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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Delivery Cues
Egocentrism
Simile
Reasoning from Principle
2. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Feedback
Situation
Hasty Generalization
Frame of Reference
3. 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.
Situational Audience Analysis
Creating Common Grounds
Problem-Solution Order
Open-Ended Questions
4. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Delivery Cues
Speaker
Invalid Analogy
Internal Summary
5. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Spare Brain Time
Global Plagiarism
Listener
6. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Ethos
Symposium
Expert Testimony
Maintenance Needs
7. 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.
Paraphrase
Preparation Outline
Scale Questions
Clutter
8. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Vocalized Pause
Symposium
Simile
Pathos
9. A group member who emerges as leader during the group's deliberations.
Creating Common Grounds
Frame of Reference
After-Dinner Speech
Emergent Leader
10. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Bandwagon
Chronological Order
Spatial Order
Hidden Agenda
11. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Abstract Words
Slippery Slope
Strategic Organization
Listener
12. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Task Needs
Preview Statement
Visual Framework
Plagiarism
13. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Internal Summary
Slippery Slope
Credibility
Denotative Meaning
14. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Brief Example
Appreciative Listening
Reasoning from Principle
Speaking Outline
15. The subject of a speech.
Concrete Words
Topic
Spatial Order
Key-word Outline
16. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Listener
Hearing
Nonverbal Communication
Either-Or
17. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Derived Credibility
Speaking Outline
Clutter
Demographic Audience Analysis
18. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Pause
False Cause
Goodwill
Median
19. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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20. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Connective
Consensus
Comprehensive Listening
Visual Framework
21. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Emergent Leader
Leadership
Speech of Introduction
Bibliography
22. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Brief Example
Bill of Rights
Internal Preview
Emphatic Listening
23. Quoting a statement in such a way as to distort its meaning by removing the statement from the words and phrases surrounding it.
Quoting out of Context
Ethical Decisions
Slippery Slope
Paraphrase
24. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Signpost
Critical Listening
Pronunciation
Generic 'he'
25. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Symposium
Specific Purpose
Spare Brain Time
Testimony
26. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Key-word Outline
Chronological Order
Kinesics
27. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Implied Leader
Generic 'he'
Crescendo Ending
Listener
28. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Dissolve Ending
Bibliography
Symposium
Expert Testimony
29. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Reasoning
Audience-Centeredness
Problem Solving (small)
30. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Name-calling
Main Points
Feedback
Gestures
31. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Creating Common Grounds
Feedback
Listener
Listening
32. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Active Listening
Audience-Centeredness
Key-word Outline
Goodwill
33. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Invalid Analogy
Strategic Organization
Delivery Cues
Nonverbal Communication
34. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Brief Example
Listening
Repetition
35. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Scale Questions
Critical Listening
Credibility
Extemporaneous Speech
36. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Manuscript Speech
Hidden Agenda
Reasoning
Leadership
37. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Stereo-typing
Internal Preview
Derived Credibility
Emphatic Listening
38. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Procedural Needs
Bibliography
Spare Brain Time
39. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Speaker
Spatial Order
Ad Hominem
Dyad
40. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Specific Purpose
Internal Preview
Denotative Meaning
Listener
41. The speed at which a person speaks.
Kinesics
Internal Preview
Rate
Eye Contact
42. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Statistics
Procedural Needs
Pronunciation
Appreciative Listening
43. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Channel
Parallelism
Global Plagiarism
Bandwagon
44. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
False Cause
Internal Summary
Causal Order
Expert Testimony
45. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Reasoning from Principle
Speech of Introduction
Consensus
Red Herring
46. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Emergent Leader
Speech of Introduction
Leadership
Peer Testimony
47. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Rhetorical Question
Brief Example
Terminal Credibility
48. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Reasoning from Principle
Alliteration
Expert Testimony
Rhetorical Question
49. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Clutter
Credibility
Small Group
Pathos
50. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Problem Solving (small)
Dissolve Ending
Alliteration
Adrenaline