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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking

Subjects : dsst, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.






2. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.






3. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.






4. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.






5. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.






6. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.






7. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.






8. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.






9. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.






10. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.






11. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.






12. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.






13. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.






14. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.






15. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.






16. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.






17. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.






18. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.






19. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.






20. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.






21. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.






22. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.






23. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.






24. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.






25. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.






26. 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.'






27. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.






28. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.






29. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.






30. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.






31. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.






32. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.






33. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.






34. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.






35. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.






36. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.






37. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.






38. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.






39. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.






40. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.






41. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.






42. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.






43. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.






44. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.






45. Numerical data.






46. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.






47. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.






48. Testimony that is presented word for word.






49. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.






50. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.