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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. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Audience-Centeredness
Positive nervousness
Inflections
Concrete Words
2. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Problem-Solution Order
Emphatic Listening
Speaking Outline
Metaphor
3. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Testimony
Ethnocentrism
Speech of Introduction
Bandwagon
4. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Maintenance Needs
Spatial Order
Alliteration
Open-Ended Questions
5. 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.
Vocalized Pause
Analogical Reasoning
Delivery Cues
Credibility
6. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Signpost
Central Idea
Gestures
Articulation
7. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Hypothetical Example
Volume
Extemporaneous Speech
Inflections
8. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Attitude
Initial Credibility
Bill of Rights
Ethical Decisions
9. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Bandwagon
Evidence
Ethos
Terminal Credibility
10. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Vocal Variety
Procedural Needs
Speech of Introduction
Critical Thinking
11. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Maintenance Needs
Listening
Positive nervousness
Abstract Words
12. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Causal Reasoning
Reasoning
Egocentrism
Rhythm
13. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Main Points
Visualization
Abstract Words
Credibility
14. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Topic
Abstract Words
Analogical Reasoning
Gestures
15. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Metaphor
Simile
Small Group
Ethics
16. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Oral Report
Main Points
Name-calling
Specific Purpose
17. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Designated Leader
Invalid Analogy
Attitude
Reasoning
18. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Causal Order
Audience-Centeredness
Abstract Words
Example
19. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Parallelism
Strategic Organization
Connective
False Cause
20. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Causal Order
Spatial Order
Supporting Materials
21. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Listening
Preparation Outline
Criteria
Transition
22. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Main Points
Goodwill
Bibliography
Key-word Outline
23. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Pause
Internal Summary
Monotone
Causal Order
24. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Rhetorical Question
Nonverbal Communication
Pitch
Stereo-typing
25. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Stage Fright
Comprehensive Listening
Goodwill
Impromptu Speech
26. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Paraphrase
Analogical Reasoning
Quoting out of Context
Pronunciation
27. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Credibility
Testimony
Repetition
Critical Thinking
28. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Red Herring
Message
Residual Message
Stage Fright
29. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Speech of Introduction
Hidden Agenda
Statistics
Feedback
30. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Symposium
Ethos
Inflections
Speaker
31. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Problem Solving (small)
Gestures
Listener
Commemorative Speech
32. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Analogical Reasoning
Crescendo Ending
Hearing
Patchwork Plagiarism
33. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Listener
Testimony
Derived Credibility
Central Idea
34. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Eye Contact
Maintenance Needs
Pathos
Preparation Outline
35. A group of two people.
Residual Message
Median
Hidden Agenda
Dyad
36. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Inflections
Chronological Order
Ethics
Pause
37. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Egocentrism
Repetition
Dissolve Ending
Derived Credibility
38. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Pitch
Nonverbal Communication
Problem Solving (small)
Extemporaneous Speech
39. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Supporting Materials
Brief Example
Pause
Peer Testimony
40. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Generic 'he'
Stereo-typing
Quoting out of Context
Either-Or
41. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Connective
Reflective-Thinking Method
After-Dinner Speech
42. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Criteria
Feedback
Chronological Order
Message
43. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Listening
Preview Statement
Quoting out of Context
Generic 'he'
44. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Critical Listening
Adrenaline
Evidence
Internal Preview
45. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Identification
Metaphor
Quoting out of Context
Rhythm
46. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Topical Order
Pitch
Channel
47. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Dialect
Slippery Slope
Emphatic Listening
Listener
48. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Derived Credibility
Speaking Outline
Concrete Words
Causal Reasoning
49. A method of speech organization in which the first main point deals with the existence of a problem and the second main point presents the solution to the problem.
Open-Ended Questions
Problem-Solution Order
Rate
Speaker
50. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Emphatic Listening
Stereo-typing
Emergent Leader