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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 presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Simile
Pitch
Connective
Speech of Presentation
2. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Transition
Expert Testimony
Delivery Cues
Comprehensive Listening
3. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Causal Order
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Abstract Words
Invalid Analogy
4. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Pitch
Logos
Credibility
Derived Credibility
5. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Impromptu Speech
Statistics
Designated Leader
Conversational Quality
6. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Goodwill
Incremental Plagiarism
Scale Questions
Testimony
7. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Interference
Chronological Order
Volume
Strategic Organization
8. Numerical data.
Statistics
Hypothetical Example
Bill of Rights
Gestures
9. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Channel
Dyad
Rhetorical Question
Small Group
10. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Critical Listening
Parallelism
Message
11. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Positive nervousness
Delivery Cues
Name-calling
Dissolve Ending
12. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Paraphrase
Manuscript Speech
Frame of Reference
Dyad
13. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Derived Credibility
Procedural Needs
Paraphrase
Acceptance Speech
14. A trite or over uesd expression.
Cliche
Manuscript Speech
Visual Framework
Global Plagiarism
15. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Topic
Preview Statement
Chronological Order
Key-word Outline
16. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Reasoning
Hidden Agenda
Audience-Centeredness
Signpost
17. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Manuscript Speech
Problem-Solution Order
Adrenaline
Pronunciation
18. The speed at which a person speaks.
Ethnocentrism
Symposium
Rate
Designated Leader
19. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Rate
Gestures
Speaking Outline
20. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Pitch
Critical Listening
Acceptance Speech
Adrenaline
21. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Spatial Order
Small Group
Bibliography
Rhythm
22. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Kinesics
Chronological Order
Implied Leader
Articulation
23. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Hypothetical Example
After-Dinner Speech
Expert Testimony
Paraphrase
24. 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.
Generic 'he'
Analogical Reasoning
Delivery Cues
Credibility
25. The subject of a speech.
Topic
Channel
Logos
Abstract Words
26. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Speech of Presentation
Credibility
Reasoning from Principle
Criteria
27. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Maintenance Needs
Chronological Order
Pause
Crescendo Ending
28. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Inflections
Direct Quotation
Stereo-typing
Audience-Centeredness
29. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Specific Purpose
Incremental Plagiarism
Quoting out of Context
Patchwork Plagiarism
30. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Rate
Either-Or
Small Group
Speech of Introduction
31. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Rhythm
Spatial Order
Brief Example
Commemorative Speech
32. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Pathos
Simile
Reflective-Thinking Method
Critical Thinking
33. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Designated Leader
Listener
Rhythm
Parallelism
34. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Designated Leader
Situation
Eye Contact
Attitude
35. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Speech of Presentation
Logos
Pathos
Vocal Variety
36. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Rate
Causal Reasoning
Stage Fright
37. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Criteria
Reasoning
Emphatic Listening
38. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Critical Listening
Question of Policy
Listener
Quoting out of Context
39. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Ethics
Creating Common Grounds
Plagiarism
Bibliography
40. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Pitch
Credibility
Listening
Internal Preview
41. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Key-word Outline
Pause
Attitude
42. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Residual Message
Message
Speaking Outline
Positive nervousness
43. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Denotative Meaning
Patchwork Plagiarism
Conversational Quality
Simile
44. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Pathos
Critical Listening
Eye Contact
Mean
45. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Situation
Analogical Reasoning
Criteria
Ad Hominem
46. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Eye Contact
Supporting Materials
Key-word Outline
Plagiarism
47. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Question of Policy
Feedback
Slippery Slope
False Cause
48. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Monotone
Small Group
Residual Message
Oral Report
49. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Slippery Slope
Global Plagiarism
Extemporaneous Speech
Terminal Credibility
50. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Connotative Meaning
Pronunciation
Gestures