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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 question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Abstract Words
Open-Ended Questions
Reasoning from Principle
Rhetorical Question
2. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Generic 'he'
Delivery Cues
Pathos
Visualization
3. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Metaphor
Oral Report
Derived Credibility
Emphatic Listening
4. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Small Group
Implied Leader
Egocentrism
Cliche
5. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Internal Summary
Generic 'he'
Terminal Credibility
6. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Monotone
Designated Leader
Causal Order
Vocalized Pause
7. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
Either-Or
Ethical Decisions
Vocal Variety
8. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
After-Dinner Speech
Median
Question of Policy
Causal Reasoning
9. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Symposium
Designated Leader
Visual Framework
Peer Testimony
10. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Egocentrism
Criteria
Hidden Agenda
11. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Slippery Slope
False Cause
Key-word Outline
12. 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.
Gestures
Preparation Outline
Brief Example
Consensus
13. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Scale Questions
Connective
Name-calling
Derived Credibility
14. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Reasoning
Logos
Symposium
Internal Preview
15. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Credibility
Internal Preview
Situational Audience Analysis
Speaking Outline
16. A group of two people.
Impromptu Speech
Patchwork Plagiarism
Signpost
Dyad
17. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Paraphrase
Generic 'he'
Panel Discussion
Invalid Analogy
18. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Appreciative Listening
Bandwagon
Cliche
Terminal Credibility
19. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Inflections
Kinesics
Dyad
Brief Example
20. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
After-Dinner Speech
Simile
Crescendo Ending
Monotone
21. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Pause
Reasoning from Principle
Acceptance Speech
Ethnocentrism
22. The speed at which a person speaks.
Paraphrase
Rate
Hearing
Mean
23. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Panel Discussion
Hearing
Positive nervousness
Spatial Order
24. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Vocal Variety
Ethnocentrism
Direct Quotation
Delivery Cues
25. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Preparation Outline
Terminal Credibility
Volume
26. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Derived Credibility
Interference
Reasoning
Dissolve Ending
27. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Open-Ended Questions
Audience-Centeredness
Delivery Cues
Abstract Words
28. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Pitch
Credibility
Feedback
Pronunciation
29. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Invalid Analogy
Median
Situation
30. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Dialect
Internal Summary
Panel Discussion
31. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Oral Report
Transition
Feedback
Acceptance Speech
32. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Alliteration
Invalid Analogy
Inflections
Hearing
33. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Impromptu Speech
Manuscript Speech
Panel Discussion
Bill of Rights
34. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Cliche
Chronological Order
35. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Median
Goodwill
Extemporaneous Speech
Maintenance Needs
36. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Manuscript Speech
Reflective-Thinking Method
Speaker
Reasoning from Specific Instances
37. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Bandwagon
Clutter
Paraphrase
Volume
38. A group member to whom other members defer because of his rank - expertise - or other quality.
Designated Leader
Causal Order
Direct Quotation
Implied Leader
39. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Spatial Order
Direct Quotation
Paraphrase
40. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Peer Testimony
Situational Audience Analysis
Connotative Meaning
Positive nervousness
41. The means by which a message is communicated.
Emergent Leader
Creating Common Grounds
Channel
Paraphrase
42. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Problem Solving (small)
Acceptance Speech
Scale Questions
Task Needs
43. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Median
Listener
Inflections
Slippery Slope
44. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Comprehensive Listening
Leadership
Stage Fright
Repetition
45. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Supporting Materials
Creating Common Grounds
False Cause
Conversational Quality
46. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Speech of Introduction
Gestures
Paraphrase
Designated Leader
47. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Concrete Words
Reflective-Thinking Method
Bill of Rights
Preparation Outline
48. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Speaking Outline
Signpost
Task Needs
Chronological Order
49. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Open-Ended Questions
Mean
50. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Speaker
Inflections
Scale Questions
Hasty Generalization