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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. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Topic
Terminal Credibility
Hearing
Simile
2. Directions in a speaking outline to help a speaker remember how she or he wants to deliver key parts of the speech.
Comprehensive Listening
Dissolve Ending
Delivery Cues
Quoting out of Context
3. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Parallelism
Hasty Generalization
Critical Listening
Maintenance Needs
4. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Reasoning from Principle
False Cause
Message
Stereo-typing
5. An error in reasoning.
Demographic Audience Analysis
Fallacy
Hidden Agenda
Active Listening
6. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Question of Policy
Generic 'he'
Hidden Agenda
Derived Credibility
7. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Panel Discussion
Dialect
Nonverbal Communication
Emergent Leader
8. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Evidence
Ethnocentrism
Parallelism
9. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Alliteration
Ad Hominem
Rate
Hasty Generalization
10. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Goodwill
Abstract Words
Listening
Plagiarism
11. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Statistics
Task Needs
Dyad
12. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Critical Listening
Listening
Median
Positive nervousness
13. A question that the audience answers mentally rather than out loud.
Specific Purpose
Gestures
Nonverbal Communication
Rhetorical Question
14. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Rhythm
Adrenaline
Creating Common Grounds
Appreciative Listening
15. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Consensus
Direct Quotation
Visual Framework
Leadership
16. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Name-calling
Antithesis
Inflections
Credibility
17. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Concrete Words
Commemorative Speech
Specific Purpose
Preview Statement
18. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Main Points
Internal Summary
Creating Common Grounds
Name-calling
19. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Criteria
Connective
Open-Ended Questions
Monotone
20. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Oral Report
Leadership
Causal Reasoning
Chronological Order
21. A brief outline used to jog a speaker's memory during the presentation of a speech.
Situational Audience Analysis
Speaking Outline
Slippery Slope
Emergent Leader
22. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Rhetorical Question
Credibility
Simile
Testimony
23. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Slippery Slope
Ethical Decisions
Residual Message
Causal Reasoning
24. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Evidence
Dialect
Task Needs
Global Plagiarism
25. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.
Situation
Manuscript Speech
Designated Leader
Internal Summary
26. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
After-Dinner Speech
Frame of Reference
Name-calling
Rate
27. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Credibility
Hypothetical Example
Incremental Plagiarism
Patchwork Plagiarism
28. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Paraphrase
Symposium
Impromptu Speech
Analogical Reasoning
29. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Repetition
Interference
Credibility
Reasoning from Specific Instances
30. Reasoning that moves from a general principle to a specific conclusion.
Specific Purpose
Reasoning from Principle
Reflective-Thinking Method
Gestures
31. The means by which a message is communicated.
Causal Reasoning
Channel
Pause
Acceptance Speech
32. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Hasty Generalization
Credibility
Demographic Audience Analysis
Evidence
33. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Consensus
Paraphrase
Dialect
Crescendo Ending
34. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Internal Summary
Connective
Leadership
Imagery
35. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Positive nervousness
Channel
Eye Contact
Paraphrase
36. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Visual Framework
Delivery Cues
Volume
Incremental Plagiarism
37. Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.
Ethics
Active Listening
Peer Testimony
Concrete Words
38. A fallacy that introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion.
Topical Order
Dissolve Ending
Critical Listening
Red Herring
39. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Simile
Pronunciation
Ad Hominem
Specific Purpose
40. 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.
Emphatic Listening
Analogical Reasoning
Name-calling
Speaker
41. Words that refer to ideas or concepts.
Abstract Words
Alliteration
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Rhetorical Question
42. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Vocal Variety
Situational Audience Analysis
Bibliography
Pathos
43. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Peer Testimony
Identification
Specific Purpose
44. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
Delivery Cues
Initial Credibility
Paraphrase
45. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Creating Common Grounds
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Rhythm
Feedback
46. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Problem-Solution Order
Task Needs
Median
Critical Listening
47. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Logos
Signpost
Pitch
Crescendo Ending
48. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Paraphrase
Identification
Brief Example
Message
49. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Ethnocentrism
Statistics
Fallacy
Strategic Organization
50. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Hasty Generalization
Visualization
Monotone
False Cause