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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. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Problem Solving (small)
Spatial Order
Speech of Introduction
2. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Dyad
Chronological Order
Cliche
Specific Purpose
3. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Procedural Needs
Frame of Reference
Topical Order
Dialect
4. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Rate
Plagiarism
Key-word Outline
Incremental Plagiarism
5. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Spare Brain Time
Bandwagon
Analogical Reasoning
Dissolve Ending
6. The means by which a message is communicated.
Expert Testimony
Main Points
Delivery Cues
Channel
7. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Hearing
Nonverbal Communication
Open-Ended Questions
Rhythm
8. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Creating Common Grounds
Testimony
Antithesis
Vocal Variety
9. An error in reasoning.
Eye Contact
Incremental Plagiarism
Fallacy
Bill of Rights
10. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Implied Leader
Internal Preview
Demographic Audience Analysis
Central Idea
11. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Mean
Paraphrase
False Cause
Critical Thinking
12. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Invalid Analogy
Repetition
Active Listening
Stage Fright
13. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Pronunciation
Speech of Presentation
Bill of Rights
Demographic Audience Analysis
14. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Symposium
Credibility
Terminal Credibility
Identification
15. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Invalid Analogy
Frame of Reference
Hasty Generalization
Name-calling
16. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Situational Audience Analysis
Oral Report
Concrete Words
Cliche
17. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Specific Purpose
Acceptance Speech
Vocal Variety
Hypothetical Example
18. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Rhetorical Question
Supporting Materials
Kinesics
Either-Or
19. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Panel Discussion
Monotone
Maintenance Needs
Ethical Decisions
20. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Concrete Words
Median
Ad Hominem
Articulation
21. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Appreciative Listening
Message
Reasoning
Kinesics
22. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Chronological Order
Credibility
Symposium
23. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Identification
Dialect
Rhythm
Manuscript Speech
24. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Problem-Solution Order
Identification
Designated Leader
Feedback
25. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Direct Quotation
Positive nervousness
Open-Ended Questions
Signpost
26. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Mean
Peer Testimony
Identification
Listener
27. The subject of a speech.
Manuscript Speech
Listener
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Topic
28. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Situation
Vocal Variety
Specific Purpose
Dissolve Ending
29. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Acceptance Speech
Critical Listening
Designated Leader
Main Points
30. A group of two people.
Crescendo Ending
Dyad
Rhythm
Simile
31. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Abstract Words
Alliteration
Visual Framework
Criteria
32. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Message
Crescendo Ending
Rhythm
Conversational Quality
33. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Task Needs
Simile
Brief Example
Paraphrase
34. A trite or over uesd expression.
Cliche
Specific Purpose
Generic 'he'
Reasoning from Specific Instances
35. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Feedback
Credibility
Reflective-Thinking Method
Critical Thinking
36. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Credibility
Transition
Testimony
37. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Symposium
Mean
Speech of Introduction
Slippery Slope
38. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Listener
Repetition
Spatial Order
Simile
39. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Volume
Visualization
Manuscript Speech
After-Dinner Speech
40. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Direct Quotation
Preparation Outline
Analogical Reasoning
Designated Leader
41. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Procedural Needs
Parallelism
Denotative Meaning
Nonverbal Communication
42. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Clutter
Transition
Gestures
Supporting Materials
43. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Question of Policy
Scale Questions
Simile
Denotative Meaning
44. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Rate
Consensus
Reflective-Thinking Method
Ethical Decisions
45. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Eye Contact
Residual Message
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Monotone
46. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Monotone
Abstract Words
Incremental Plagiarism
Symposium
47. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Analogical Reasoning
Rhetorical Question
Metaphor
Comprehensive Listening
48. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Critical Listening
Reasoning from Principle
Parallelism
Slippery Slope
49. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Name-calling
Emergent Leader
Testimony
Audience-Centeredness
50. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Small Group
Incremental Plagiarism
Critical Listening
Connotative Meaning