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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 use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
2. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Oral Report
Causal Order
Hidden Agenda
Ethical Decisions
3. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Nonverbal Communication
Audience-Centeredness
Strategic Organization
Commemorative Speech
4. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Reasoning from Principle
Question of Policy
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Feedback
5. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Inflections
Conversational Quality
Articulation
Either-Or
6. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Preview Statement
Alliteration
Feedback
Question of Policy
7. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
Extemporaneous Speech
Goodwill
Designated Leader
8. Numerical data.
Causal Order
Frame of Reference
Statistics
Extemporaneous Speech
9. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Monotone
Peer Testimony
Kinesics
Maintenance Needs
10. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Denotative Meaning
Active Listening
Pause
Dissolve Ending
11. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Monotone
Appreciative Listening
Supporting Materials
12. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Critical Thinking
Spatial Order
Testimony
Open-Ended Questions
13. 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.
Critical Listening
Situational Audience Analysis
Plagiarism
Vocalized Pause
14. The average value of a group of numbers.
Hasty Generalization
Signpost
Problem-Solution Order
Mean
15. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Extemporaneous Speech
Slippery Slope
Preview Statement
Paraphrase
16. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Reasoning from Principle
Kinesics
Plagiarism
17. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Fallacy
Incremental Plagiarism
Delivery Cues
Implied Leader
18. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Creating Common Grounds
Chronological Order
Bill of Rights
19. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Dissolve Ending
Denotative Meaning
After-Dinner Speech
Credibility
20. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Rate
Imagery
Expert Testimony
Commemorative Speech
21. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Inflections
Dissolve Ending
Cliche
Pathos
22. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Bibliography
Fallacy
Abstract Words
Appreciative Listening
23. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Panel Discussion
Dyad
Stereo-typing
24. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Plagiarism
Volume
Stage Fright
Fallacy
25. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Consensus
Hidden Agenda
Topic
Concrete Words
26. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Metaphor
Ethical Decisions
Frame of Reference
Reflective-Thinking Method
27. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Preview Statement
Nonverbal Communication
Gestures
Vocalized Pause
28. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Channel
Pronunciation
Strategic Organization
Problem Solving (small)
29. 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.
Preparation Outline
Peer Testimony
Speaking Outline
Spatial Order
30. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Rate
Causal Order
Open-Ended Questions
31. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Impromptu Speech
Paraphrase
Hidden Agenda
32. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Problem Solving (small)
Direct Quotation
Inflections
Residual Message
33. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Stereo-typing
Testimony
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Plagiarism
34. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Key-word Outline
Procedural Needs
Egocentrism
Problem Solving (small)
35. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Strategic Organization
Emphatic Listening
Speaker
36. The subject of a speech.
Listener
Ethical Decisions
Topic
Testimony
37. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Spatial Order
Transition
Visualization
Central Idea
38. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Derived Credibility
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Adrenaline
Ethnocentrism
39. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Channel
Consensus
Situational Audience Analysis
Direct Quotation
40. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Connective
Acceptance Speech
Pronunciation
Consensus
41. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Audience-Centeredness
Speaker
Kinesics
Connective
42. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Small Group
Internal Preview
Rate
Speech of Presentation
43. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Hypothetical Example
Central Idea
Impromptu Speech
Speech of Introduction
44. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Hasty Generalization
False Cause
Procedural Needs
Hypothetical Example
45. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Internal Summary
Vocalized Pause
Commemorative Speech
Antithesis
46. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Residual Message
Criteria
Attitude
Rhythm
47. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Generic 'he'
Key-word Outline
Dissolve Ending
48. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Goodwill
Criteria
Direct Quotation
Logos
49. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
After-Dinner Speech
Inflections
Brief Example
Derived Credibility
50. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Feedback
Positive nervousness
Speaking Outline
Rhetorical Question