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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. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Adrenaline
Connotative Meaning
Transition
Alliteration
2. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Open-Ended Questions
Hearing
False Cause
Listener
3. An error in causal reasoning in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follow another - the first event is the cause of the second. This error is often known by it's Latin name meaning - 'after this - therefore because of this.'
Hearing
Peer Testimony
False Cause
Extemporaneous Speech
4. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Pitch
False Cause
Audience-Centeredness
Causal Order
5. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Rhythm
Implied Leader
Connective
Audience-Centeredness
6. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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7. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Eye Contact
Evidence
Visual Framework
8. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Frame of Reference
Signpost
Maintenance Needs
Hidden Agenda
9. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Invalid Analogy
Paraphrase
Expert Testimony
Gestures
10. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Internal Preview
Channel
Articulation
11. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Eye Contact
Denotative Meaning
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Critical Listening
12. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Positive nervousness
Small Group
Pause
Internal Preview
13. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Attitude
Goodwill
Strategic Organization
Example
14. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Frame of Reference
Testimony
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Plagiarism
15. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Specific Purpose
Preview Statement
Consensus
Connotative Meaning
16. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Expert Testimony
Strategic Organization
Concrete Words
Implied Leader
17. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Panel Discussion
Repetition
Internal Summary
Either-Or
18. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Hypothetical Example
Dissolve Ending
Median
Impromptu Speech
19. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Gestures
Statistics
Symposium
Clutter
20. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Reasoning
Critical Listening
Appreciative Listening
Oral Report
21. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Listening
Hidden Agenda
Designated Leader
22. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Specific Purpose
Peer Testimony
Maintenance Needs
Crescendo Ending
23. The means by which a message is communicated.
Channel
Situation
Hypothetical Example
Goodwill
24. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Spare Brain Time
Ethos
Open-Ended Questions
Conversational Quality
25. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Emergent Leader
Pronunciation
Consensus
Statistics
26. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Stage Fright
Ethical Decisions
Hidden Agenda
27. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Topical Order
Testimony
Bill of Rights
Rhythm
28. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Ethos
Reflective-Thinking Method
Rate
Ethnocentrism
29. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Speaking Outline
Credibility
Implied Leader
Critical Thinking
30. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Spare Brain Time
Expert Testimony
Task Needs
Demographic Audience Analysis
31. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Dissolve Ending
Cliche
Speech of Presentation
Dyad
32. A detailed outline developed during the process of speech preparation that includes the title - specific purpose - central idea - introduction - main points - sub points - connectives - conclusion - and bibliography of a speech.
Slippery Slope
Incremental Plagiarism
Preparation Outline
Direct Quotation
33. The subject of a speech.
Topic
Slippery Slope
Crescendo Ending
Median
34. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Pitch
Pathos
Vocalized Pause
Credibility
35. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Alliteration
Impromptu Speech
Crescendo Ending
Fixed-Alternative Questions
36. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Derived Credibility
Vocalized Pause
False Cause
Testimony
37. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Volume
Hearing
Rhythm
38. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Consensus
Pathos
Crescendo Ending
Feedback
39. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Rhetorical Question
Commemorative Speech
Ethical Decisions
Causal Reasoning
40. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Ethos
Either-Or
Reasoning
Acceptance Speech
41. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Internal Preview
Feedback
Plagiarism
Abstract Words
42. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Problem Solving (small)
Preview Statement
Abstract Words
Visual Framework
43. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Chronological Order
Emphatic Listening
Active Listening
Either-Or
44. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Critical Thinking
Evidence
After-Dinner Speech
Hidden Agenda
45. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Bandwagon
Situational Audience Analysis
Vocal Variety
Criteria
46. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Statistics
Acceptance Speech
Topical Order
Extemporaneous Speech
47. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Rate
Global Plagiarism
Clutter
48. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Initial Credibility
Situation
Nonverbal Communication
Hasty Generalization
49. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Problem Solving (small)
Direct Quotation
Oral Report
Articulation
50. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Comprehensive Listening
Direct Quotation
Preview Statement