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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Terminal Credibility
Peer Testimony
Specific Purpose
Maintenance Needs
2. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Listening
Plagiarism
Metaphor
Maintenance Needs
3. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Bibliography
Conversational Quality
Concrete Words
Expert Testimony
4. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Rate
Abstract Words
Attitude
Mean
5. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Designated Leader
Preparation Outline
Visualization
Fallacy
6. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Emergent Leader
Hearing
Maintenance Needs
7. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Speaking Outline
Eye Contact
Repetition
Problem-Solution Order
8. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Concrete Words
Critical Thinking
Quoting out of Context
Spatial Order
9. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Simile
Patchwork Plagiarism
Inflections
Acceptance Speech
10. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Paraphrase
Inflections
Small Group
11. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Oral Report
Reflective-Thinking Method
Topic
Positive nervousness
12. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Hearing
Main Points
Analogical Reasoning
Active Listening
13. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Topical Order
Specific Purpose
Ethnocentrism
Example
14. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Fallacy
Paraphrase
Transition
Dissolve Ending
15. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Commemorative Speech
Speaker
Hearing
Dissolve Ending
16. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Message
Red Herring
Patchwork Plagiarism
Symposium
17. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
False Cause
Extemporaneous Speech
Small Group
18. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Bill of Rights
Testimony
Adrenaline
Strategic Organization
19. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Main Points
Preview Statement
Hearing
Invalid Analogy
20. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Scale Questions
Ad Hominem
Either-Or
Abstract Words
21. A group of two people.
Dyad
Situation
Abstract Words
Critical Thinking
22. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Direct Quotation
Monotone
Speaking Outline
Reasoning
23. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Dissolve Ending
Plagiarism
Internal Summary
Criteria
24. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Connective
Speech of Presentation
Feedback
Hypothetical Example
25. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Red Herring
Hypothetical Example
Acceptance Speech
26. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Listening
Simile
Channel
Derived Credibility
27. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Cliche
Kinesics
Nonverbal Communication
Alliteration
28. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Conversational Quality
Rhythm
Rate
Ethical Decisions
29. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Impromptu Speech
Plagiarism
Expert Testimony
30. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Identification
Appreciative Listening
Rhythm
Eye Contact
31. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Stage Fright
Antithesis
Kinesics
Fixed-Alternative Questions
32. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Expert Testimony
Main Points
Designated Leader
Commemorative Speech
33. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Interference
Metaphor
Signpost
Hasty Generalization
34. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Parallelism
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Red Herring
Goodwill
35. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Incremental Plagiarism
Manuscript Speech
Implied Leader
Crescendo Ending
36. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
False Cause
Global Plagiarism
Logos
Visualization
37. 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.
Peer Testimony
Situational Audience Analysis
Credibility
Transition
38. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Parallelism
Positive nervousness
Speaker
39. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Impromptu Speech
Speaker
Concrete Words
40. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Interference
Panel Discussion
Causal Order
Leadership
41. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Attitude
Vocal Variety
Bill of Rights
Hearing
42. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Concrete Words
Reasoning from Principle
Problem Solving (small)
Pitch
43. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Chronological Order
Adrenaline
Question of Policy
Speaker
44. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Hidden Agenda
Visual Framework
Reasoning
Bibliography
45. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Goodwill
Logos
Speech of Presentation
Comprehensive Listening
46. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Interference
Extemporaneous Speech
Denotative Meaning
47. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Concrete Words
Hearing
Small Group
48. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Example
Main Points
Extemporaneous Speech
Delivery Cues
49. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Speech of Presentation
Ethnocentrism
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Dialect
50. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Ethnocentrism
Hearing
Preview Statement
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