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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 method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Kinesics
Causal Order
Hidden Agenda
Speech of Introduction
2. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Hasty Generalization
Brief Example
Statistics
3. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
After-Dinner Speech
Speaker
Red Herring
Task Needs
4. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Positive nervousness
Quoting out of Context
Listening
Hypothetical Example
5. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Name-calling
Direct Quotation
Speaking Outline
Audience-Centeredness
6. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Chronological Order
Testimony
Analogical Reasoning
Incremental Plagiarism
7. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Vocalized Pause
Creating Common Grounds
Volume
8. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Fallacy
Terminal Credibility
Denotative Meaning
Impromptu Speech
9. 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.
Critical Listening
Median
Dissolve Ending
Problem-Solution Order
10. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Visual Framework
Ad Hominem
Adrenaline
Bibliography
11. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Maintenance Needs
Positive nervousness
Reasoning
Ad Hominem
12. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Simile
Pitch
Ethos
Cliche
13. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Emphatic Listening
Pause
Preview Statement
14. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Clutter
Open-Ended Questions
Adrenaline
Question of Policy
15. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Example
Procedural Needs
Bill of Rights
Ethical Decisions
16. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Bill of Rights
Rate
Speaking Outline
Commemorative Speech
17. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Antithesis
Egocentrism
Analogical Reasoning
Listening
18. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Procedural Needs
Consensus
Chronological Order
Comprehensive Listening
19. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Extemporaneous Speech
Speaking Outline
Conversational Quality
20. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Crescendo Ending
Connotative Meaning
Articulation
Name-calling
21. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Small Group
Credibility
Frame of Reference
False Cause
22. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Pronunciation
Ethnocentrism
Interference
Ethics
23. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Brief Example
Identification
Emergent Leader
Direct Quotation
24. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Pause
Listener
Monotone
Criteria
25. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Eye Contact
Brief Example
Task Needs
Interference
26. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Problem-Solution Order
Volume
Global Plagiarism
Vocal Variety
27. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Designated Leader
Nonverbal Communication
Ethnocentrism
Rhetorical Question
28. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Pause
Strategic Organization
Commemorative Speech
Antithesis
29. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Vocalized Pause
Egocentrism
Plagiarism
Interference
30. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Spare Brain Time
Evidence
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Rhetorical Question
31. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Emergent Leader
Leadership
Implied Leader
Listening
32. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Logos
Terminal Credibility
Commemorative Speech
Open-Ended Questions
33. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Monotone
Reasoning
Frame of Reference
Visualization
34. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Abstract Words
Designated Leader
Speech of Presentation
Problem-Solution Order
35. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Delivery Cues
Terminal Credibility
Transition
36. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Pronunciation
Visual Framework
Listening
Parallelism
37. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Ethical Decisions
Maintenance Needs
Preview Statement
Volume
38. The means by which a message is communicated.
Parallelism
Channel
Logos
Speech of Introduction
39. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Speaking Outline
Slippery Slope
Listener
Articulation
40. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Rate
Inflections
Hidden Agenda
Alliteration
41. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Dialect
Main Points
Stereo-typing
42. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Either-Or
Spare Brain Time
Residual Message
43. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Central Idea
Criteria
Internal Preview
Residual Message
44. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Expert Testimony
Internal Preview
Dissolve Ending
Generic 'he'
45. 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.
Hasty Generalization
Preparation Outline
Appreciative Listening
Ad Hominem
46. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Manuscript Speech
Credibility
Critical Listening
47. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Clutter
Vocal Variety
Dialect
False Cause
48. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Comprehensive Listening
Analogical Reasoning
Example
Extemporaneous Speech
49. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Conversational Quality
Listener
Hidden Agenda
Ethos
50. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Speaker
Transition
Designated Leader
Causal Reasoning