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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. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Visualization
Causal Reasoning
Preparation Outline
Median
2. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Imagery
Reasoning
Median
Ethics
3. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Symposium
Dyad
Chronological Order
Ethics
4. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Problem Solving (small)
Hypothetical Example
Acceptance Speech
Rate
5. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Gestures
Listening
Volume
Repetition
6. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Bill of Rights
Direct Quotation
Speaking Outline
Chronological Order
7. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Either-Or
Brief Example
Acceptance Speech
Alliteration
8. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Articulation
Gestures
Symposium
Global Plagiarism
9. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Scale Questions
Spatial Order
Inflections
Specific Purpose
10. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Monotone
Rhetorical Question
Kinesics
Speaker
11. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Strategic Organization
Kinesics
Delivery Cues
Commemorative Speech
12. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Signpost
Parallelism
Problem-Solution Order
13. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Signpost
Active Listening
Connotative Meaning
Example
14. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Vocalized Pause
Transition
Example
15. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Situational Audience Analysis
Adrenaline
Parallelism
Initial Credibility
16. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Adrenaline
Invalid Analogy
Derived Credibility
Internal Summary
17. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Abstract Words
Parallelism
Key-word Outline
Ethos
18. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Fallacy
Evidence
Symposium
Preview Statement
19. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Topic
Supporting Materials
Speech of Presentation
Small Group
20. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Antithesis
Credibility
Cliche
Topical Order
21. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Credibility
Residual Message
Quoting out of Context
Implied Leader
22. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Dyad
Expert Testimony
Analogical Reasoning
Clutter
23. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Plagiarism
Pronunciation
Brief Example
24. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Appreciative Listening
Topical Order
Cliche
Kinesics
25. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Brief Example
Repetition
Problem Solving (small)
Generic 'he'
26. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Generic 'he'
Problem-Solution Order
Credibility
Impromptu Speech
27. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Main Points
Emergent Leader
Active Listening
Plagiarism
28. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Invalid Analogy
Cliche
Vocalized Pause
Audience-Centeredness
29. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Ad Hominem
Speech of Introduction
Emphatic Listening
Rhythm
30. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Transition
Residual Message
Generic 'he'
Pronunciation
31. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Delivery Cues
Conversational Quality
Speech of Presentation
Name-calling
32. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Egocentrism
Dyad
Critical Thinking
Rhythm
33. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Residual Message
Alliteration
Incremental Plagiarism
Clutter
34. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Attitude
Pitch
Supporting Materials
Volume
35. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Positive nervousness
Specific Purpose
Emphatic Listening
Rate
36. 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.
Situational Audience Analysis
Pronunciation
Global Plagiarism
Reasoning
37. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Oral Report
Maintenance Needs
Speaking Outline
38. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Extemporaneous Speech
Peer Testimony
Red Herring
Vocalized Pause
39. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Evidence
Small Group
Derived Credibility
Chronological Order
40. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Dyad
Monotone
Commemorative Speech
Invalid Analogy
41. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Transition
Bill of Rights
Residual Message
Imagery
42. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Logos
Reasoning
Positive nervousness
Egocentrism
43. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Problem Solving (small)
Procedural Needs
Pronunciation
Visualization
44. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Supporting Materials
Emergent Leader
Pronunciation
Hasty Generalization
45. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Egocentrism
Incremental Plagiarism
Peer Testimony
Fixed-Alternative Questions
46. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Topical Order
Scale Questions
Credibility
47. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Specific Purpose
Preview Statement
Clutter
Extemporaneous Speech
48. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Small Group
Spatial Order
Frame of Reference
Leadership
49. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Slippery Slope
Denotative Meaning
Question of Policy
50. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Ad Hominem
Initial Credibility
Either-Or
Oral Report