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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. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Fallacy
Credibility
Articulation
Terminal Credibility
2. 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.'
Small Group
Key-word Outline
False Cause
Visualization
3. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Speech of Introduction
Oral Report
Egocentrism
Goodwill
4. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Crescendo Ending
Rhythm
After-Dinner Speech
Channel
5. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Rhythm
Listener
Hypothetical Example
6. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Example
Monotone
Terminal Credibility
Stereo-typing
7. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Key-word Outline
Supporting Materials
Adrenaline
Kinesics
8. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Creating Common Grounds
Problem-Solution Order
Chronological Order
Commemorative Speech
9. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Pitch
Visual Framework
Feedback
Spare Brain Time
10. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Gestures
Feedback
Bandwagon
Patchwork Plagiarism
11. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Red Herring
Speaking Outline
Either-Or
Chronological Order
12. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Reasoning
Derived Credibility
Global Plagiarism
Causal Reasoning
13. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Pitch
Red Herring
Repetition
Ethics
14. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Criteria
Open-Ended Questions
Hidden Agenda
Bibliography
15. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Connotative Meaning
Active Listening
Plagiarism
Derived Credibility
16. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
Preparation Outline
Situational Audience Analysis
Inflections
17. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Abstract Words
Patchwork Plagiarism
Expert Testimony
Emphatic Listening
18. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Delivery Cues
Interference
Initial Credibility
Reasoning from Principle
19. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Commemorative Speech
After-Dinner Speech
Leadership
Listener
20. A trite or over uesd expression.
Testimony
Cliche
Peer Testimony
Residual Message
21. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Listener
Stereo-typing
Hidden Agenda
Delivery Cues
22. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Hearing
Comprehensive Listening
After-Dinner Speech
Active Listening
23. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Acceptance Speech
Designated Leader
Audience-Centeredness
Hearing
24. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Terminal Credibility
Central Idea
Leadership
Creating Common Grounds
25. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Residual Message
Frame of Reference
Dialect
Hypothetical Example
26. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Inflections
Speech of Introduction
Direct Quotation
Reflective-Thinking Method
27. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
After-Dinner Speech
Criteria
Name-calling
Incremental Plagiarism
28. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Preview Statement
Ad Hominem
Commemorative Speech
Active Listening
29. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Speaking Outline
Ad Hominem
30. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Connotative Meaning
Critical Listening
Transition
Commemorative Speech
31. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Spare Brain Time
Panel Discussion
Scale Questions
Global Plagiarism
32. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Pronunciation
Situation
Implied Leader
Mean
33. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Critical Listening
Vocal Variety
Central Idea
Eye Contact
34. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Channel
Criteria
Appreciative Listening
Problem-Solution Order
35. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Procedural Needs
Ad Hominem
Testimony
Rate
36. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Fallacy
Demographic Audience Analysis
Consensus
37. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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38. 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.
Problem-Solution Order
Speech of Introduction
Evidence
Adrenaline
39. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Causal Reasoning
Interference
Preparation Outline
Vocalized Pause
40. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Listening
Causal Order
Positive nervousness
Paraphrase
41. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Testimony
Specific Purpose
Concrete Words
Visualization
42. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Dissolve Ending
Bibliography
Crescendo Ending
Positive nervousness
43. 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.
Metaphor
Active Listening
Feedback
Situational Audience Analysis
44. The subject of a speech.
Visualization
Topic
Panel Discussion
Parallelism
45. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Spare Brain Time
Chronological Order
Bibliography
Active Listening
46. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Spatial Order
Volume
Hypothetical Example
Emergent Leader
47. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Critical Listening
Ethnocentrism
Extemporaneous Speech
Peer Testimony
48. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Logos
Specific Purpose
Task Needs
Terminal Credibility
49. 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.
Analogical Reasoning
Criteria
Message
Evidence
50. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Impromptu Speech
Connotative Meaning
Reasoning
Expert Testimony