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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. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Topic
Question of Policy
Bandwagon
2. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Causal Order
Positive nervousness
Procedural Needs
Small Group
3. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Name-calling
Rate
Ethical Decisions
Median
4. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Problem Solving (small)
Connective
Question of Policy
Signpost
5. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Procedural Needs
Dialect
Listening
Slippery Slope
6. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Expert Testimony
Either-Or
Slippery Slope
Interference
7. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Antithesis
Cliche
Vocalized Pause
Imagery
8. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Parallelism
Credibility
Hasty Generalization
Direct Quotation
9. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Identification
Egocentrism
Bandwagon
Chronological Order
10. A group of two people.
Bill of Rights
Supporting Materials
Peer Testimony
Dyad
11. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Monotone
Credibility
Comprehensive Listening
Either-Or
12. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Delivery Cues
Speaking Outline
Bill of Rights
13. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Connotative Meaning
Brief Example
Inflections
Spare Brain Time
14. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Feedback
Eye Contact
Reasoning
Direct Quotation
15. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Brief Example
Chronological Order
Abstract Words
Rhythm
16. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Channel
Task Needs
Kinesics
Extemporaneous Speech
17. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Ethics
Dyad
Parallelism
Paraphrase
18. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Impromptu Speech
Task Needs
Acceptance Speech
Logos
19. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Critical Thinking
Pitch
Speaker
Appreciative Listening
20. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Brief Example
Question of Policy
Hypothetical Example
Goodwill
21. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Pronunciation
Bill of Rights
Connective
Oral Report
22. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Alliteration
Repetition
Creating Common Grounds
Impromptu Speech
23. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
False Cause
Demographic Audience Analysis
Brief Example
Implied Leader
24. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Example
Designated Leader
Interference
Implied Leader
25. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Small Group
Consensus
Clutter
Implied Leader
26. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Hypothetical Example
Mean
Frame of Reference
27. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Volume
Identification
Supporting Materials
Reasoning from Specific Instances
28. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Problem Solving (small)
Credibility
Ad Hominem
Eye Contact
29. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Delivery Cues
Gestures
30. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Evidence
Topical Order
Question of Policy
31. The means by which a message is communicated.
Implied Leader
Commemorative Speech
Channel
Visual Framework
32. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Visualization
Maintenance Needs
Reasoning
33. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Crescendo Ending
Alliteration
Acceptance Speech
34. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Maintenance Needs
Eye Contact
Peer Testimony
Invalid Analogy
35. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Rate
Demographic Audience Analysis
Active Listening
Expert Testimony
36. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Paraphrase
Topical Order
Audience-Centeredness
Main Points
37. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Adrenaline
Clutter
Commemorative Speech
Problem Solving (small)
38. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Critical Listening
Parallelism
Consensus
Central Idea
39. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Stage Fright
Emergent Leader
Speech of Introduction
Quoting out of Context
40. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Conversational Quality
Listener
Procedural Needs
Antithesis
41. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Critical Listening
Topic
False Cause
Initial Credibility
42. The speed at which a person speaks.
Emphatic Listening
Global Plagiarism
Imagery
Rate
43. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Ethical Decisions
After-Dinner Speech
Incremental Plagiarism
Appreciative Listening
44. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Oral Report
Paraphrase
Cliche
False Cause
45. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Red Herring
Speech of Presentation
Spare Brain Time
Peer Testimony
46. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Hearing
Simile
Vocalized Pause
Question of Policy
47. A trite or over uesd expression.
Imagery
Vocalized Pause
Cliche
Simile
48. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Metaphor
Denotative Meaning
Concrete Words
Hypothetical Example
49. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Adrenaline
Direct Quotation
False Cause
Fixed-Alternative Questions
50. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Frame of Reference
Hypothetical Example
Symposium
Abstract Words