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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 brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Strategic Organization
Speaking Outline
After-Dinner Speech
Consensus
2. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Median
Active Listening
Stereo-typing
3. A trite or over uesd expression.
Visualization
Cliche
Example
Eye Contact
4. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Criteria
Pause
Imagery
Strategic Organization
5. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Ethnocentrism
Ethical Decisions
Critical Thinking
Pronunciation
6. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Expert Testimony
Demographic Audience Analysis
Preview Statement
Volume
7. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Specific Purpose
Global Plagiarism
Chronological Order
Credibility
8. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Reasoning from Principle
Interference
Hidden Agenda
Supporting Materials
9. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Active Listening
Bandwagon
Impromptu Speech
Vocalized Pause
10. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Terminal Credibility
Patchwork Plagiarism
Preview Statement
Dyad
11. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Articulation
Connotative Meaning
Interference
Ethos
12. The average value of a group of numbers.
Reasoning from Principle
Global Plagiarism
Speech of Introduction
Mean
13. Testimony from ordinary people with first-hand experience or insight on a topic.
Initial Credibility
Strategic Organization
Peer Testimony
Speech of Introduction
14. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Name-calling
Goodwill
Evidence
Critical Listening
15. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Listener
Symposium
Visual Framework
Fixed-Alternative Questions
16. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Bibliography
Spare Brain Time
Rhythm
Hidden Agenda
17. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Dyad
Name-calling
Acceptance Speech
Bandwagon
18. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Key-word Outline
Terminal Credibility
Concrete Words
Stage Fright
19. The use of language to defame - demean - or degrade individuals or groups.
Designated Leader
Audience-Centeredness
Critical Thinking
Name-calling
20. 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.
Acceptance Speech
Testimony
Problem-Solution Order
Consensus
21. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Visualization
Median
Task Needs
Leadership
22. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Preview Statement
Oral Report
23. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Oral Report
Emphatic Listening
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Transition
24. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Plagiarism
Credibility
Either-Or
Pitch
25. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Rhythm
Statistics
Denotative Meaning
Reasoning
26. The subject of a speech.
Mean
Topic
Supporting Materials
Evidence
27. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Emphatic Listening
Active Listening
Demographic Audience Analysis
Problem Solving (small)
28. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Terminal Credibility
Median
Key-word Outline
Spatial Order
29. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Spare Brain Time
Red Herring
Reasoning from Principle
30. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Evidence
Residual Message
Direct Quotation
Simile
31. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Credibility
Logos
Repetition
Frame of Reference
32. A statement in the body of the speech that lets the audience know what the speaker is going to discuss next.
Internal Preview
Connotative Meaning
Leadership
Imagery
33. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Ad Hominem
Consensus
Situational Audience Analysis
Small Group
34. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Speaker
Maintenance Needs
Ethnocentrism
Extemporaneous Speech
35. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Articulation
Initial Credibility
Direct Quotation
Metaphor
36. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Either-Or
Concrete Words
Bill of Rights
Statistics
37. Numerical data.
Example
Statistics
Reflective-Thinking Method
Hypothetical Example
38. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.
Kinesics
Brief Example
Emergent Leader
Channel
39. 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.
Creating Common Grounds
Monotone
Rhetorical Question
Preparation Outline
40. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Stereo-typing
Peer Testimony
False Cause
Internal Summary
41. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Analogical Reasoning
Comprehensive Listening
Procedural Needs
Identification
42. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Ethical Decisions
Bill of Rights
Terminal Credibility
Criteria
43. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Evidence
Specific Purpose
Central Idea
Speech of Introduction
44. An error in causal reasoning in which a speaker mistakenly assumes that because one event follow another - the first event is the cause of the second. This error is often known by it's Latin name meaning - 'after this - therefore because of this.'
Direct Quotation
False Cause
Channel
Vocalized Pause
45. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Panel Discussion
Topical Order
Consensus
Rate
46. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Nonverbal Communication
Logos
Causal Order
Initial Credibility
47. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Ethos
Causal Reasoning
Parallelism
Reflective-Thinking Method
48. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Visualization
Paraphrase
Clutter
False Cause
49. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Egocentrism
Transition
Supporting Materials
Concrete Words
50. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Leadership
Logos
Pronunciation
Comprehensive Listening