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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. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Ethics
Bandwagon
Expert Testimony
Kinesics
2. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Hearing
Criteria
After-Dinner Speech
Pause
3. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Emergent Leader
Gestures
Rhetorical Question
4. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Feedback
Statistics
Derived Credibility
Name-calling
5. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Testimony
Transition
Vocal Variety
Internal Summary
6. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Reasoning from Principle
Causal Order
Red Herring
Hypothetical Example
7. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Connotative Meaning
Credibility
Speech of Introduction
Positive nervousness
8. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Plagiarism
Imagery
Monotone
Topical Order
9. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Credibility
Procedural Needs
Monotone
Bill of Rights
10. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Critical Thinking
Antithesis
Articulation
11. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Message
Spare Brain Time
Situation
Quoting out of Context
12. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Main Points
Preview Statement
Repetition
Scale Questions
13. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Speaking Outline
Paraphrase
Credibility
Antithesis
14. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Preparation Outline
Central Idea
Abstract Words
Ethnocentrism
15. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Reasoning from Principle
Crescendo Ending
Delivery Cues
Consensus
16. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Logos
Supporting Materials
Peer Testimony
Cliche
17. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Active Listening
Procedural Needs
Appreciative Listening
Speaker
18. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Designated Leader
Supporting Materials
Name-calling
Feedback
19. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Either-Or
Eye Contact
Analogical Reasoning
Manuscript Speech
20. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Symposium
Rate
21. The speed at which a person speaks.
Incremental Plagiarism
Repetition
Rate
Panel Discussion
22. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Acceptance Speech
Ad Hominem
Speech of Introduction
Impromptu Speech
23. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Panel Discussion
Connective
Interference
Abstract Words
24. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Inflections
Expert Testimony
Denotative Meaning
Invalid Analogy
25. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Speaking Outline
Appreciative Listening
Channel
Hasty Generalization
26. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Fallacy
Reasoning
Audience-Centeredness
Direct Quotation
27. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Egocentrism
Spatial Order
Inflections
Paraphrase
28. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Internal Summary
Consensus
Demographic Audience Analysis
Leadership
29. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Positive nervousness
Pitch
Clutter
Reasoning from Specific Instances
30. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Dialect
Attitude
Creating Common Grounds
Transition
31. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Hasty Generalization
Signpost
Hearing
Manuscript Speech
32. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Listening
Initial Credibility
Eye Contact
Direct Quotation
33. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Kinesics
Invalid Analogy
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Imagery
34. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Fallacy
Extemporaneous Speech
Eye Contact
Ethics
35. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Paraphrase
Connective
Frame of Reference
Statistics
36. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Procedural Needs
Criteria
Creating Common Grounds
Mean
37. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Egocentrism
Speech of Introduction
Audience-Centeredness
Reasoning
38. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Stage Fright
Causal Order
Clutter
Positive nervousness
39. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Dyad
Articulation
Hidden Agenda
Main Points
40. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Spatial Order
Incremental Plagiarism
Scale Questions
Ethical Decisions
41. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Connotative Meaning
Either-Or
Hypothetical Example
42. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Listening
Generic 'he'
Transition
Comprehensive Listening
43. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Nonverbal Communication
Commemorative Speech
Metaphor
44. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Hasty Generalization
Vocalized Pause
Goodwill
Nonverbal Communication
45. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Stereo-typing
Simile
Rate
Egocentrism
46. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Vocal Variety
Median
Acceptance Speech
47. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Listening
Invalid Analogy
Oral Report
Speaker
48. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Inflections
Incremental Plagiarism
Residual Message
49. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Statistics
Conversational Quality
Open-Ended Questions
Speech of Presentation
50. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Main Points
Connotative Meaning
Situation
Goodwill