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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. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Gestures
Statistics
Appreciative Listening
Monotone
2. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Ad Hominem
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Problem-Solution Order
Slippery Slope
3. The subject of a speech.
Testimony
Problem-Solution Order
Vocal Variety
Topic
4. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Logos
Spatial Order
Main Points
Bill of Rights
5. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Situation
Central Idea
Derived Credibility
Oral Report
6. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Problem-Solution Order
Ethics
Either-Or
Manuscript Speech
7. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Cliche
Situational Audience Analysis
Denotative Meaning
Positive nervousness
8. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Fallacy
Statistics
Positive nervousness
Reasoning
9. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Expert Testimony
Connotative Meaning
Causal Order
Example
10. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Abstract Words
Name-calling
Supporting Materials
11. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Example
Listener
Demographic Audience Analysis
After-Dinner Speech
12. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Spatial Order
Median
Implied Leader
Dissolve Ending
13. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Extemporaneous Speech
Speech of Introduction
Open-Ended Questions
14. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Expert Testimony
Implied Leader
Denotative Meaning
Credibility
15. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Example
Goodwill
Logos
16. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Hearing
Symposium
Abstract Words
Inflections
17. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Central Idea
Pitch
Parallelism
18. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Problem-Solution Order
Gestures
Topical Order
Concrete Words
19. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Inflections
Pathos
Task Needs
20. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Statistics
Creating Common Grounds
Task Needs
Connective
21. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Speaker
Reasoning from Principle
Interference
Message
22. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Implied Leader
Situational Audience Analysis
Plagiarism
Critical Thinking
23. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Open-Ended Questions
Eye Contact
Pause
Evidence
24. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Strategic Organization
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Consensus
Audience-Centeredness
25. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Brief Example
Kinesics
Emergent Leader
Implied Leader
26. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Inflections
Ethical Decisions
Frame of Reference
27. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Connotative Meaning
Oral Report
Emphatic Listening
Vocal Variety
28. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Denotative Meaning
Example
Bill of Rights
Fixed-Alternative Questions
29. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Acceptance Speech
Listening
Cliche
Credibility
30. 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.
Attitude
Direct Quotation
Preparation Outline
Hasty Generalization
31. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Metaphor
Internal Preview
Listener
Concrete Words
32. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Bandwagon
Emergent Leader
Internal Summary
After-Dinner Speech
33. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Procedural Needs
Quoting out of Context
Evidence
Preview Statement
34. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Rhetorical Question
Pathos
Symposium
Hypothetical Example
35. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Appreciative Listening
Attitude
Reflective-Thinking Method
36. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Bibliography
Small Group
Preparation Outline
Panel Discussion
37. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Visual Framework
Invalid Analogy
Maintenance Needs
Problem Solving (small)
38. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Abstract Words
Denotative Meaning
Main Points
Bibliography
39. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Monotone
Active Listening
Strategic Organization
Stereo-typing
40. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Appreciative Listening
Either-Or
Delivery Cues
Stereo-typing
41. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Invalid Analogy
Situational Audience Analysis
Credibility
Speaking Outline
42. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Signpost
Median
Antithesis
Ethical Decisions
43. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Main Points
Spatial Order
Delivery Cues
Terminal Credibility
44. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Name-calling
Audience-Centeredness
Identification
Chronological Order
45. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Problem Solving (small)
Chronological Order
Median
Transition
46. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Terminal Credibility
Patchwork Plagiarism
Ethnocentrism
Positive nervousness
47. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Conversational Quality
Invalid Analogy
Ad Hominem
Key-word Outline
48. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Situational Audience Analysis
Nonverbal Communication
Critical Listening
49. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Generic 'he'
Dissolve Ending
Ethos
50. 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.
Speaker
Situational Audience Analysis
Topical Order
Supporting Materials