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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Concrete Words
Paraphrase
Symposium
Chronological Order
2. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents the solution to the problem.
Delivery Cues
Credibility
Global Plagiarism
Problem-Solution Order
3. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Connective
Comprehensive Listening
Oral Report
Hearing
4. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Logos
Adrenaline
Imagery
Bill of Rights
5. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Task Needs
Testimony
Concrete Words
Pathos
6. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Bandwagon
Attitude
False Cause
Appreciative Listening
7. 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.
Hidden Agenda
Commemorative Speech
Message
Preparation Outline
8. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Stage Fright
Internal Summary
Credibility
Reflective-Thinking Method
9. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Stage Fright
Articulation
Slippery Slope
10. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Kinesics
Reflective-Thinking Method
Question of Policy
Delivery Cues
11. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Preview Statement
Visual Framework
Supporting Materials
Plagiarism
12. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Rate
Ethnocentrism
Either-Or
Emergent Leader
13. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Commemorative Speech
Crescendo Ending
Leadership
Transition
14. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Frame of Reference
Feedback
Strategic Organization
15. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Channel
Critical Listening
Question of Policy
16. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Logos
Creating Common Grounds
Plagiarism
Commemorative Speech
17. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Chronological Order
Critical Listening
Transition
Designated Leader
18. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Criteria
Speech of Introduction
Ethics
19. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Visualization
Clutter
Speech of Presentation
Procedural Needs
20. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Rhetorical Question
Pause
Conversational Quality
Connective
21. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Visual Framework
Dialect
Symposium
22. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Stage Fright
Message
Inflections
Initial Credibility
23. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Visualization
Paraphrase
Strategic Organization
Speech of Introduction
24. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Frame of Reference
Articulation
Kinesics
Procedural Needs
25. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Criteria
Ethnocentrism
Question of Policy
Pronunciation
26. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Vocalized Pause
Inflections
Abstract Words
Hasty Generalization
27. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Transition
Conversational Quality
Feedback
28. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Connective
Comprehensive Listening
Articulation
Acceptance Speech
29. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Situation
Speaker
Hearing
30. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Designated Leader
Ethics
Topical Order
Volume
31. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Audience-Centeredness
Ethos
Dyad
Critical Listening
32. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Vocal Variety
Signpost
Active Listening
Rate
33. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Listening
Peer Testimony
Speech of Presentation
Oral Report
34. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Adrenaline
Brief Example
Pronunciation
Specific Purpose
35. 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
Situation
Panel Discussion
Acceptance Speech
36. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Maintenance Needs
Hypothetical Example
Incremental Plagiarism
Red Herring
37. The speed at which a person speaks.
Bibliography
Task Needs
Message
Rate
38. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Incremental Plagiarism
Emphatic Listening
Message
Articulation
39. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Expert Testimony
Speech of Introduction
Criteria
Connotative Meaning
40. An error in reasoning.
Fallacy
Vocal Variety
Ethnocentrism
Problem-Solution Order
41. 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.'
False Cause
Either-Or
Situational Audience Analysis
Creating Common Grounds
42. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Problem Solving (small)
Listener
Connective
43. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Interference
Pause
Repetition
Identification
44. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Antithesis
Scale Questions
Residual Message
45. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Problem-Solution Order
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Small Group
Key-word Outline
46. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Imagery
Oral Report
Eye Contact
Connotative Meaning
47. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Audience-Centeredness
Repetition
Speech of Introduction
Clutter
48. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Slippery Slope
Strategic Organization
Credibility
49. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Delivery Cues
Connective
Listening
Procedural Needs
50. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Rhetorical Question
Denotative Meaning
Parallelism
Commemorative Speech