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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. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Scale Questions
Connective
Rhythm
Positive nervousness
2. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Quoting out of Context
Situational Audience Analysis
Causal Order
Generic 'he'
3. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Ethics
Incremental Plagiarism
Rhythm
Preview Statement
4. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Active Listening
Causal Order
Credibility
Quoting out of Context
5. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Bibliography
Visual Framework
Critical Thinking
Egocentrism
6. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Stereo-typing
Designated Leader
Pronunciation
Expert Testimony
7. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Median
Generic 'he'
Antithesis
8. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Pause
Ad Hominem
Concrete Words
Reasoning from Specific Instances
9. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Preparation Outline
Procedural Needs
Fallacy
Scale Questions
10. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Vocalized Pause
Ad Hominem
Hidden Agenda
Implied Leader
11. The subject of a speech.
Either-Or
Topic
Incremental Plagiarism
Mean
12. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Signpost
Global Plagiarism
Metaphor
Situational Audience Analysis
13. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Ethnocentrism
Speech of Presentation
Internal Preview
Speech of Introduction
14. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Feedback
Credibility
Attitude
Reasoning from Principle
15. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Imagery
Monotone
Leadership
Situation
16. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Connective
Repetition
Strategic Organization
17. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Frame of Reference
Testimony
Hidden Agenda
Paraphrase
18. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Spatial Order
Pitch
Demographic Audience Analysis
Problem Solving (small)
19. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Slippery Slope
Evidence
Residual Message
Spatial Order
20. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Criteria
Symposium
Hypothetical Example
Denotative Meaning
21. 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.
Kinesics
Identification
Problem-Solution Order
Signpost
22. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Connective
Designated Leader
Eye Contact
Plagiarism
23. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Signpost
Speaker
Creating Common Grounds
Delivery Cues
24. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Panel Discussion
Alliteration
Terminal Credibility
Small Group
25. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Ethics
Denotative Meaning
Active Listening
Kinesics
26. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Task Needs
Central Idea
Positive nervousness
Reflective-Thinking Method
27. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Extemporaneous Speech
Testimony
Rhetorical Question
Emphatic Listening
28. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Testimony
Demographic Audience Analysis
Rhythm
29. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Internal Preview
Topic
Dissolve Ending
Peer Testimony
30. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Dialect
Vocal Variety
Kinesics
31. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Bandwagon
Denotative Meaning
Abstract Words
Stage Fright
32. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Vocalized Pause
Name-calling
Central Idea
Rhetorical Question
33. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Task Needs
Monotone
Rate
Crescendo Ending
34. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Ethics
Abstract Words
Pitch
Expert Testimony
35. 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
Internal Summary
Impromptu Speech
Symposium
36. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Frame of Reference
Terminal Credibility
Ethical Decisions
Internal Preview
37. 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.'
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Example
False Cause
Feedback
38. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Pathos
Small Group
Problem Solving (small)
Fixed-Alternative Questions
39. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Internal Preview
Denotative Meaning
Paraphrase
Testimony
40. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Question of Policy
Vocalized Pause
Active Listening
Mean
41. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Active Listening
Chronological Order
Implied Leader
Name-calling
42. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Clutter
Credibility
Repetition
Name-calling
43. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Central Idea
Slippery Slope
Scale Questions
Pitch
44. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Hearing
Median
Question of Policy
Pronunciation
45. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Quoting out of Context
Incremental Plagiarism
Listener
Appreciative Listening
46. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Designated Leader
Procedural Needs
Reasoning from Principle
Inflections
47. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Paraphrase
Critical Listening
Consensus
False Cause
48. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Causal Order
Conversational Quality
Main Points
Ethics
49. The average value of a group of numbers.
Mean
Antithesis
Example
Statistics
50. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Commemorative Speech
Speaker
Interference
Topic