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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Hearing
Identification
Paraphrase
Fixed-Alternative Questions
2. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Volume
Dissolve Ending
Terminal Credibility
Simile
3. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Conversational Quality
Supporting Materials
Dyad
Parallelism
4. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Repetition
Acceptance Speech
Main Points
Egocentrism
5. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Pause
Connective
Testimony
Procedural Needs
6. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Question of Policy
Creating Common Grounds
Problem Solving (small)
Key-word Outline
7. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Median
Analogical Reasoning
Invalid Analogy
Connective
8. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Commemorative Speech
Maintenance Needs
Conversational Quality
Open-Ended Questions
9. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Repetition
Peer Testimony
Positive nervousness
Abstract Words
10. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Symposium
Situational Audience Analysis
Mean
Derived Credibility
11. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Generic 'he'
Situation
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Creating Common Grounds
12. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Chronological Order
Gestures
Central Idea
13. The speed at which a person speaks.
Ad Hominem
Critical Thinking
Rate
Either-Or
14. 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.'
Designated Leader
False Cause
Eye Contact
Channel
15. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Derived Credibility
Rhetorical Question
Evidence
Metaphor
16. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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17. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Active Listening
Vocalized Pause
Ad Hominem
Topic
18. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Ethical Decisions
Attitude
Alliteration
Rate
19. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Emphatic Listening
Crescendo Ending
Commemorative Speech
Egocentrism
20. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Hypothetical Example
Internal Preview
Scale Questions
Mean
21. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Credibility
Listener
Key-word Outline
Antithesis
22. 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.
Reasoning
Extemporaneous Speech
Adrenaline
Preparation Outline
23. The means by which a message is communicated.
Internal Preview
Channel
Listening
Conversational Quality
24. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Mean
Causal Reasoning
Scale Questions
Speech of Introduction
25. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Scale Questions
Symposium
Main Points
Dissolve Ending
26. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Repetition
Hypothetical Example
Clutter
27. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Inflections
Articulation
Criteria
28. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Abstract Words
Creating Common Grounds
Preview Statement
29. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Speaking Outline
Monotone
Analogical Reasoning
30. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Vocal Variety
Median
Clutter
Small Group
31. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Initial Credibility
Ethnocentrism
Central Idea
32. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Either-Or
Invalid Analogy
Ethics
Visual Framework
33. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Parallelism
Identification
Listening
Visual Framework
34. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Preview Statement
Main Points
Credibility
Fallacy
35. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Pathos
Rhythm
Articulation
Bill of Rights
36. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Speech of Introduction
Commemorative Speech
Internal Summary
37. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Critical Thinking
Red Herring
Oral Report
38. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Median
Ad Hominem
Problem Solving (small)
39. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Interference
Bandwagon
Parallelism
Appreciative Listening
40. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Antithesis
Clutter
Pathos
41. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Direct Quotation
Connective
Evidence
Imagery
42. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Critical Thinking
Chronological Order
Crescendo Ending
Speaker
43. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Specific Purpose
Analogical Reasoning
Topical Order
After-Dinner Speech
44. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Speech of Presentation
Vocalized Pause
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Concrete Words
45. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Abstract Words
Generic 'he'
Vocal Variety
46. The subject of a speech.
Paraphrase
Emergent Leader
Topic
Generic 'he'
47. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Rhythm
Small Group
Situational Audience Analysis
Alliteration
48. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Quoting out of Context
Gestures
Analogical Reasoning
Goodwill
49. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Spare Brain Time
Commemorative Speech
Vocal Variety
Bibliography
50. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Ethos
Kinesics
Evidence
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