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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. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Reasoning
Listener
Paraphrase
Eye Contact
2. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Causal Reasoning
Emergent Leader
Demographic Audience Analysis
Appreciative Listening
3. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Situational Audience Analysis
Causal Order
Adrenaline
Reflective-Thinking Method
4. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Question of Policy
Slippery Slope
Identification
5. 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.'
Consensus
Emphatic Listening
False Cause
Acceptance Speech
6. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Inflections
Dialect
Emergent Leader
Testimony
7. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Rhetorical Question
Main Points
Ethos
Pitch
8. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Gestures
Ad Hominem
Testimony
Spare Brain Time
9. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Hidden Agenda
Abstract Words
Question of Policy
Plagiarism
10. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Causal Order
Frame of Reference
Connective
Testimony
11. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Imagery
Connective
Specific Purpose
12. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Creating Common Grounds
Goodwill
Feedback
Terminal Credibility
13. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Central Idea
Paraphrase
Monotone
Listening
14. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Direct Quotation
Question of Policy
Evidence
Clutter
15. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Visualization
Audience-Centeredness
Bibliography
16. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Pause
Critical Listening
Fallacy
Problem Solving (small)
17. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Gestures
Preparation Outline
Creating Common Grounds
Simile
18. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Problem-Solution Order
Slippery Slope
Visualization
Acceptance Speech
19. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Paraphrase
Scale Questions
Abstract Words
Red Herring
20. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Speaking Outline
Ethos
Stage Fright
Pitch
21. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Main Points
Chronological Order
Ethnocentrism
Clutter
22. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Speaker
Global Plagiarism
Alliteration
Residual Message
23. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Manuscript Speech
Frame of Reference
Pitch
24. A trite or over uesd expression.
Testimony
Topic
Either-Or
Cliche
25. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Terminal Credibility
Median
Volume
Message
26. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Either-Or
Bibliography
Specific Purpose
Cliche
27. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Frame of Reference
Hypothetical Example
Acceptance Speech
Manuscript Speech
28. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Pathos
Red Herring
Imagery
Concrete Words
29. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Abstract Words
Visual Framework
Maintenance Needs
Residual Message
30. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Situational Audience Analysis
Key-word Outline
Nonverbal Communication
Consensus
31. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Evidence
Pathos
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Paraphrase
32. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Creating Common Grounds
Emergent Leader
Maintenance Needs
Crescendo Ending
33. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Bandwagon
Situational Audience Analysis
Ethnocentrism
34. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Reasoning from Principle
Crescendo Ending
Terminal Credibility
35. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Peer Testimony
Preview Statement
Parallelism
Appreciative Listening
36. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Dialect
Expert Testimony
Credibility
Denotative Meaning
37. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Comprehensive Listening
Manuscript Speech
Slippery Slope
Feedback
38. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Ad Hominem
Main Points
Signpost
Comprehensive Listening
39. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Evidence
Signpost
Preview Statement
Example
40. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Small Group
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Fallacy
41. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Main Points
False Cause
Ad Hominem
Emphatic Listening
42. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Reasoning
Cliche
Quoting out of Context
Paraphrase
43. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Metaphor
Reasoning from Principle
Demographic Audience Analysis
44. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
Channel
Pitch
Speaker
45. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Kinesics
Connective
Implied Leader
Active Listening
46. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Causal Order
Pitch
Crescendo Ending
47. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Appreciative Listening
Listening
Procedural Needs
Terminal Credibility
48. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Open-Ended Questions
Red Herring
Audience-Centeredness
Message
49. An error in reasoning.
Paraphrase
Frame of Reference
Delivery Cues
Fallacy
50. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Evidence
Hypothetical Example
Identification
Name-calling