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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 ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Median
Direct Quotation
Visual Framework
Patchwork Plagiarism
2. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Hypothetical Example
Oral Report
Paraphrase
Spatial Order
3. The means by which a message is communicated.
Articulation
Task Needs
Channel
Expert Testimony
4. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Emergent Leader
Situation
Speech of Introduction
Goodwill
5. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Stage Fright
Chronological Order
Question of Policy
6. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Quoting out of Context
Antithesis
Critical Thinking
Preview Statement
7. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Generic 'he'
Appreciative Listening
Egocentrism
Acceptance Speech
8. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Rhetorical Question
Open-Ended Questions
Bibliography
Emergent Leader
9. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Monotone
Logos
Symposium
Visual Framework
10. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Monotone
Hypothetical Example
Global Plagiarism
Connotative Meaning
11. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Frame of Reference
Appreciative Listening
Plagiarism
Connective
12. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Ad Hominem
Acceptance Speech
Listening
Specific Purpose
13. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Clutter
Nonverbal Communication
Stage Fright
Bandwagon
14. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Rate
Dialect
Criteria
Situational Audience Analysis
15. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Chronological Order
Procedural Needs
Repetition
Impromptu Speech
16. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Volume
Concrete Words
Denotative Meaning
Maintenance Needs
17. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Ethos
Statistics
Signpost
Evidence
18. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Fallacy
Denotative Meaning
Repetition
Red Herring
19. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Initial Credibility
Positive nervousness
Quoting out of Context
Nonverbal Communication
20. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Delivery Cues
Panel Discussion
Frame of Reference
Central Idea
21. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Comprehensive Listening
Speech of Presentation
Antithesis
Terminal Credibility
22. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Pitch
Hasty Generalization
Eye Contact
Evidence
23. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Repetition
Reasoning
Pause
Initial Credibility
24. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Hidden Agenda
Visualization
Parallelism
Impromptu Speech
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.
Simile
Situational Audience Analysis
Visualization
Problem-Solution Order
26. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Hidden Agenda
Repetition
Procedural Needs
Emphatic Listening
27. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Causal Reasoning
Internal Summary
Transition
Example
28. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Leadership
Reasoning
Credibility
Channel
29. A trite or over uesd expression.
Parallelism
Cliche
Listener
Internal Preview
30. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Dissolve Ending
Connotative Meaning
Emphatic Listening
Commemorative Speech
31. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Parallelism
Problem Solving (small)
Attitude
Denotative Meaning
32. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Ethos
Preparation Outline
Vocalized Pause
Brief Example
33. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Spatial Order
Visualization
Main Points
Pronunciation
34. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Inflections
Critical Thinking
Spatial Order
Incremental Plagiarism
35. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Channel
Monotone
Peer Testimony
Designated Leader
36. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Maintenance Needs
Invalid Analogy
Attitude
37. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Internal Summary
Terminal Credibility
Pitch
Reasoning from Principle
38. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Visual Framework
Median
Reasoning from Principle
Ethical Decisions
39. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Clutter
Median
Active Listening
Residual Message
40. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Bill of Rights
Task Needs
Pathos
Kinesics
41. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Central Idea
Direct Quotation
Goodwill
Inflections
42. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Dialect
Channel
Creating Common Grounds
43. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Imagery
Alliteration
Brief Example
Monotone
44. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Creating Common Grounds
Ad Hominem
Gestures
Vocalized Pause
45. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Supporting Materials
Clutter
Procedural Needs
Denotative Meaning
46. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Dialect
Reflective-Thinking Method
Bandwagon
47. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Attitude
Hearing
Dyad
Acceptance Speech
48. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Consensus
Adrenaline
Emphatic Listening
Metaphor
49. 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.'
Dyad
False Cause
Hidden Agenda
Pathos
50. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Speech of Presentation
Consensus
Spare Brain Time
Dialect