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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 meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Either-Or
Dialect
Quoting out of Context
Connotative Meaning
2. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Ethos
Mean
Speech of Presentation
Peer Testimony
3. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Median
Symposium
Quoting out of Context
4. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Appreciative Listening
Strategic Organization
Parallelism
Ethical Decisions
5. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Brief Example
Causal Order
Connotative Meaning
Hypothetical Example
6. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Paraphrase
Monotone
Audience-Centeredness
Speaker
7. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Maintenance Needs
Fallacy
Acceptance Speech
Testimony
8. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Spare Brain Time
Residual Message
Critical Listening
Topical Order
9. An error in reasoning.
Visual Framework
Fallacy
Commemorative Speech
Crescendo Ending
10. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Vocalized Pause
Panel Discussion
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Hypothetical Example
11. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Credibility
Designated Leader
Situational Audience Analysis
12. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Emphatic Listening
Designated Leader
Leadership
Internal Summary
13. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Pause
Designated Leader
Chronological Order
Evidence
14. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
Crescendo Ending
Invalid Analogy
Goodwill
15. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Situational Audience Analysis
Denotative Meaning
Pathos
Problem Solving (small)
16. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Paraphrase
Demographic Audience Analysis
Visual Framework
Hidden Agenda
17. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Expert Testimony
Main Points
Feedback
Initial Credibility
18. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Listener
Monotone
Identification
Task Needs
19. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Statistics
Pronunciation
Attitude
Active Listening
20. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Task Needs
Demographic Audience Analysis
Slippery Slope
Main Points
21. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Comprehensive Listening
Concrete Words
Symposium
Preview Statement
22. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Imagery
Direct Quotation
Listener
Red Herring
23. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Articulation
Parallelism
Ethnocentrism
24. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Parallelism
Paraphrase
Dissolve Ending
Reasoning
25. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Audience-Centeredness
Logos
Symposium
Critical Thinking
26. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Slippery Slope
Clutter
Vocal Variety
Scale Questions
27. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Testimony
Listener
Small Group
Demographic Audience Analysis
28. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Derived Credibility
Impromptu Speech
Leadership
Median
29. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Simile
Pathos
30. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Red Herring
Hearing
Ad Hominem
Direct Quotation
31. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Spare Brain Time
Demographic Audience Analysis
Invalid Analogy
Attitude
32. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Message
Metaphor
Positive nervousness
Vocal Variety
33. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Question of Policy
Bandwagon
Manuscript Speech
Simile
34. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
Logos
Demographic Audience Analysis
Antithesis
35. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Paraphrase
Pronunciation
Impromptu Speech
Transition
36. A trite or over uesd expression.
Cliche
Panel Discussion
Pause
Generic 'he'
37. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Impromptu Speech
Dyad
Critical Thinking
38. 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
Frame of Reference
Preparation Outline
Simile
39. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Example
Metaphor
Supporting Materials
Ethnocentrism
40. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Brief Example
Simile
Hearing
41. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Supporting Materials
Terminal Credibility
Internal Preview
Designated Leader
42. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Ad Hominem
Identification
Mean
Either-Or
43. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Evidence
44. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Internal Summary
Name-calling
Leadership
Reasoning from Principle
45. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Maintenance Needs
Quoting out of Context
Stage Fright
Stereo-typing
46. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Either-Or
Quoting out of Context
Spatial Order
Bill of Rights
47. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Example
Simile
Connective
Clutter
48. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Hearing
Speech of Presentation
Dissolve Ending
Designated Leader
49. A group of two people.
Dyad
Interference
Stereo-typing
Rhetorical Question
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.'
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Speaking Outline
False Cause
Pronunciation