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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. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Listening
Credibility
Topical Order
Median
2. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Adrenaline
Stage Fright
Reflective-Thinking Method
Creating Common Grounds
3. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Preview Statement
Commemorative Speech
Rhetorical Question
Logos
4. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Derived Credibility
Causal Reasoning
Adrenaline
Leadership
5. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Visualization
Pause
Emphatic Listening
Brief Example
6. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Paraphrase
Positive nervousness
Supporting Materials
Abstract Words
7. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Frame of Reference
Ethics
Repetition
Connective
8. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Nonverbal Communication
Symposium
Critical Thinking
Either-Or
9. The speed at which a person speaks.
Brief Example
Causal Reasoning
Rate
Reasoning from Specific Instances
10. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Acceptance Speech
Causal Reasoning
Comprehensive Listening
Rhythm
11. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Direct Quotation
Open-Ended Questions
Denotative Meaning
Hasty Generalization
12. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Kinesics
Identification
Strategic Organization
Pause
13. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Emergent Leader
Criteria
Procedural Needs
Goodwill
14. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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15. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Vocal Variety
Reasoning
Topical Order
Consensus
16. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Derived Credibility
Transition
Peer Testimony
Ethics
17. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Parallelism
Creating Common Grounds
Residual Message
Topical Order
18. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Scale Questions
Audience-Centeredness
Manuscript Speech
Slippery Slope
19. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Feedback
Creating Common Grounds
Paraphrase
Channel
20. Reasoning in which a speaker compares two similar cases and infers that which is true for the first case is also true for the second.
Positive nervousness
Global Plagiarism
Ethical Decisions
Analogical Reasoning
21. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Reasoning from Principle
Stereo-typing
Patchwork Plagiarism
Key-word Outline
22. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Hasty Generalization
Parallelism
Frame of Reference
23. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Small Group
Signpost
Positive nervousness
Listener
24. 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.
Pronunciation
Symposium
Internal Summary
Problem-Solution Order
25. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Gestures
Derived Credibility
Parallelism
Active Listening
26. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Invalid Analogy
Goodwill
Patchwork Plagiarism
Repetition
27. The means by which a message is communicated.
Vocal Variety
Inflections
Dyad
Channel
28. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Direct Quotation
Inflections
Antithesis
Rate
29. The subject of a speech.
Specific Purpose
Comprehensive Listening
Topic
Audience-Centeredness
30. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Derived Credibility
Speech of Presentation
Reflective-Thinking Method
Extemporaneous Speech
31. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Plagiarism
Example
Either-Or
Quoting out of Context
32. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Transition
Speech of Introduction
Direct Quotation
Patchwork Plagiarism
33. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Kinesics
Direct Quotation
Interference
Internal Preview
34. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Ad Hominem
Vocal Variety
Procedural Needs
Delivery Cues
35. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Attitude
Reasoning from Principle
Symposium
Implied Leader
36. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Emphatic Listening
Oral Report
Connective
Strategic Organization
37. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Clutter
Nonverbal Communication
Articulation
Manuscript Speech
38. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Testimony
Impromptu Speech
Cliche
Direct Quotation
39. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Topic
Open-Ended Questions
Paraphrase
Question of Policy
40. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Cliche
Panel Discussion
Rhythm
Hearing
41. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Paraphrase
Direct Quotation
Name-calling
Dissolve Ending
42. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Reasoning
Paraphrase
Bibliography
Monotone
43. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Alliteration
Pathos
Commemorative Speech
Demographic Audience Analysis
44. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Monotone
Median
Alliteration
45. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Preview Statement
Conversational Quality
Visual Framework
Implied Leader
46. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Ethics
Residual Message
Oral Report
Terminal Credibility
47. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Main Points
Panel Discussion
Example
Terminal Credibility
48. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Pause
Causal Order
Dyad
Expert Testimony
49. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Initial Credibility
Crescendo Ending
Procedural Needs
Mean
50. Numerical data.
Speaker
Statistics
Reasoning from Principle
Reflective-Thinking Method