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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. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Median
Feedback
Hasty Generalization
Speaking Outline
2. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Main Points
Visual Framework
Hidden Agenda
Scale Questions
3. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Bill of Rights
Abstract Words
Vocalized Pause
Topical Order
4. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Question of Policy
Imagery
Kinesics
Paraphrase
5. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Impromptu Speech
Message
Bibliography
Inflections
6. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Imagery
Creating Common Grounds
Procedural Needs
Direct Quotation
7. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Ethos
Expert Testimony
Panel Discussion
Slippery Slope
8. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Problem Solving (small)
Goodwill
Spatial Order
9. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Preparation Outline
Clutter
Ethics
Crescendo Ending
10. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Chronological Order
Concrete Words
Appreciative Listening
11. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Commemorative Speech
Specific Purpose
Bandwagon
12. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Invalid Analogy
Median
Listener
Residual Message
13. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Spare Brain Time
Critical Thinking
Vocalized Pause
Incremental Plagiarism
14. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Critical Listening
Rate
Direct Quotation
15. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Peer Testimony
Initial Credibility
Message
16. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Problem-Solution Order
Supporting Materials
Denotative Meaning
Critical Thinking
17. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Goodwill
Message
Impromptu Speech
Connective
18. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Commemorative Speech
Repetition
Alliteration
Visual Framework
19. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Rhythm
Implied Leader
Question of Policy
Pitch
20. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Scale Questions
Preparation Outline
Analogical Reasoning
Strategic Organization
21. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Preparation Outline
Commemorative Speech
Emergent Leader
22. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Pathos
Paraphrase
Evidence
Creating Common Grounds
23. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Pitch
Generic 'he'
Scale Questions
24. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Paraphrase
Critical Listening
Hearing
Mean
25. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Channel
Speaker
Name-calling
Invalid Analogy
26. Numerical data.
Global Plagiarism
Kinesics
Statistics
Chronological Order
27. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Logos
Procedural Needs
Stereo-typing
28. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Comprehensive Listening
Visual Framework
Testimony
Evidence
29. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Analogical Reasoning
Frame of Reference
Articulation
Evidence
30. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Global Plagiarism
Ad Hominem
Frame of Reference
Nonverbal Communication
31. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Chronological Order
Reflective-Thinking Method
Interference
Either-Or
32. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Name-calling
Appreciative Listening
Connective
Repetition
33. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Delivery Cues
Speaking Outline
Procedural Needs
34. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Abstract Words
Hidden Agenda
Task Needs
Rhetorical Question
35. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Statistics
Metaphor
Chronological Order
Channel
36. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Stereo-typing
Procedural Needs
Denotative Meaning
Internal Summary
37. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Preview Statement
Ethnocentrism
Demographic Audience Analysis
Key-word Outline
38. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Appreciative Listening
Fixed-Alternative Questions
False Cause
Terminal Credibility
39. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Oral Report
Reasoning
Supporting Materials
Scale Questions
40. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Spare Brain Time
Hasty Generalization
Adrenaline
Logos
41. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Problem-Solution Order
Red Herring
Paraphrase
Internal Summary
42. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Feedback
Pause
Imagery
Brief Example
43. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Median
Global Plagiarism
Comprehensive Listening
Stage Fright
44. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Example
Critical Listening
Median
False Cause
45. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Derived Credibility
Panel Discussion
Stage Fright
Statistics
46. 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.
Vocal Variety
Mean
Hearing
Preparation Outline
47. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Topical Order
Logos
Situation
Rhythm
48. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Preview Statement
Vocal Variety
Abstract Words
Gestures
49. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Expert Testimony
Problem-Solution Order
Frame of Reference
Kinesics
50. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Key-word Outline
Criteria
Pause
Repetition