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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.
Cliche
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Causal Reasoning
Global Plagiarism
2. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Credibility
Task Needs
Acceptance Speech
Peer Testimony
3. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Adrenaline
Key-word Outline
Derived Credibility
Rhetorical Question
4. Keeping the audience foremost in mind at every step of speech preparation and presentation.
Situation
Concrete Words
Simile
Audience-Centeredness
5. The speed at which a person speaks.
Logos
Open-Ended Questions
Rate
Channel
6. Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers.
Topical Order
Scale Questions
Specific Purpose
Dyad
7. The average value of a group of numbers.
Repetition
Critical Listening
Mean
Generic 'he'
8. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.
Designated Leader
Manuscript Speech
Rhetorical Question
Causal Order
9. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Connective
Mean
Patchwork Plagiarism
Chronological Order
10. The pattern of symbolization and indentation in a speech outline that shows the relationships among the speaker's ideas.
Median
Chronological Order
Visual Framework
Clutter
11. Reasoning that moves from a particular fact to a general conclusion.
Monotone
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Visual Framework
Speaking Outline
12. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Transition
Initial Credibility
Name-calling
Delivery Cues
13. The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice.
After-Dinner Speech
Oral Report
Evidence
Volume
14. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Conversational Quality
Bibliography
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Situational Audience Analysis
15. Motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech.
Preparation Outline
Gestures
Causal Order
Hasty Generalization
16. A trite or over uesd expression.
Cliche
Hasty Generalization
Metaphor
Situation
17. Supporting materials used to prove or disprove something.
Peer Testimony
Evidence
Causal Reasoning
Identification
18. A constant tone or pitch of voice.
Designated Leader
Cliche
Message
Monotone
19. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Spatial Order
Strategic Organization
Cliche
Identification
20. The difference between the rate at which most people talk and the rate at which the brain can process language.
Criteria
Spare Brain Time
Red Herring
Internal Summary
21. A set of unstated individual goals that may conflict with the goals of the group as a whole.
Global Plagiarism
Bandwagon
Supporting Materials
Hidden Agenda
22. The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Vocalized Pause
Repetition
Antithesis
Ethics
23. Testimony that is presented word for word.
Direct Quotation
Problem-Solution Order
Metaphor
Patchwork Plagiarism
24. Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.
Vocal Variety
Invalid Analogy
Plagiarism
Listening
25. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.
Invalid Analogy
Evidence
Impromptu Speech
Kinesics
26. A small group formed to solve a particular problem.
Volume
Problem Solving (small)
Patchwork Plagiarism
Situational Audience Analysis
27. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Patchwork Plagiarism
Procedural Needs
Small Group
Simile
28. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Appreciative Listening
Designated Leader
Ad Hominem
Emphatic Listening
29. Putting a speech together in a particular way to achieve a particular result with a particular audience.
Dialect
Strategic Organization
Specific Purpose
Emergent Leader
30. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.
Channel
Acceptance Speech
Pause
Visualization
31. 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.
Consensus
Speech of Introduction
Preparation Outline
Visual Framework
32. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Hasty Generalization
Scale Questions
Designated Leader
Main Points
33. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Pronunciation
Egocentrism
Hearing
Paraphrase
34. The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas - usually in parallel structure.
Stereo-typing
Antithesis
Attitude
Creating Common Grounds
35. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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36. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
Maintenance Needs
Designated Leader
Question of Policy
37. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Key-word Outline
Creating Common Grounds
Preview Statement
Spatial Order
38. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Spare Brain Time
Emergent Leader
Demographic Audience Analysis
Testimony
39. The means by which a message is communicated.
Example
Channel
Designated Leader
Speaking Outline
40. Numerical data.
Statistics
Crescendo Ending
Speech of Presentation
Abstract Words
41. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Hypothetical Example
Commemorative Speech
Reasoning
Panel Discussion
42. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Kinesics
Credibility
Nonverbal Communication
Slippery Slope
43. Changes in a speaker's rate - pitch - and volume that give the voice variety and expressiveness.
Antithesis
Reflective-Thinking Method
Vocal Variety
Pronunciation
44. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Paraphrase
Statistics
Reasoning from Principle
Credibility
45. The audience's perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Designated Leader
Credibility
Hasty Generalization
Procedural Needs
46. 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.'
False Cause
Speaker
Denotative Meaning
Testimony
47. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Listening
Ethnocentrism
Crescendo Ending
48. The messages - usually nonverbal - sent from the listener to the speaker.
Reflective-Thinking Method
Feedback
Goodwill
Chronological Order
49. A list of all the sources used in preparing the speech.
Comprehensive Listening
Bibliography
Adrenaline
Generic 'he'
50. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Key-word Outline
Metaphor
False Cause
Dyad
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