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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. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Acceptance Speech
Dissolve Ending
Hypothetical Example
Either-Or
2. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Listener
Designated Leader
Direct Quotation
Open-Ended Questions
3. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Initial Credibility
Vocal Variety
Pitch
4. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Denotative Meaning
Ethnocentrism
Procedural Needs
5. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Paraphrase
Red Herring
Internal Summary
Median
6. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Median
Interference
Audience-Centeredness
Hearing
7. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
False Cause
Patchwork Plagiarism
After-Dinner Speech
8. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Message
Crescendo Ending
Channel
Situation
9. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Vocalized Pause
Interference
Connective
Emergent Leader
10. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Causal Reasoning
Pitch
Emergent Leader
Patchwork Plagiarism
11. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Nonverbal Communication
Emphatic Listening
Bill of Rights
Simile
12. 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.
Identification
Preparation Outline
Hearing
Bill of Rights
13. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Evidence
Bandwagon
Red Herring
Hasty Generalization
14. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Speaking Outline
Spatial Order
Specific Purpose
Question of Policy
15. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Designated Leader
Reflective-Thinking Method
Ethos
Bibliography
16. The subject of a speech.
Topic
Listening
Creating Common Grounds
Gestures
17. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Conversational Quality
Brief Example
Simile
18. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Crescendo Ending
Speech of Presentation
Inflections
Nonverbal Communication
19. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Incremental Plagiarism
Open-Ended Questions
Transition
Procedural Needs
20. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Derived Credibility
Transition
Reflective-Thinking Method
Dyad
21. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Fallacy
Hearing
Denotative Meaning
Abstract Words
22. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Slippery Slope
Feedback
Preparation Outline
Concrete Words
23. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Supporting Materials
Comprehensive Listening
Cliche
Gestures
24. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Manuscript Speech
Listener
Hidden Agenda
Connotative Meaning
25. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Delivery Cues
Ethos
Problem Solving (small)
Expert Testimony
26. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Cliche
Frame of Reference
Goodwill
Mean
27. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Nonverbal Communication
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Slippery Slope
Signpost
28. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Designated Leader
Bandwagon
Critical Listening
Paraphrase
29. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Terminal Credibility
Panel Discussion
Median
Volume
30. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Stereo-typing
Visualization
Brief Example
Eye Contact
31. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Ethical Decisions
Feedback
Ethics
Repetition
32. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Preparation Outline
Example
Supporting Materials
Crescendo Ending
33. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Consensus
Hidden Agenda
Symposium
Logos
34. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Commemorative Speech
Interference
Question of Policy
Residual Message
35. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Paraphrase
Hypothetical Example
Patchwork Plagiarism
Nonverbal Communication
36. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
False Cause
Slippery Slope
Ad Hominem
37. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Hearing
Kinesics
Appreciative Listening
Paraphrase
38. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Comprehensive Listening
Example
Monotone
Emphatic Listening
39. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Positive nervousness
Hypothetical Example
Ethos
Dyad
40. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Commemorative Speech
Speaking Outline
Causal Reasoning
41. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Ethos
Demographic Audience Analysis
Oral Report
Conversational Quality
42. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Strategic Organization
Manuscript Speech
Cliche
Comprehensive Listening
43. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Task Needs
Visual Framework
Procedural Needs
Volume
44. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Extemporaneous Speech
Fallacy
Topic
Plagiarism
45. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Denotative Meaning
Acceptance Speech
Listener
Hasty Generalization
46. 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.'
Ethical Decisions
Problem Solving (small)
Consensus
False Cause
47. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Listener
Acceptance Speech
Stage Fright
Manuscript Speech
48. 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.
Speaking Outline
False Cause
Problem-Solution Order
Critical Thinking
49. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Internal Summary
Ad Hominem
Patchwork Plagiarism
50. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Chronological Order
Reasoning from Principle