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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. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Topical Order
Delivery Cues
Cliche
Logos
2. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Spare Brain Time
Slippery Slope
Credibility
Main Points
3. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Impromptu Speech
Ethnocentrism
Strategic Organization
Red Herring
4. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Crescendo Ending
Testimony
Preparation Outline
Critical Listening
5. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Peer Testimony
Visual Framework
Interference
Situational Audience Analysis
6. Numerical data.
Delivery Cues
Statistics
Fallacy
Causal Reasoning
7. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Impromptu Speech
Topical Order
Global Plagiarism
Pronunciation
8. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Name-calling
Pause
Strategic Organization
Criteria
9. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Situational Audience Analysis
Emergent Leader
Credibility
Hypothetical Example
10. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Emergent Leader
Plagiarism
Emphatic Listening
Leadership
11. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Ethnocentrism
Procedural Needs
Alliteration
Rhythm
12. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Eye Contact
Pronunciation
Vocal Variety
Expert Testimony
13. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Critical Listening
Attitude
Task Needs
Brief Example
14. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Procedural Needs
Antithesis
Critical Listening
Ethos
15. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Reasoning from Principle
Derived Credibility
Reasoning
Residual Message
16. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
After-Dinner Speech
Spatial Order
Hearing
Name-calling
17. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Bibliography
Invalid Analogy
Pitch
Rhythm
18. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Internal Summary
Preview Statement
Frame of Reference
Listening
19. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Comprehensive Listening
Inflections
Adrenaline
Visual Framework
20. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Alliteration
False Cause
Connective
Reasoning from Specific Instances
21. A group of two people.
Dyad
Central Idea
Emphatic Listening
Monotone
22. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Internal Summary
Implied Leader
Inflections
Direct Quotation
23. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Ethical Decisions
Question of Policy
Interference
Credibility
24. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Red Herring
Initial Credibility
Generic 'he'
Commemorative Speech
25. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Criteria
Internal Summary
Feedback
Connective
26. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Terminal Credibility
Visual Framework
Problem Solving (small)
Causal Reasoning
27. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Implied Leader
Ethical Decisions
Slippery Slope
Critical Thinking
28. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Testimony
Listening
Maintenance Needs
Preview Statement
29. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Reasoning
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Scale Questions
Implied Leader
30. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Problem Solving (small)
Speech of Introduction
Positive nervousness
Adrenaline
31. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Emphatic Listening
Pronunciation
Patchwork Plagiarism
Listening
32. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Specific Purpose
Credibility
Transition
Task Needs
33. A trite or over uesd expression.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Evidence
Panel Discussion
Cliche
34. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Open-Ended Questions
Articulation
Hearing
Causal Order
35. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Simile
Task Needs
Supporting Materials
Bibliography
36. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Paraphrase
Global Plagiarism
Crescendo Ending
Delivery Cues
37. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
After-Dinner Speech
Problem Solving (small)
Positive nervousness
Direct Quotation
38. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Dyad
Fallacy
Rhythm
Audience-Centeredness
39. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Ethnocentrism
Interference
Visual Framework
Derived Credibility
40. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Creating Common Grounds
Pause
Critical Thinking
41. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Adrenaline
Repetition
Scale Questions
Hidden Agenda
42. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Feedback
Incremental Plagiarism
Designated Leader
Either-Or
43. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Example
Internal Preview
Quoting out of Context
Nonverbal Communication
44. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Parallelism
Consensus
Reflective-Thinking Method
Patchwork Plagiarism
45. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Peer Testimony
Pathos
Pitch
Articulation
46. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Pause
Kinesics
Oral Report
Frame of Reference
47. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Delivery Cues
Abstract Words
Logos
Maintenance Needs
48. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Peer Testimony
Acceptance Speech
Pathos
Speaker
49. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Speaker
Internal Summary
Paraphrase
Manuscript Speech
50. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Symposium
Central Idea
Slippery Slope
Eye Contact