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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. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Speaker
Spare Brain Time
Kinesics
Positive nervousness
2. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Conversational Quality
Acceptance Speech
Commemorative Speech
Stage Fright
3. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Residual Message
Gestures
Message
4. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Median
Hidden Agenda
Red Herring
Critical Listening
5. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Emphatic Listening
Procedural Needs
Situation
Interference
6. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Denotative Meaning
Rhetorical Question
Speaking Outline
Problem-Solution Order
7. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Audience-Centeredness
Vocalized Pause
Transition
Paraphrase
8. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Emphatic Listening
Example
Vocal Variety
Main Points
9. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Consensus
Egocentrism
Brief Example
Signpost
10. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Identification
After-Dinner Speech
Critical Listening
Speaker
11. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Specific Purpose
Stage Fright
Chronological Order
12. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Acceptance Speech
Simile
Preview Statement
Inflections
13. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Connective
Peer Testimony
Logos
Spatial Order
14. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Audience-Centeredness
Visualization
Abstract Words
Speaking Outline
15. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Visualization
Comprehensive Listening
Reasoning from Specific Instances
16. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Speech of Introduction
Dissolve Ending
Emphatic Listening
Symposium
17. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Dyad
Frame of Reference
Expert Testimony
Credibility
18. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Vocal Variety
Procedural Needs
Incremental Plagiarism
Plagiarism
19. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Reasoning from Principle
Bibliography
Concrete Words
Quoting out of Context
20. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Identification
Extemporaneous Speech
Criteria
21. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Plagiarism
Pronunciation
Incremental Plagiarism
Testimony
22. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Invalid Analogy
Scale Questions
Volume
Demographic Audience Analysis
23. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Ad Hominem
Slippery Slope
Articulation
Pathos
24. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Task Needs
Logos
Either-Or
Vocal Variety
25. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Channel
Kinesics
Causal Reasoning
Ethics
26. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Reasoning
Eye Contact
Task Needs
Impromptu Speech
27. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Topical Order
Ethics
False Cause
28. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Main Points
Manuscript Speech
Rhetorical Question
Acceptance Speech
29. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Supporting Materials
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Ethnocentrism
Procedural Needs
30. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Rhetorical Question
Manuscript Speech
Connective
Commemorative Speech
31. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Alliteration
Direct Quotation
Frame of Reference
Preview Statement
32. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Direct Quotation
Maintenance Needs
Articulation
33. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Problem Solving (small)
Paraphrase
Ethnocentrism
Residual Message
34. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Causal Order
Eye Contact
Reflective-Thinking Method
Global Plagiarism
35. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Expert Testimony
Implied Leader
Critical Thinking
36. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Specific Purpose
Message
Example
Volume
37. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Symposium
Criteria
Strategic Organization
Alliteration
38. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Hidden Agenda
Concrete Words
Task Needs
Ethnocentrism
39. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Ad Hominem
Extemporaneous Speech
Maintenance Needs
Speech of Introduction
40. A detailed outline developed during the process of speech preparation that includes the title - specific purpose - central idea - introduction - main points - sub points - connectives - conclusion - and bibliography of a speech.
Preparation Outline
Extemporaneous Speech
Ethos
Causal Order
41. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Visualization
Rate
Scale Questions
Hearing
42. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Peer Testimony
Key-word Outline
Open-Ended Questions
Problem Solving (small)
43. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Implied Leader
Name-calling
Residual Message
Volume
44. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Demographic Audience Analysis
Listening
Simile
45. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Generic 'he'
Ethos
Conversational Quality
Supporting Materials
46. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Listening
Pronunciation
Reflective-Thinking Method
47. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Egocentrism
Name-calling
Acceptance Speech
Message
48. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Strategic Organization
Parallelism
Expert Testimony
Pathos
49. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Oral Report
Evidence
Bandwagon
Consensus
50. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Parallelism
Either-Or
Incremental Plagiarism