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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. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Paraphrase
Connective
Invalid Analogy
Small Group
2. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Rate
Vocal Variety
Extemporaneous Speech
Strategic Organization
3. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Conversational Quality
Credibility
Supporting Materials
Invalid Analogy
4. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Appreciative Listening
Quoting out of Context
Delivery Cues
Bibliography
5. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Incremental Plagiarism
Stereo-typing
Demographic Audience Analysis
6. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Metaphor
Eye Contact
Stage Fright
7. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Speech of Presentation
After-Dinner Speech
Visual Framework
Question of Policy
8. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Visualization
Direct Quotation
Small Group
Ethos
9. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Symposium
Internal Summary
Main Points
Eye Contact
10. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Scale Questions
Egocentrism
Reflective-Thinking Method
Global Plagiarism
11. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Interference
Identification
Situation
12. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Speech of Presentation
Inflections
Critical Thinking
Clutter
13. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Internal Preview
Hearing
Hasty Generalization
Dialect
14. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
After-Dinner Speech
Connotative Meaning
Symposium
Preparation Outline
15. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Impromptu Speech
Speech of Introduction
Pause
Repetition
16. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Metaphor
Commemorative Speech
Open-Ended Questions
Consensus
17. An error in reasoning.
Critical Thinking
Appreciative Listening
Fallacy
Extemporaneous Speech
18. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Reasoning from Principle
Nonverbal Communication
Abstract Words
Mean
19. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Goodwill
Speech of Presentation
Analogical Reasoning
Residual Message
20. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Dissolve Ending
Critical Listening
Articulation
Metaphor
21. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Quoting out of Context
Rate
Leadership
Symposium
22. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Alliteration
Fallacy
Ethics
Speech of Presentation
23. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Bibliography
Credibility
Feedback
Denotative Meaning
24. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Emergent Leader
Main Points
Ethnocentrism
Implied Leader
25. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Rhythm
Open-Ended Questions
Connective
Cliche
26. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Impromptu Speech
Name-calling
Denotative Meaning
Expert Testimony
27. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Delivery Cues
Brief Example
Bandwagon
Vocalized Pause
28. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Red Herring
Preview Statement
Hidden Agenda
29. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that which is true for the first case is also true for the second.
Paraphrase
Alliteration
Supporting Materials
Analogical Reasoning
30. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Topic
Interference
Reflective-Thinking Method
Attitude
31. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Impromptu Speech
Audience-Centeredness
Dyad
Ad Hominem
32. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Supporting Materials
Spare Brain Time
Topical Order
Dyad
33. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Goodwill
Residual Message
Problem Solving (small)
34. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Leadership
Preparation Outline
Topic
35. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Listener
Vocal Variety
Credibility
36. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Volume
Antithesis
Visual Framework
Attitude
37. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Simile
Causal Order
Denotative Meaning
Commemorative Speech
38. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Key-word Outline
Fallacy
Critical Thinking
Median
39. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Abstract Words
Impromptu Speech
Speaker
Identification
40. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Maintenance Needs
Situation
Fallacy
41. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Listening
Ethical Decisions
Impromptu Speech
Goodwill
42. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Volume
Connective
Rhythm
Speech of Introduction
43. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Central Idea
Commemorative Speech
Derived Credibility
Inflections
44. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Panel Discussion
Analogical Reasoning
Active Listening
Criteria
45. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Articulation
Derived Credibility
Causal Reasoning
Example
46. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Crescendo Ending
Message
Emphatic Listening
Goodwill
47. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Direct Quotation
Strategic Organization
Slippery Slope
Kinesics
48. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Situational Audience Analysis
Criteria
Credibility
Alliteration
49. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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50. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Repetition
Eye Contact
Credibility