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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. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Situational Audience Analysis
Speaking Outline
Derived Credibility
Pronunciation
2. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Parallelism
Peer Testimony
Initial Credibility
Patchwork Plagiarism
3. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Preview Statement
Demographic Audience Analysis
Imagery
Visualization
4. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Dyad
Conversational Quality
Comprehensive Listening
Emergent Leader
5. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Ethnocentrism
Identification
Critical Listening
Emergent Leader
6. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Rhetorical Question
Stage Fright
Maintenance Needs
Expert Testimony
7. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Channel
Generic 'he'
Alliteration
Implied Leader
8. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Global Plagiarism
Transition
Consensus
Dyad
9. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Ethnocentrism
Logos
Dyad
Slippery Slope
10. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Symposium
Rate
Frame of Reference
Slippery Slope
11. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Maintenance Needs
Bibliography
Brief Example
12. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Parallelism
Derived Credibility
Situational Audience Analysis
13. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Internal Summary
Delivery Cues
Emphatic Listening
Evidence
14. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Impromptu Speech
Pathos
Symposium
Crescendo Ending
15. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Internal Preview
Designated Leader
Speech of Introduction
Procedural Needs
16. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Pitch
Situation
Cliche
Monotone
17. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Rate
Expert Testimony
Hasty Generalization
Criteria
18. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Supporting Materials
Clutter
Analogical Reasoning
Adrenaline
19. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Problem Solving (small)
Hidden Agenda
Reasoning from Principle
Terminal Credibility
20. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that which is true for the first case is also true for the second.
Topical Order
Channel
Analogical Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
21. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Pitch
Connective
Message
Testimony
22. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Critical Thinking
Critical Listening
Reasoning from Principle
Imagery
23. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Audience-Centeredness
Monotone
Brief Example
Panel Discussion
24. 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.'
Audience-Centeredness
False Cause
Stereo-typing
Derived Credibility
25. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Credibility
Interference
Conversational Quality
26. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Rhetorical Question
Stage Fright
Message
Small Group
27. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Logos
Hidden Agenda
Pathos
28. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Spatial Order
Preview Statement
Paraphrase
Audience-Centeredness
29. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Inflections
Evidence
Vocalized Pause
Rhetorical Question
30. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Quoting out of Context
Chronological Order
Imagery
31. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Metaphor
Criteria
Crescendo Ending
Extemporaneous Speech
32. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Positive nervousness
Name-calling
Hearing
Ad Hominem
33. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Channel
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Inflections
Ethical Decisions
34. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Ethos
Acceptance Speech
Internal Preview
After-Dinner Speech
35. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Slippery Slope
Analogical Reasoning
Causal Order
Pitch
36. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Chronological Order
Manuscript Speech
Expert Testimony
Active Listening
37. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Task Needs
Open-Ended Questions
Paraphrase
38. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Listener
Egocentrism
Plagiarism
Bill of Rights
39. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Derived Credibility
Credibility
Visualization
Inflections
40. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Metaphor
Situation
Credibility
Causal Order
41. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Metaphor
Patchwork Plagiarism
Clutter
Parallelism
42. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Ethos
Speech of Presentation
Scale Questions
Preview Statement
43. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents the solution to the problem.
Ethos
Speaker
Problem-Solution Order
Goodwill
44. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Task Needs
Listening
Visual Framework
Dialect
45. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Central Idea
Ad Hominem
Main Points
Consensus
46. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Brief Example
Cliche
Egocentrism
Repetition
47. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Brief Example
Ethics
Quoting out of Context
Main Points
48. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Hidden Agenda
Dyad
Concrete Words
49. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Credibility
Paraphrase
Slippery Slope
Preparation Outline
50. The speed at which a person speaks.
Critical Listening
Spatial Order
Expert Testimony
Rate