Statistics
Situational Audience Analysis
Slippery Slope
19. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Brief Example
Interference
Red Herring
Speaking Outline
20. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Emergent Leader
Adrenaline
Vocalized Pause
Hasty Generalization
21. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Kinesics
Panel Discussion
Speech of Presentation
22. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Problem-Solution Order
Residual Message
Fallacy
Simile
23. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Credibility
Residual Message
Chronological Order
Message
24. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Imagery
Strategic Organization
Peer Testimony
Small Group
25. Numerical data.
Crescendo Ending
Repetition
Initial Credibility
Statistics
26. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Attitude
Pathos
Transition
Mean
27. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Transition
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Example
28. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Emphatic Listening
Name-calling
Derived Credibility
29. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Repetition
Feedback
Topical Order
30. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Frame of Reference
Bibliography
Rate
Simile
31. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Spare Brain Time
Connotative Meaning
Vocal Variety
32. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Task Needs
Red Herring
Terminal Credibility
Panel Discussion
33. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Preparation Outline
Simile
Impromptu Speech
34. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Inflections
Problem Solving (small)
Adrenaline
Antithesis
35. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Designated Leader
Paraphrase
Incremental Plagiarism
Red Herring
36. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Creating Common Grounds
Denotative Meaning
Ethnocentrism
37. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Metaphor
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Internal Preview
Spare Brain Time
38. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Crescendo Ending
Expert Testimony
Initial Credibility
Peer Testimony
39. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Bill of Rights
Hidden Agenda
Rate
Attitude
40. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Strategic Organization
Positive nervousness
Criteria
Adrenaline
41. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Brief Example
Feedback
Signpost
Stereo-typing
42. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Pause
Reasoning from Principle
Red Herring
Kinesics
43. A group of two people.
Speaker
Dyad
Problem Solving (small)
Active Listening
44. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Median
Specific Purpose
Interference
45. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Expert Testimony
Pronunciation
Incremental Plagiarism
Bill of Rights
46. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Analogical Reasoning
Alliteration
Panel Discussion
Gestures
47. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Signpost
Cliche
Simile
Active Listening
48. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Channel
Identification
Emphatic Listening
Feedback
49. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Plagiarism
Reasoning from Principle
Acceptance Speech
Topical Order
50. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Situational Audience Analysis
Connective
Direct Quotation
Extemporaneous Speech