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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. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Volume
Slippery Slope
Connotative Meaning
Alliteration
2. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Paraphrase
Articulation
Dyad
3. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Audience-Centeredness
Ethnocentrism
Implied Leader
Central Idea
4. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Alliteration
Situation
Pitch
Terminal Credibility
5. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Procedural Needs
Open-Ended Questions
Paraphrase
Derived Credibility
6. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Evidence
Designated Leader
Speech of Introduction
Fixed-Alternative Questions
7. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Commemorative Speech
Creating Common Grounds
Hasty Generalization
Question of Policy
8. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Speech of Introduction
Frame of Reference
Oral Report
Specific Purpose
9. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Parallelism
Abstract Words
Concrete Words
Connective
10. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Designated Leader
Key-word Outline
Crescendo Ending
Hasty Generalization
11. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Goodwill
Red Herring
Topic
Impromptu Speech
12. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Stereo-typing
Speech of Presentation
Impromptu Speech
Incremental Plagiarism
13. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Vocal Variety
Peer Testimony
Positive nervousness
14. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Ethical Decisions
Hasty Generalization
Appreciative Listening
Dialect
15. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Vocalized Pause
Open-Ended Questions
Conversational Quality
Transition
16. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Quoting out of Context
Leadership
Ad Hominem
Creating Common Grounds
17. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Listening
Symposium
Brief Example
Dissolve Ending
18. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Plagiarism
Consensus
Example
Incremental Plagiarism
19. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Antithesis
Adrenaline
Problem Solving (small)
Articulation
20. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Pause
Internal Summary
Emphatic Listening
Rhythm
21. A group of two people.
Dyad
Appreciative Listening
Feedback
Emphatic Listening
22. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Transition
Egocentrism
Manuscript Speech
Rhetorical Question
23. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Initial Credibility
Testimony
Vocal Variety
24. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Pitch
Repetition
Paraphrase
25. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Bill of Rights
Ethical Decisions
Internal Preview
Preview Statement
26. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Expert Testimony
Alliteration
Interference
27. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Dialect
Reasoning from Principle
Name-calling
Inflections
28. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Mean
Panel Discussion
Pitch
Acceptance Speech
29. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Dialect
Internal Preview
Demographic Audience Analysis
Concrete Words
30. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Speech of Introduction
Panel Discussion
Articulation
Vocalized Pause
31. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Audience-Centeredness
Global Plagiarism
Egocentrism
Critical Listening
32. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Nonverbal Communication
Crescendo Ending
Connective
Parallelism
33. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Chronological Order
Gestures
Credibility
34. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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35. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Topic
Nonverbal Communication
Reasoning
Evidence
36. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Listening
Hearing
Inflections
Paraphrase
37. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Analogical Reasoning
Problem Solving (small)
Attitude
Monotone
38. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Comprehensive Listening
Hypothetical Example
Connective
Concrete Words
39. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Critical Thinking
Incremental Plagiarism
Paraphrase
Situation
40. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Bandwagon
Internal Summary
Causal Order
Vocalized Pause
41. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Volume
Procedural Needs
Audience-Centeredness
Acceptance Speech
42. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Visualization
Transition
Signpost
Speaker
43. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Comprehensive Listening
Kinesics
Creating Common Grounds
Causal Reasoning
44. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Visualization
Mean
Name-calling
Example
45. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Direct Quotation
Concrete Words
Task Needs
Plagiarism
46. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Residual Message
Visual Framework
Slippery Slope
Direct Quotation
47. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Inflections
Metaphor
Global Plagiarism
Hidden Agenda
48. Numerical data.
Active Listening
Consensus
Kinesics
Statistics
49. The average value of a group of numbers.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Paraphrase
Oral Report
Mean
50. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Ethical Decisions
Derived Credibility
Critical Thinking
Supporting Materials