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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. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Maintenance Needs
Connotative Meaning
After-Dinner Speech
Critical Listening
2. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Evidence
Visual Framework
Kinesics
Generic 'he'
3. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Imagery
Global Plagiarism
Demographic Audience Analysis
4. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Direct Quotation
Eye Contact
Spatial Order
Incremental Plagiarism
5. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Speech of Presentation
Speech of Introduction
Connective
Expert Testimony
6. 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.
Hypothetical Example
Conversational Quality
Visualization
Situational Audience Analysis
7. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Abstract Words
Direct Quotation
Message
Credibility
8. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Visual Framework
Topic
Abstract Words
Ethnocentrism
9. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Brief Example
Abstract Words
Connotative Meaning
Audience-Centeredness
10. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Ethics
Incremental Plagiarism
Name-calling
Attitude
11. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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12. A public presentation in which several people present prepared speeches on different aspects of the same topic.
Logos
Symposium
Terminal Credibility
Peer Testimony
13. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Hidden Agenda
Simile
Conversational Quality
Paraphrase
14. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Quoting out of Context
Rhythm
Open-Ended Questions
Slippery Slope
15. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Metaphor
Simile
Volume
Eye Contact
16. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Creating Common Grounds
Topic
Appreciative Listening
Paraphrase
17. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Specific Purpose
Slippery Slope
Volume
18. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Criteria
Acceptance Speech
Dissolve Ending
Topic
19. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Commemorative Speech
Testimony
Spatial Order
Pronunciation
20. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Speaker
Nonverbal Communication
Pause
Causal Reasoning
21. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Pathos
Pronunciation
Supporting Materials
Testimony
22. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Denotative Meaning
Dyad
Logos
Criteria
23. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Eye Contact
Rate
Impromptu Speech
Reasoning from Specific Instances
24. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Ethnocentrism
Fallacy
Ethos
Internal Preview
25. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Vocal Variety
Emphatic Listening
Central Idea
Derived Credibility
26. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Interference
Logos
Vocalized Pause
Strategic Organization
27. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Either-Or
Demographic Audience Analysis
Paraphrase
Acceptance Speech
28. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Clutter
Conversational Quality
Connotative Meaning
Visual Framework
29. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Creating Common Grounds
Dyad
Example
Interference
30. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Scale Questions
Manuscript Speech
Hasty Generalization
Concrete Words
31. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Slippery Slope
Internal Preview
Hypothetical Example
32. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Bill of Rights
Scale Questions
Leadership
Hearing
33. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Channel
After-Dinner Speech
Causal Order
Paraphrase
34. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Ethical Decisions
Speech of Introduction
Spare Brain Time
Commemorative Speech
35. The average value of a group of numbers.
Generic 'he'
Mean
Brief Example
Connective
36. A group of two people.
Criteria
Spare Brain Time
Dyad
Fixed-Alternative Questions
37. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Conversational Quality
Oral Report
Example
Reasoning from Specific Instances
38. 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.
Egocentrism
Analogical Reasoning
Ethos
Slippery Slope
39. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Internal Summary
Monotone
Topical Order
Positive nervousness
40. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Antithesis
Crescendo Ending
Creating Common Grounds
Leadership
41. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Feedback
Rhythm
Visual Framework
Nonverbal Communication
42. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Situation
Reasoning from Principle
Red Herring
Crescendo Ending
43. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Initial Credibility
Situation
Clutter
44. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Spatial Order
Key-word Outline
Criteria
Vocal Variety
45. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Clutter
Connotative Meaning
Critical Thinking
Parallelism
46. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Pathos
Extemporaneous Speech
Bandwagon
Incremental Plagiarism
47. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Metaphor
Reflective-Thinking Method
Leadership
Spare Brain Time
48. 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
Connotative Meaning
Volume
49. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Topic
Expert Testimony
Credibility
Creating Common Grounds
50. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Question of Policy
Bibliography
Dyad
Concrete Words