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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. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Incremental Plagiarism
Invalid Analogy
Feedback
Task Needs
2. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Implied Leader
Demographic Audience Analysis
Logos
Ethos
3. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Internal Preview
Gestures
Bandwagon
Leadership
4. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Pitch
Name-calling
Logos
Visual Framework
5. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Attitude
Hasty Generalization
Listener
Problem Solving (small)
6. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Bill of Rights
Frame of Reference
Hasty Generalization
7. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Emphatic Listening
Critical Thinking
Adrenaline
Crescendo Ending
8. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
False Cause
Rate
Specific Purpose
Chronological Order
9. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Repetition
Positive nervousness
Demographic Audience Analysis
Causal Order
10. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Imagery
Abstract Words
Vocal Variety
Paraphrase
11. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Adrenaline
Mean
Connective
Maintenance Needs
12. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Stereo-typing
Bibliography
Mean
13. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents the solution to the problem.
Eye Contact
Problem-Solution Order
Panel Discussion
Impromptu Speech
14. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Spatial Order
Credibility
Procedural Needs
Bill of Rights
15. A group of two people.
Paraphrase
Message
Dyad
Appreciative Listening
16. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Slippery Slope
Median
Impromptu Speech
Rate
17. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Problem-Solution Order
Channel
Pitch
18. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Hearing
Ethical Decisions
Crescendo Ending
Rhetorical Question
19. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Task Needs
Stereo-typing
Internal Preview
Pathos
20. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Speaking Outline
Internal Summary
Ethical Decisions
Denotative Meaning
21. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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22. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Critical Thinking
Kinesics
Parallelism
Attitude
23. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Parallelism
Dyad
Transition
Eye Contact
24. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Maintenance Needs
Kinesics
Bibliography
Connotative Meaning
25. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Internal Preview
Initial Credibility
Impromptu Speech
Alliteration
26. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Ad Hominem
Delivery Cues
Dissolve Ending
Initial Credibility
27. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Ethical Decisions
Gestures
Logos
Stereo-typing
28. The subject of a speech.
Vocal Variety
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Listener
Topic
29. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Stage Fright
Global Plagiarism
Repetition
Signpost
30. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Visualization
Delivery Cues
Ethnocentrism
Comprehensive Listening
31. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Mean
Vocal Variety
Simile
Alliteration
32. 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.'
Incremental Plagiarism
Problem-Solution Order
Chronological Order
False Cause
33. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Procedural Needs
Paraphrase
Emphatic Listening
Bill of Rights
34. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Hearing
Reasoning from Principle
Residual Message
35. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Speaking Outline
Symposium
Paraphrase
Brief Example
36. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Extemporaneous Speech
Incremental Plagiarism
Pause
Kinesics
37. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Feedback
Vocalized Pause
Pause
Commemorative Speech
38. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Audience-Centeredness
Emergent Leader
Global Plagiarism
39. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Simile
Scale Questions
Visualization
Specific Purpose
40. 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.
Articulation
Concrete Words
Analogical Reasoning
After-Dinner Speech
41. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Vocal Variety
Leadership
Plagiarism
Delivery Cues
42. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Vocal Variety
Egocentrism
Paraphrase
Example
43. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Eye Contact
Slippery Slope
Expert Testimony
44. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Creating Common Grounds
Identification
Credibility
45. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Procedural Needs
Criteria
Strategic Organization
Reasoning
46. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Speech of Presentation
Concrete Words
Dyad
Speaker
47. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Hearing
Topic
Spare Brain Time
Paraphrase
48. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Feedback
Credibility
Statistics
Chronological Order
49. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Listening
Pronunciation
Speech of Presentation
Attitude
50. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Problem Solving (small)
Derived Credibility
Alliteration
Hidden Agenda