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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. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Ethical Decisions
Implied Leader
Global Plagiarism
Emphatic Listening
2. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Situational Audience Analysis
Stereo-typing
Speech of Introduction
Egocentrism
3. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Pause
Identification
Residual Message
Analogical Reasoning
4. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Nonverbal Communication
Cliche
Red Herring
Positive nervousness
5. 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.
Leadership
Ethos
Problem-Solution Order
Brief Example
6. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Denotative Meaning
Visualization
Residual Message
Metaphor
7. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Logos
Clutter
Antithesis
Red Herring
8. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Mean
Speaker
Signpost
Vocal Variety
9. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Creating Common Grounds
Key-word Outline
Symposium
Reflective-Thinking Method
10. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Abstract Words
Appreciative Listening
Question of Policy
Adrenaline
11. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Red Herring
Symposium
Example
12. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Hearing
Pause
Active Listening
13. Numerical data.
Statistics
Bill of Rights
Message
Problem-Solution Order
14. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Gestures
Inflections
Internal Preview
Abstract Words
15. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Scale Questions
Dissolve Ending
Antithesis
Visual Framework
16. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Implied Leader
Demographic Audience Analysis
Monotone
Commemorative Speech
17. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Invalid Analogy
Volume
Stereo-typing
Interference
18. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Designated Leader
Plagiarism
Signpost
Metaphor
19. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Terminal Credibility
Ethical Decisions
Monotone
Volume
20. An error in reasoning.
Vocalized Pause
Fallacy
Consensus
Adrenaline
21. The average value of a group of numbers.
Invalid Analogy
Parallelism
Mean
Topic
22. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Either-Or
Monotone
Key-word Outline
Ad Hominem
23. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Message
Bandwagon
Patchwork Plagiarism
Example
24. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Criteria
Name-calling
Initial Credibility
Patchwork Plagiarism
25. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Message
Channel
Dissolve Ending
Consensus
26. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Causal Order
Problem-Solution Order
Central Idea
Internal Preview
27. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Example
Articulation
Creating Common Grounds
Designated Leader
28. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Peer Testimony
Feedback
Crescendo Ending
Speaker
29. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Abstract Words
Antithesis
Channel
30. A group of two people.
Dyad
Inflections
Manuscript Speech
Rhetorical Question
31. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Oral Report
Either-Or
Criteria
Channel
32. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Identification
Active Listening
Nonverbal Communication
Channel
33. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Topical Order
Problem Solving (small)
Central Idea
Articulation
34. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Quoting out of Context
Active Listening
Critical Listening
Median
35. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Generic 'he'
Plagiarism
Critical Thinking
Inflections
36. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Imagery
Terminal Credibility
Clutter
Inflections
37. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Ethos
Residual Message
Goodwill
Transition
38. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Bandwagon
Clutter
Name-calling
39. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Spare Brain Time
Expert Testimony
Residual Message
Ethics
40. 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.
Hasty Generalization
Preparation Outline
Situational Audience Analysis
Invalid Analogy
41. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Main Points
Paraphrase
Situation
Dyad
42. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Alliteration
Frame of Reference
Slippery Slope
Small Group
43. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
After-Dinner Speech
Vocal Variety
Brief Example
Credibility
44. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Emergent Leader
Brief Example
Alliteration
Logos
45. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Consensus
Positive nervousness
Listener
Emphatic Listening
46. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Hidden Agenda
Identification
Incremental Plagiarism
Hearing
47. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Crescendo Ending
Delivery Cues
Open-Ended Questions
48. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Key-word Outline
Supporting Materials
Stage Fright
Dissolve Ending
49. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Internal Preview
Problem-Solution Order
Open-Ended Questions
50. 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.'
Panel Discussion
Alliteration
Preview Statement
False Cause