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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Implied Leader
Speech of Presentation
Acceptance Speech
Emphatic Listening
2. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Comprehensive Listening
Inflections
Rhythm
Egocentrism
3. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Simile
Dissolve Ending
Statistics
Residual Message
4. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Transition
Attitude
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Appreciative Listening
5. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Generic 'he'
Name-calling
Spatial Order
Testimony
6. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Channel
Terminal Credibility
Reflective-Thinking Method
Hearing
7. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Preparation Outline
Crescendo Ending
Feedback
8. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Leadership
Imagery
Channel
Critical Thinking
9. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Stage Fright
Internal Summary
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Red Herring
10. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Incremental Plagiarism
Strategic Organization
Monotone
Positive nervousness
11. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Extemporaneous Speech
Stage Fright
Chronological Order
Signpost
12. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Spare Brain Time
Interference
Criteria
Articulation
13. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Residual Message
Topic
Supporting Materials
Demographic Audience Analysis
14. The average value of a group of numbers.
Critical Listening
Pathos
Mean
Causal Order
15. A trite or over uesd expression.
Comprehensive Listening
Cliche
Evidence
Residual Message
16. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Statistics
Listening
Gestures
17. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
Dissolve Ending
Volume
Transition
Pause
18. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Consensus
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Strategic Organization
19. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Critical Listening
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Ethical Decisions
Speaker
20. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Audience-Centeredness
Commemorative Speech
Procedural Needs
Message
21. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Credibility
Ethics
Scale Questions
Median
22. A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.
Topical Order
Antithesis
Incremental Plagiarism
Hasty Generalization
23. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Volume
Ad Hominem
Median
Inflections
24. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Dissolve Ending
Direct Quotation
Testimony
Dialect
25. 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.
Main Points
Analogical Reasoning
Terminal Credibility
Eye Contact
26. A very brief statement that indicates where a speaker is in the speech or that focuses attention on key ideas.
Designated Leader
Initial Credibility
Simile
Signpost
27. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Emergent Leader
Generic 'he'
Dissolve Ending
Maintenance Needs
28. A group of two people.
Hearing
Dyad
After-Dinner Speech
Dialect
29. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Brief Example
Key-word Outline
Pronunciation
Nonverbal Communication
30. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Speaking Outline
Articulation
Stereo-typing
Goodwill
31. The person who receives the speaker's message.
Plagiarism
Articulation
Delivery Cues
Listener
32. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Critical Thinking
Connotative Meaning
Credibility
Stereo-typing
33. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Identification
Direct Quotation
Adrenaline
Open-Ended Questions
34. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Interference
Logos
Initial Credibility
Alliteration
35. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Ethical Decisions
Pitch
Eye Contact
Direct Quotation
36. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Logos
Kinesics
Initial Credibility
37. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Critical Listening
Central Idea
Plagiarism
Mean
38. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Kinesics
Consensus
Ethics
Invalid Analogy
39. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Monotone
Supporting Materials
Global Plagiarism
Specific Purpose
40. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.
Internal Preview
Positive nervousness
Message
Task Needs
41. A specific case used to illustrate or to represent a group of people - ideas - conditions - experiences - or the like.
False Cause
Evidence
Paraphrase
Example
42. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Example
Vocalized Pause
Initial Credibility
Chronological Order
43. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Antithesis
Dissolve Ending
Ethics
Emergent Leader
44. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Clutter
Listener
Either-Or
Denotative Meaning
45. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Ethical Decisions
Invalid Analogy
False Cause
Transition
46. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Channel
Monotone
Either-Or
Preview Statement
47. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Repetition
Stereo-typing
Visualization
Invalid Analogy
48. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Credibility
Listener
Hearing
Critical Thinking
49. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Stereo-typing
Pathos
Ad Hominem
Topical Order
50. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Spatial Order
Articulation
Residual Message