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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. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Plagiarism
Credibility
Crescendo Ending
Ethics
2. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Spare Brain Time
Criteria
Hidden Agenda
Visual Framework
3. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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4. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -
Stereo-typing
Channel
Egocentrism
Nonverbal Communication
5. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Invalid Analogy
Connotative Meaning
Direct Quotation
Bill of Rights
6. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Positive nervousness
Appreciative Listening
Analogical Reasoning
Dyad
7. A speech that pays tribute to a person - a group of people - an institution - or an idea.
Attitude
Commemorative Speech
Hidden Agenda
Conversational Quality
8. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Median
Generic 'he'
Credibility
Derived Credibility
9. 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.
Preparation Outline
Mean
Invalid Analogy
Rate
10. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Problem-Solution Order
Small Group
Name-calling
Cliche
11. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.
Crescendo Ending
Manuscript Speech
Parallelism
Connective
12. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Brief Example
Procedural Needs
Imagery
Active Listening
13. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
False Cause
Spare Brain Time
Credibility
14. A method of speech organization in which the main points show a cause-effect relationship.
Creating Common Grounds
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Audience-Centeredness
Causal Order
15. A speech that presents someone a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Active Listening
Speech of Presentation
Message
Audience-Centeredness
16. Words that refer to tangible objects.
Stage Fright
Concrete Words
After-Dinner Speech
Critical Listening
17. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Egocentrism
Strategic Organization
Paraphrase
Pronunciation
18. The accepted standard of sound and rhythm for words in a given language.
Pronunciation
Leadership
Critical Listening
Listening
19. A statement in the introduction of a speech that identifies the main points to be discussed in the body of the speech.
Incremental Plagiarism
Paraphrase
Preview Statement
Spatial Order
20. The process of drawing a conclusion on the basis of evidence.
Ethics
Peer Testimony
Reasoning
Open-Ended Questions
21. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Analogical Reasoning
Credibility
Hasty Generalization
Brief Example
22. Weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.
Clutter
Maintenance Needs
Ethical Decisions
Listening
23. A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress.
Hasty Generalization
Situational Audience Analysis
Causal Order
Adrenaline
24. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Mean
Speech of Presentation
Reflective-Thinking Method
25. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Evidence
Supporting Materials
Preparation Outline
Ethical Decisions
26. An error in reasoning.
Chronological Order
Fallacy
Peer Testimony
Emphatic Listening
27. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Inflections
Topical Order
Feedback
Abstract Words
28. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Ethos
Red Herring
Acceptance Speech
Metaphor
29. Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people.
Speech of Presentation
Incremental Plagiarism
Question of Policy
Problem-Solution Order
30. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Name-calling
Frame of Reference
Specific Purpose
Reflective-Thinking Method
31. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Example
Internal Preview
Criteria
Credibility
32. The belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
Commemorative Speech
Ethnocentrism
Hasty Generalization
Leadership
33. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Stage Fright
Transition
Invalid Analogy
Spatial Order
34. The materials used to support a speaker's ideas.The three major kinds of supporting materials are examples - statistics - and testimonies.
Global Plagiarism
Supporting Materials
Attitude
Leadership
35. The credibility of a speaker before he or she starts to speak.
Manuscript Speech
Direct Quotation
Positive nervousness
Initial Credibility
36. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Active Listening
Gestures
Internal Preview
Chronological Order
37. A fallacy that forces listeners to choose between two alternatives when more than two alternatives exist.
Problem-Solution Order
Reasoning
Critical Listening
Either-Or
38. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Either-Or
Reasoning
Procedural Needs
Pathos
39. What a speaker would like the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.
Comprehensive Listening
Identification
Residual Message
Volume
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.
Analogical Reasoning
Ethnocentrism
Criteria
Vocal Variety
41. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Hearing
Appreciative Listening
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Invalid Analogy
42. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Hearing
Initial Credibility
Repetition
Paraphrase
43. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Incremental Plagiarism
Terminal Credibility
Pitch
Frame of Reference
44. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Scale Questions
Credibility
Dialect
Reasoning from Principle
45. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Listener
Key-word Outline
Dissolve Ending
Fallacy
46. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Vocalized Pause
Problem-Solution Order
Visual Framework
47. 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.'
Maintenance Needs
Stereo-typing
Metaphor
False Cause
48. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Manuscript Speech
Monotone
Emphatic Listening
Metaphor
49. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.
Testimony
Stage Fright
Connective
Derived Credibility
50. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Consensus
Nonverbal Communication
Concrete Words
Connective