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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 statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Repetition
Visual Framework
Evidence
Preview Statement
2. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Imagery
Feedback
Rate
3. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Dialect
Visual Framework
Comprehensive Listening
Metaphor
4. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Dyad
Inflections
Audience-Centeredness
Ethnocentrism
5. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Leadership
Incremental Plagiarism
Hypothetical Example
Crescendo Ending
6. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Chronological Order
Spatial Order
Delivery Cues
7. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Antithesis
Median
Impromptu Speech
Pronunciation
8. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Chronological Order
Paraphrase
Parallelism
Listener
9. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Leadership
Stereo-typing
Evidence
Inflections
10. 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.'
Speech of Introduction
Creating Common Grounds
False Cause
Terminal Credibility
11. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Imagery
Question of Policy
Articulation
Impromptu Speech
12. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Positive nervousness
Identification
Implied Leader
Main Points
13. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Acceptance Speech
Derived Credibility
Preview Statement
Designated Leader
14. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Name-calling
Peer Testimony
Slippery Slope
Plagiarism
15. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Delivery Cues
Slippery Slope
Speech of Introduction
Designated Leader
16. The average value of a group of numbers.
Symposium
Connective
Mean
Vocal Variety
17. Direct visual contact with the eyes of another person.
Vocal Variety
Eye Contact
Visualization
Articulation
18. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Critical Listening
Task Needs
Consensus
Conversational Quality
19. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Paraphrase
Invalid Analogy
Rate
Kinesics
20. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Paraphrase
Criteria
Metaphor
Impromptu Speech
21. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Question of Policy
Problem Solving (small)
Topic
Kinesics
22. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Causal Order
Emphatic Listening
Logos
Symposium
23. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Stereo-typing
Initial Credibility
Situation
Generic 'he'
24. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Identification
Emergent Leader
Derived Credibility
Simile
25. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Paraphrase
Name-calling
Comprehensive Listening
Patchwork Plagiarism
26. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Stereo-typing
Pathos
Slippery Slope
Problem Solving (small)
27. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Adrenaline
Transition
Stage Fright
28. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Pathos
Conversational Quality
Reasoning
Spare Brain Time
29. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Frame of Reference
Commemorative Speech
Implied Leader
30. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Ethics
Pitch
Pause
Listening
31. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Pause
Critical Thinking
Connective
Conversational Quality
32. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Interference
Quoting out of Context
Evidence
Gestures
33. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Stage Fright
Pitch
Hearing
Open-Ended Questions
34. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Ethos
Connective
Rhetorical Question
Rhythm
35. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Connotative Meaning
Open-Ended Questions
Ethnocentrism
Expert Testimony
36. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Inflections
Nonverbal Communication
Hidden Agenda
Imagery
37. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Denotative Meaning
Ethics
Metaphor
Attitude
38. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Reasoning
Emphatic Listening
Channel
Leadership
39. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Small Group
Supporting Materials
Credibility
Bandwagon
40. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Feedback
Strategic Organization
Commemorative Speech
Cliche
41. The means by which a message is communicated.
Channel
Task Needs
Leadership
Impromptu Speech
42. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Signpost
Invalid Analogy
Pitch
Eye Contact
43. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Implied Leader
Parallelism
Hearing
Feedback
44. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Critical Listening
Nonverbal Communication
Reasoning
Dialect
45. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Logos
Causal Reasoning
Hypothetical Example
Either-Or
46. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Metaphor
Small Group
Supporting Materials
Bandwagon
47. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Manuscript Speech
Situation
Vocal Variety
Speech of Presentation
48. Numerical data.
Testimony
Crescendo Ending
Question of Policy
Statistics
49. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Metaphor
Derived Credibility
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Stage Fright
50. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Credibility
Quoting out of Context
Visual Framework
Fixed-Alternative Questions