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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. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Hidden Agenda
Derived Credibility
Brief Example
Open-Ended Questions
2. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Simile
Ethnocentrism
Repetition
Credibility
3. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Invalid Analogy
Ad Hominem
Volume
After-Dinner Speech
4. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Creating Common Grounds
Scale Questions
Bandwagon
False Cause
5. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Manuscript Speech
Expert Testimony
Fallacy
Parallelism
6. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Paraphrase
Hasty Generalization
Visual Framework
Volume
7. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Slippery Slope
Expert Testimony
Critical Thinking
Causal Reasoning
8. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Crescendo Ending
Statistics
Impromptu Speech
Clutter
9. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Problem Solving (small)
Creating Common Grounds
After-Dinner Speech
Message
10. The average value of a group of numbers.
Metaphor
Listening
Ethics
Mean
11. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Feedback
Transition
Hasty Generalization
Monotone
12. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Question of Policy
Demographic Audience Analysis
Commemorative Speech
13. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Extemporaneous Speech
Testimony
Strategic Organization
Eye Contact
14. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Delivery Cues
Comprehensive Listening
Implied Leader
Hasty Generalization
15. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Vocalized Pause
Message
Channel
Criteria
16. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Visualization
Example
Listener
Reasoning from Principle
17. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Causal Order
Pitch
Volume
Extemporaneous Speech
18. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Transition
Leadership
Clutter
19. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Pronunciation
Acceptance Speech
Ethos
Concrete Words
20. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Main Points
Central Idea
Connective
Symposium
21. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Acceptance Speech
Speech of Introduction
Positive nervousness
Paraphrase
22. 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
Critical Thinking
Ethical Decisions
Paraphrase
23. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Statistics
Visualization
Concrete Words
Egocentrism
24. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Analogical Reasoning
Internal Preview
Signpost
Commemorative Speech
25. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Connotative Meaning
Speech of Introduction
Red Herring
Hearing
26. An error in reasoning.
Articulation
Pitch
Incremental Plagiarism
Fallacy
27. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Delivery Cues
Mean
Manuscript Speech
Reasoning from Principle
28. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Clutter
Impromptu Speech
Generic 'he'
Incremental Plagiarism
29. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Reasoning from Principle
Listener
Symposium
30. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Hasty Generalization
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Articulation
Egocentrism
31. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Plagiarism
Pronunciation
Repetition
Either-Or
32. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Audience-Centeredness
Topic
Clutter
33. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Comprehensive Listening
Situation
Dissolve Ending
34. 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.
Simile
Consensus
Credibility
Analogical Reasoning
35. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Kinesics
Hearing
Chronological Order
Dialect
36. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Speech of Introduction
Open-Ended Questions
Extemporaneous Speech
Channel
37. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Commemorative Speech
Cliche
Frame of Reference
Appreciative Listening
38. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Creating Common Grounds
Reflective-Thinking Method
Connotative Meaning
Frame of Reference
39. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
Paraphrase
Speech of Presentation
Plagiarism
40. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Abstract Words
Positive nervousness
Hasty Generalization
41. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Spare Brain Time
Specific Purpose
Feedback
Chronological Order
42. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Logos
Generic 'he'
Listening
Ethnocentrism
43. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Identification
Pronunciation
Credibility
Example
44. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Conversational Quality
Eye Contact
Incremental Plagiarism
Credibility
45. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Situational Audience Analysis
Mean
Main Points
Nonverbal Communication
46. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Question of Policy
Vocal Variety
Supporting Materials
Bandwagon
47. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Example
Ethical Decisions
Pathos
Hidden Agenda
48. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Topic
Criteria
Question of Policy
49. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Ethos
Positive nervousness
Invalid Analogy
Scale Questions
50. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Emphatic Listening
Parallelism
Generic 'he'