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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking

Subjects : dsst, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.

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2. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.






3. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.






4. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.






5. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.






6. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.






7. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.






8. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.






9. 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.






10. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.






11. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.






12. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.






13. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.






14. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.






15. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.






16. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.






17. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.






18. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.






19. The means by which a message is communicated.






20. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.






21. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.






22. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.






23. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.






24. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.






25. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.






26. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.






27. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.






28. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.






29. The subject of a speech.






30. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.






31. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.






32. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.






33. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.






34. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.






35. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.






36. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.






37. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.






38. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.






39. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.






40. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.






41. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.






42. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.






43. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.






44. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.






45. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.






46. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.






47. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.






48. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.






49. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.






50. A group of two people.







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