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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. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Ethnocentrism
Example
Main Points
Strategic Organization
2. 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.
Ethics
Appreciative Listening
Preparation Outline
Pause
3. A group of two people.
Dyad
Expert Testimony
Strategic Organization
Scale Questions
4. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Acceptance Speech
Designated Leader
Egocentrism
Impromptu Speech
5. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Kinesics
Dissolve Ending
Signpost
Abstract Words
6. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Question of Policy
Reflective-Thinking Method
Connective
Residual Message
7. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Goodwill
Pitch
Alliteration
Median
8. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Pronunciation
Metaphor
Procedural Needs
Hasty Generalization
9. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Strategic Organization
Credibility
Stage Fright
10. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Listening
Attitude
Ethics
Feedback
11. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Speech of Presentation
Bibliography
Generic 'he'
Transition
12. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Preview Statement
Leadership
Quoting out of Context
Crescendo Ending
13. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Testimony
Dissolve Ending
Key-word Outline
Connotative Meaning
14. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Eye Contact
Reasoning from Principle
Delivery Cues
Emergent Leader
15. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Denotative Meaning
Connective
Clutter
16. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Ethical Decisions
Imagery
Direct Quotation
Global Plagiarism
17. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Median
Global Plagiarism
Concrete Words
Identification
18. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Extemporaneous Speech
Plagiarism
Eye Contact
Small Group
19. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Pause
Crescendo Ending
Dialect
Pathos
20. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
Bibliography
Appreciative Listening
After-Dinner Speech
Channel
21. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Delivery Cues
Monotone
Paraphrase
Ethical Decisions
22. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Visualization
Signpost
Dialect
Crescendo Ending
23. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Initial Credibility
Terminal Credibility
Creating Common Grounds
Pause
24. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Hearing
Vocalized Pause
Internal Preview
Derived Credibility
25. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Main Points
Pause
Criteria
Stage Fright
26. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Kinesics
Message
Delivery Cues
Audience-Centeredness
27. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Median
Repetition
False Cause
Ethics
28. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Peer Testimony
Residual Message
Bill of Rights
Adrenaline
29. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Causal Order
Metaphor
Hasty Generalization
Reasoning from Specific Instances
30. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Monotone
Positive nervousness
Spare Brain Time
Alliteration
31. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Dissolve Ending
After-Dinner Speech
Evidence
32. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Scale Questions
Feedback
False Cause
Nonverbal Communication
33. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Paraphrase
Pause
Ethnocentrism
Reflective-Thinking Method
34. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Impromptu Speech
Identification
Gestures
Dyad
35. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
False Cause
Specific Purpose
After-Dinner Speech
Dyad
36. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Preparation Outline
Generic 'he'
Positive nervousness
37. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Logos
Frame of Reference
Inflections
Preview Statement
38. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Implied Leader
Manuscript Speech
Kinesics
Supporting Materials
39. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Monotone
Question of Policy
Logos
Paraphrase
40. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Residual Message
Signpost
Slippery Slope
Patchwork Plagiarism
41. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Incremental Plagiarism
Pronunciation
Testimony
Crescendo Ending
42. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Channel
Reasoning
Direct Quotation
Rhetorical Question
43. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Listening
Simile
Spatial Order
Denotative Meaning
44. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Supporting Materials
Leadership
Specific Purpose
Paraphrase
45. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Eye Contact
Testimony
After-Dinner Speech
Dissolve Ending
46. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Stage Fright
Ethics
Patchwork Plagiarism
Goodwill
47. The means by which a message is communicated.
Ad Hominem
Specific Purpose
Positive nervousness
Channel
48. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Volume
Cliche
Transition
Crescendo Ending
49. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Antithesis
Hypothetical Example
Critical Listening
Vocal Variety
50. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Hasty Generalization
Kinesics
Alliteration
Transition