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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 conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Name-calling
Emergent Leader
Manuscript Speech
2. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Scale Questions
Hypothetical Example
Credibility
Bandwagon
3. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Critical Thinking
Parallelism
Acceptance Speech
Eye Contact
4. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Concrete Words
Peer Testimony
Quoting out of Context
Brief Example
5. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Oral Report
Denotative Meaning
Implied Leader
Egocentrism
6. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Signpost
Incremental Plagiarism
Credibility
Speech of Introduction
7. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Visual Framework
Conversational Quality
Pitch
Inflections
8. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Peer Testimony
Kinesics
Chronological Order
Interference
9. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Interference
Central Idea
Rate
Patchwork Plagiarism
10. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Positive nervousness
Median
Inflections
Stage Fright
11. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Egocentrism
Bandwagon
Direct Quotation
Comprehensive Listening
12. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Eye Contact
Active Listening
Manuscript Speech
Speaker
13. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Interference
Hidden Agenda
Frame of Reference
Symposium
14. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Message
Vocalized Pause
Situational Audience Analysis
15. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Supporting Materials
Open-Ended Questions
Attitude
16. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Positive nervousness
Monotone
Abstract Words
Listener
17. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Bill of Rights
Bandwagon
Demographic Audience Analysis
18. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Frame of Reference
Panel Discussion
Visual Framework
Parallelism
19. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Either-Or
Signpost
Paraphrase
20. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Audience-Centeredness
Analogical Reasoning
Expert Testimony
21. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Expert Testimony
Causal Order
Median
Extemporaneous Speech
22. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Internal Preview
Ethical Decisions
Paraphrase
Dialect
23. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Egocentrism
Chronological Order
Situation
Spare Brain Time
24. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Vocalized Pause
Problem-Solution Order
Denotative Meaning
Bill of Rights
25. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Statistics
Appreciative Listening
Internal Preview
Invalid Analogy
26. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Rhetorical Question
Visualization
Commemorative Speech
Acceptance Speech
27. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Procedural Needs
Expert Testimony
Rate
Preparation Outline
28. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Logos
Expert Testimony
Question of Policy
Crescendo Ending
29. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Initial Credibility
Dissolve Ending
Ethos
Question of Policy
30. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Bandwagon
Spare Brain Time
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Reflective-Thinking Method
31. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Ad Hominem
Concrete Words
Hasty Generalization
Bill of Rights
32. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Problem-Solution Order
Preview Statement
Denotative Meaning
Message
33. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Topical Order
Stereo-typing
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Connective
34. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Testimony
Strategic Organization
Emergent Leader
Fixed-Alternative Questions
35. The means by which a message is communicated.
Visual Framework
Rate
Rhetorical Question
Channel
36. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Supporting Materials
Scale Questions
Either-Or
Direct Quotation
37. 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.'
Bibliography
False Cause
Speaker
Frame of Reference
38. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Alliteration
Testimony
After-Dinner Speech
Active Listening
39. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Median
Designated Leader
Clutter
Key-word Outline
40. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Simile
Commemorative Speech
Abstract Words
Ethos
41. A group of two people.
Dyad
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
Reasoning
42. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Eye Contact
Open-Ended Questions
Paraphrase
Stereo-typing
43. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Speech of Introduction
Reflective-Thinking Method
Rhythm
Logos
44. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Testimony
Parallelism
Listener
Hypothetical Example
45. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Manuscript Speech
Listening
Rhetorical Question
Active Listening
46. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
Speech of Introduction
Paraphrase
Stage Fright
47. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Monotone
Initial Credibility
Egocentrism
Situation
48. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Vocalized Pause
Global Plagiarism
Simile
Plagiarism
49. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Identification
Egocentrism
Manuscript Speech
Bill of Rights
50. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Paraphrase
Maintenance Needs
Identification
Visualization