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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. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Speech of Presentation
Rate
Ethnocentrism
Example
2. Numerical data.
Critical Listening
Hidden Agenda
Antithesis
Statistics
3. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Volume
Analogical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Causal Order
4. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Connective
Spatial Order
Scale Questions
Pathos
5. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Frame of Reference
Connotative Meaning
Alliteration
Reasoning from Specific Instances
6. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Ethos
Commemorative Speech
Open-Ended Questions
Consensus
7. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Comprehensive Listening
Conversational Quality
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Inflections
8. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Internal Preview
Example
Conversational Quality
Situational Audience Analysis
9. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Strategic Organization
Connective
Positive nervousness
Pause
10. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Reasoning from Principle
Identification
Evidence
Egocentrism
11. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Denotative Meaning
Dyad
Expert Testimony
Connective
12. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Pitch
Expert Testimony
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Terminal Credibility
13. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Chronological Order
Fallacy
Situation
Plagiarism
14. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Oral Report
Small Group
Bibliography
Terminal Credibility
15. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Strategic Organization
Central Idea
Implied Leader
Speech of Presentation
16. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Inflections
Topic
Bill of Rights
Dyad
17. 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.
Pronunciation
Key-word Outline
Problem-Solution Order
Evidence
18. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Parallelism
Example
Paraphrase
Incremental Plagiarism
19. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Volume
Implied Leader
Panel Discussion
Terminal Credibility
20. The means by which a message is communicated.
Connective
Hidden Agenda
Channel
Testimony
21. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Initial Credibility
Supporting Materials
Message
Impromptu Speech
22. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Invalid Analogy
Reasoning
Visual Framework
Articulation
23. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Identification
Small Group
Terminal Credibility
Implied Leader
24. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Articulation
Crescendo Ending
Concrete Words
Antithesis
25. A trite or over uesd expression.
Problem-Solution Order
Designated Leader
Stereo-typing
Cliche
26. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Credibility
Slippery Slope
Derived Credibility
Frame of Reference
27. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Bandwagon
Residual Message
Vocalized Pause
Ethos
28. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Slippery Slope
Causal Reasoning
Channel
Situational Audience Analysis
29. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Gestures
30. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Extemporaneous Speech
Key-word Outline
Panel Discussion
Stage Fright
31. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Inflections
Frame of Reference
Message
Expert Testimony
32. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Listener
Rhetorical Question
Ethical Decisions
Spatial Order
33. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Identification
Denotative Meaning
Metaphor
Active Listening
34. The speed at which a person speaks.
Main Points
Consensus
Comprehensive Listening
Rate
35. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Creating Common Grounds
Global Plagiarism
Name-calling
Key-word Outline
36. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Global Plagiarism
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Pause
Peer Testimony
37. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Quoting out of Context
Crescendo Ending
Vocal Variety
Name-calling
38. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Dissolve Ending
Oral Report
Residual Message
Commemorative Speech
39. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Antithesis
Comprehensive Listening
Hearing
Example
40. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Bill of Rights
Procedural Needs
Creating Common Grounds
Hypothetical Example
41. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Ad Hominem
Eye Contact
Pronunciation
Volume
42. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Audience-Centeredness
Pause
Preparation Outline
43. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Dissolve Ending
Generic 'he'
Designated Leader
44. The subject of a speech.
Median
Listener
Topic
Slippery Slope
45. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Reasoning from Principle
Expert Testimony
Hearing
Hidden Agenda
46. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Frame of Reference
Repetition
Abstract Words
Symposium
47. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Paraphrase
Imagery
Goodwill
48. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Ethos
Panel Discussion
Situational Audience Analysis
Adrenaline
49. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Volume
Maintenance Needs
Quoting out of Context
50. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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