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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Audience-Centeredness
Maintenance Needs
Expert Testimony
Clutter
2. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Listening
Hasty Generalization
Emphatic Listening
Problem Solving (small)
3. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Extemporaneous Speech
Emphatic Listening
Supporting Materials
Message
4. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Speech of Presentation
Emphatic Listening
Task Needs
Internal Preview
5. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Connective
Oral Report
Ethnocentrism
Consensus
6. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Bill of Rights
Gestures
Dialect
Manuscript Speech
7. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Hasty Generalization
Denotative Meaning
Frame of Reference
Generic 'he'
8. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Adrenaline
After-Dinner Speech
Concrete Words
Vocal Variety
9. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Ethos
Alliteration
Spatial Order
Chronological Order
10. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Emphatic Listening
Ethnocentrism
Volume
11. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Name-calling
Appreciative Listening
Quoting out of Context
Consensus
12. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Imagery
Scale Questions
Mean
Paraphrase
13. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Internal Summary
Credibility
Situational Audience Analysis
Leadership
14. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Hypothetical Example
Spare Brain Time
Strategic Organization
Invalid Analogy
15. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Connotative Meaning
Commemorative Speech
Critical Thinking
16. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Ad Hominem
Reflective-Thinking Method
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Statistics
17. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Statistics
Incremental Plagiarism
Concrete Words
Symposium
18. 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.
Simile
Acceptance Speech
Preparation Outline
Symposium
19. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Designated Leader
Gestures
Implied Leader
Commemorative Speech
20. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Interference
Pause
Hidden Agenda
Emergent Leader
21. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Reasoning from Principle
Vocalized Pause
Stage Fright
Mean
22. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Concrete Words
Central Idea
Denotative Meaning
Pause
23. A trite or over uesd expression.
Articulation
Cliche
Chronological Order
Terminal Credibility
24. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Positive nervousness
Rate
Invalid Analogy
Reasoning
25. The average value of a group of numbers.
Fallacy
Reflective-Thinking Method
Identification
Mean
26. A group of two people.
Commemorative Speech
Dyad
Audience-Centeredness
Impromptu Speech
27. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Listening
Rate
Median
Simile
28. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Testimony
Speaking Outline
Signpost
29. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Crescendo Ending
Speech of Introduction
Example
Critical Thinking
30. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Positive nervousness
Implied Leader
Example
Logos
31. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Volume
Incremental Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Key-word Outline
32. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Internal Preview
Procedural Needs
Incremental Plagiarism
33. Numerical data.
Hypothetical Example
Stereo-typing
Bill of Rights
Statistics
34. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Articulation
Bandwagon
Denotative Meaning
Mean
35. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Supporting Materials
Procedural Needs
Rhythm
36. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Pitch
Pause
Paraphrase
Central Idea
37. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Open-Ended Questions
Feedback
Ethics
Paraphrase
38. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Procedural Needs
Main Points
Reflective-Thinking Method
Crescendo Ending
39. An error in reasoning.
Fallacy
Dialect
Spatial Order
Pronunciation
40. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Ethnocentrism
Speaking Outline
Red Herring
Consensus
41. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Positive nervousness
Credibility
Appreciative Listening
Stage Fright
42. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Ethical Decisions
Task Needs
Speaker
Red Herring
43. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Attitude
Incremental Plagiarism
Credibility
Inflections
44. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Paraphrase
Speech of Presentation
Nonverbal Communication
Statistics
45. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Repetition
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Emphatic Listening
46. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Statistics
Ethos
Fallacy
Abstract Words
47. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Critical Listening
Designated Leader
Bandwagon
Articulation
48. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Speech of Presentation
Preparation Outline
Eye Contact
49. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Example
Situational Audience Analysis
Ethical Decisions
Key-word Outline
50. 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.
After-Dinner Speech
Chronological Order
Dissolve Ending
Situational Audience Analysis
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