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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. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Procedural Needs
Hidden Agenda
Key-word Outline
Topical Order
2. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Emergent Leader
Egocentrism
Connective
Impromptu Speech
3. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Panel Discussion
Manuscript Speech
Ad Hominem
Eye Contact
4. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Consensus
Paraphrase
Imagery
Clutter
5. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Derived Credibility
Central Idea
Small Group
6. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Plagiarism
Key-word Outline
Conversational Quality
Feedback
7. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Simile
Rate
Critical Thinking
Repetition
8. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Speaking Outline
Dissolve Ending
Rate
Statistics
9. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Speech of Introduction
Speaking Outline
Statistics
Ethics
10. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Pathos
Connective
Example
Topical Order
11. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Task Needs
Main Points
Positive nervousness
Listening
12. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Imagery
Alliteration
Simile
13. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Speaker
Critical Listening
Example
Metaphor
14. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Denotative Meaning
Reflective-Thinking Method
Hasty Generalization
Internal Preview
15. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Invalid Analogy
Parallelism
Dissolve Ending
Task Needs
16. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Imagery
Scale Questions
Statistics
17. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Monotone
Repetition
Emphatic Listening
Nonverbal Communication
18. 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.
Analogical Reasoning
Residual Message
Derived Credibility
Ethos
19. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Bibliography
Active Listening
Credibility
Expert Testimony
20. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Main Points
Ad Hominem
Hidden Agenda
Direct Quotation
21. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Stereo-typing
Red Herring
Leadership
Paraphrase
22. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Feedback
Either-Or
Consensus
23. 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.
Situational Audience Analysis
Demographic Audience Analysis
Pathos
Invalid Analogy
24. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Critical Listening
Topical Order
Bandwagon
Dissolve Ending
25. 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.
Dyad
Preparation Outline
Problem Solving (small)
Problem-Solution Order
26. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Problem-Solution Order
Demographic Audience Analysis
Message
Delivery Cues
27. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Identification
Specific Purpose
Creating Common Grounds
Ethos
28. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Global Plagiarism
Articulation
Problem Solving (small)
Denotative Meaning
29. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Listening
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Spatial Order
30. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Supporting Materials
Reflective-Thinking Method
Paraphrase
31. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Implied Leader
Stage Fright
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Impromptu Speech
32. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Commemorative Speech
Visualization
Problem Solving (small)
Quoting out of Context
33. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Procedural Needs
Task Needs
Visualization
Name-calling
34. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Gestures
Transition
Derived Credibility
Maintenance Needs
35. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Evidence
Reasoning from Principle
Frame of Reference
Demographic Audience Analysis
36. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Reflective-Thinking Method
Expert Testimony
Ad Hominem
Egocentrism
37. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Inflections
Visual Framework
Credibility
Speaking Outline
38. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Supporting Materials
Dissolve Ending
Commemorative Speech
Critical Thinking
39. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Invalid Analogy
Appreciative Listening
Pronunciation
Pitch
40. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Credibility
Nonverbal Communication
Slippery Slope
Direct Quotation
41. The subject of a speech.
Bibliography
Concrete Words
Credibility
Topic
42. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Hidden Agenda
Positive nervousness
Dialect
Situational Audience Analysis
43. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Panel Discussion
Metaphor
Paraphrase
Pathos
44. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Message
Paraphrase
Volume
Residual Message
45. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Topical Order
Credibility
Antithesis
Parallelism
46. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Global Plagiarism
Interference
Spatial Order
Pitch
47. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Bibliography
Nonverbal Communication
Concrete Words
Spare Brain Time
48. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Specific Purpose
Repetition
Expert Testimony
Identification
49. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Vocal Variety
Mean
Chronological Order
Reflective-Thinking Method
50. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Direct Quotation
Cliche
Identification