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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 method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Main Points
Pathos
Spatial Order
Ethics
2. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Incremental Plagiarism
Causal Order
Scale Questions
3. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Acceptance Speech
Connotative Meaning
Speaker
Appreciative Listening
4. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Rhetorical Question
Identification
Denotative Meaning
Speaking Outline
5. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Spare Brain Time
Denotative Meaning
After-Dinner Speech
Connotative Meaning
6. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Either-Or
Situational Audience Analysis
Paraphrase
Pathos
7. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Task Needs
Imagery
Dissolve Ending
Signpost
8. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Pause
Parallelism
Volume
Rhythm
9. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Critical Listening
Topical Order
Main Points
Open-Ended Questions
10. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Audience-Centeredness
Impromptu Speech
Repetition
11. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Plagiarism
Pronunciation
Topical Order
Spatial Order
12. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Global Plagiarism
Task Needs
Speaker
Emphatic Listening
13. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Pronunciation
Designated Leader
Situational Audience Analysis
Channel
14. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Internal Summary
Extemporaneous Speech
Egocentrism
Supporting Materials
15. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
Attitude
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Either-Or
16. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Statistics
Inflections
Ethos
Gestures
17. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Gestures
Bandwagon
Feedback
18. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Strategic Organization
Message
Expert Testimony
Symposium
19. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Audience-Centeredness
Demographic Audience Analysis
Goodwill
Either-Or
20. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
After-Dinner Speech
Causal Order
Pause
21. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Preparation Outline
Situation
Supporting Materials
22. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Paraphrase
Clutter
Preparation Outline
23. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Hearing
Red Herring
Adrenaline
Residual Message
24. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Positive nervousness
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Peer Testimony
Symposium
25. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Main Points
Nonverbal Communication
Peer Testimony
26. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Listener
Transition
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Statistics
27. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Procedural Needs
Message
Red Herring
Audience-Centeredness
28. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Internal Summary
Goodwill
Causal Order
29. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Pause
Example
Implied Leader
Situation
30. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Inflections
Ethics
Reflective-Thinking Method
Pitch
31. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Clutter
Pathos
Pitch
Reasoning from Principle
32. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Testimony
Manuscript Speech
Red Herring
Symposium
33. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Procedural Needs
Problem-Solution Order
Repetition
Monotone
34. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Bandwagon
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Pause
Internal Preview
35. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Speaker
Specific Purpose
Imagery
Interference
36. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Symposium
Consensus
Quoting out of Context
Ethnocentrism
37. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Causal Reasoning
Open-Ended Questions
Terminal Credibility
Bill of Rights
38. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Alliteration
Hidden Agenda
Statistics
Audience-Centeredness
39. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Paraphrase
Open-Ended Questions
Gestures
Stage Fright
40. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Logos
Extemporaneous Speech
Commemorative Speech
Parallelism
41. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Hidden Agenda
Denotative Meaning
Patchwork Plagiarism
Pronunciation
42. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Hearing
Credibility
Impromptu Speech
Kinesics
43. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Situational Audience Analysis
Oral Report
Ethnocentrism
Red Herring
44. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Internal Preview
Dissolve Ending
Red Herring
Ethos
45. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Central Idea
Speech of Introduction
Situation
Nonverbal Communication
46. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Alliteration
Brief Example
Frame of Reference
Strategic Organization
47. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
Positive nervousness
Dialect
Reasoning from Specific Instances
48. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Vocal Variety
Adrenaline
Slippery Slope
Alliteration
49. 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.
Connective
Speech of Introduction
Demographic Audience Analysis
Situational Audience Analysis
50. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Abstract Words
Speaker
Speech of Introduction
Concrete Words