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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 method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Chronological Order
Statistics
Emergent Leader
Question of Policy
2. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Ethnocentrism
Median
Chronological Order
Internal Preview
3. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Manuscript Speech
Situation
Interference
Concrete Words
4. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Invalid Analogy
Volume
Hasty Generalization
Denotative Meaning
5. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Commemorative Speech
Signpost
Pathos
Red Herring
6. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Problem Solving (small)
Hypothetical Example
Speaker
Example
7. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Analogical Reasoning
Listening
Manuscript Speech
Maintenance Needs
8. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
False Cause
Stereo-typing
Expert Testimony
9. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Denotative Meaning
Ad Hominem
Pathos
Procedural Needs
10. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Key-word Outline
Bandwagon
Internal Summary
Impromptu Speech
11. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Median
Preview Statement
Alliteration
Red Herring
12. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Listener
Global Plagiarism
Rate
Credibility
13. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Strategic Organization
Listener
Internal Preview
Cliche
14. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Open-Ended Questions
Conversational Quality
Terminal Credibility
Central Idea
15. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Imagery
Peer Testimony
Red Herring
Acceptance Speech
16. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Kinesics
Adrenaline
Comprehensive Listening
Patchwork Plagiarism
17. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Connective
After-Dinner Speech
Monotone
Peer Testimony
18. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Rhythm
Connective
Ethics
Central Idea
19. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Monotone
Bandwagon
Volume
Criteria
20. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Reasoning from Principle
Manuscript Speech
Mean
Speech of Introduction
21. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Hidden Agenda
Credibility
Channel
Terminal Credibility
22. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Acceptance Speech
Impromptu Speech
Attitude
Spare Brain Time
23. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Brief Example
Supporting Materials
Task Needs
Critical Thinking
24. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Scale Questions
Visual Framework
Stage Fright
Rate
25. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Speaker
Hypothetical Example
Message
Rhythm
26. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Bill of Rights
Attitude
Crescendo Ending
27. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Incremental Plagiarism
Logos
Quoting out of Context
Adrenaline
28. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Crescendo Ending
Oral Report
Problem-Solution Order
29. 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.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Testimony
Oral Report
Analogical Reasoning
30. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Spare Brain Time
Example
Vocalized Pause
Impromptu Speech
31. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Audience-Centeredness
Stage Fright
Visual Framework
Parallelism
32. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Specific Purpose
Small Group
Eye Contact
Gestures
33. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Hidden Agenda
Oral Report
Transition
Fallacy
34. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Stereo-typing
Bibliography
Red Herring
Ethnocentrism
35. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Bill of Rights
Demographic Audience Analysis
Creating Common Grounds
Speaking Outline
36. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Leadership
Bandwagon
Mean
Bibliography
37. 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.
Central Idea
Conversational Quality
Preparation Outline
Ethos
38. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Dyad
Terminal Credibility
Critical Thinking
Preview Statement
39. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Internal Summary
Dyad
Repetition
Frame of Reference
40. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Paraphrase
Bandwagon
Preparation Outline
Simile
41. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Positive nervousness
Residual Message
Problem Solving (small)
Adrenaline
42. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Invalid Analogy
Kinesics
Leadership
Positive nervousness
43. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Eye Contact
Small Group
Testimony
Listening
44. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Rhetorical Question
Rhythm
Kinesics
Invalid Analogy
45. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Egocentrism
Spare Brain Time
Maintenance Needs
Stage Fright
46. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Patchwork Plagiarism
Name-calling
Pathos
Egocentrism
47. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Designated Leader
Impromptu Speech
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Goodwill
48. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Hypothetical Example
Articulation
Creating Common Grounds
Pronunciation
49. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Comprehensive Listening
Pitch
Imagery
Inflections
50. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Open-Ended Questions
Feedback
Credibility
Stereo-typing