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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. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Task Needs
Parallelism
Spatial Order
Global Plagiarism
2. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
Example
Listener
Maintenance Needs
Problem Solving (small)
3. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Spare Brain Time
Ethics
Credibility
4. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Gestures
Initial Credibility
Inflections
5. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Message
Testimony
Hidden Agenda
Impromptu Speech
6. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Visualization
Maintenance Needs
Preview Statement
Commemorative Speech
7. 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.
Problem-Solution Order
Terminal Credibility
Small Group
Direct Quotation
8. The means by which a message is communicated.
Channel
Leadership
Hasty Generalization
Spatial Order
9. The average value of a group of numbers.
Critical Listening
Mean
Egocentrism
Causal Reasoning
10. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Consensus
Pitch
Antithesis
Attitude
11. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Bibliography
Question of Policy
Ethnocentrism
Patchwork Plagiarism
12. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Hearing
Critical Thinking
Paraphrase
Main Points
13. Testimony from people who are recognized experts in their fields.
Expert Testimony
Oral Report
Listening
Name-calling
14. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Kinesics
Channel
Speech of Presentation
Leadership
15. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Eye Contact
Articulation
Inflections
Pronunciation
16. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Preview Statement
Either-Or
Bandwagon
Denotative Meaning
17. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Central Idea
Hearing
Reflective-Thinking Method
Leadership
18. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Appreciative Listening
Slippery Slope
Maintenance Needs
Critical Listening
19. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Parallelism
Topic
Positive nervousness
20. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Central Idea
Simile
Credibility
Fixed-Alternative Questions
21. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Rate
Appreciative Listening
Ad Hominem
Vocalized Pause
22. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Slippery Slope
Bandwagon
Analogical Reasoning
Connective
23. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Alliteration
Kinesics
Key-word Outline
Peer Testimony
24. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Vocal Variety
Speech of Introduction
Situational Audience Analysis
25. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Preparation Outline
Transition
Hypothetical Example
26. A speech to entertain that makes a thoughtful point about its subject in a light-hearted manner.
After-Dinner Speech
Derived Credibility
Listening
Symposium
27. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Designated Leader
Pitch
Demographic Audience Analysis
Panel Discussion
28. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Extemporaneous Speech
Delivery Cues
Audience-Centeredness
Identification
29. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Small Group
Ad Hominem
Channel
Credibility
30. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Paraphrase
Crescendo Ending
Manuscript Speech
Monotone
31. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.
Interference
Causal Reasoning
Criteria
Consensus
32. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Clutter
Median
Supporting Materials
Spare Brain Time
33. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Credibility
Bill of Rights
Invalid Analogy
Dissolve Ending
34. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Comprehensive Listening
Credibility
Adrenaline
Rhythm
35. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Visual Framework
Key-word Outline
Channel
36. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Chronological Order
Oral Report
Simile
Goodwill
37. 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.'
Patchwork Plagiarism
Bill of Rights
Concrete Words
False Cause
38. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Connotative Meaning
Manuscript Speech
Topic
Parallelism
39. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Spare Brain Time
Hasty Generalization
Designated Leader
Task Needs
40. The credibility of a speaker at the end of the speech.
Message
Listening
Consensus
Terminal Credibility
41. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Listening
Problem Solving (small)
Speaking Outline
Invalid Analogy
42. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Pause
Procedural Needs
Positive nervousness
Causal Reasoning
43. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Bandwagon
Egocentrism
Plagiarism
Abstract Words
44. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Implied Leader
Logos
Question of Policy
Acceptance Speech
45. Communication that occurs as a result of appearance - posture - gesture - eye contact - facial expressions - and other non-linguistic factors.
Nonverbal Communication
Vocal Variety
Egocentrism
Invalid Analogy
46. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Comprehensive Listening
Terminal Credibility
Alliteration
47. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Mean
Gestures
Connective
Terminal Credibility
48. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Visual Framework
Manuscript Speech
Chronological Order
Egocentrism
49. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Stereo-typing
Direct Quotation
Spatial Order
Inflections
50. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Small Group
Dialect
Conversational Quality
Designated Leader