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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. Reasoning that seeks to establish the relationship between causes and effects.
Situational Audience Analysis
Invalid Analogy
Causal Reasoning
Comprehensive Listening
2. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.
Credibility
Egocentrism
Conversational Quality
Terminal Credibility
3. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.
Impromptu Speech
Generic 'he'
Ethos
Specific Purpose
4. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Adrenaline
Volume
Internal Summary
Vocal Variety
5. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Criteria
Key-word Outline
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Ethnocentrism
6. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.
Identification
Connective
Eye Contact
Derived Credibility
7. A conclusion that generates emotional appeal by fading step be step to a dramatic final statement.
Dissolve Ending
False Cause
Emergent Leader
Open-Ended Questions
8. A question about whether a specific course of action should or should not be taken.
Small Group
Question of Policy
Visual Framework
Dyad
9. Uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Global Plagiarism
Scale Questions
Articulation
Situation
10. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.
Eye Contact
Specific Purpose
Small Group
Hearing
11. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.
Comprehensive Listening
Articulation
Identification
Metaphor
12. A person who is elected or appointed as leader when the group is formed.
Situational Audience Analysis
Simile
Topic
Designated Leader
13. The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice.
Situational Audience Analysis
Pitch
Delivery Cues
Active Listening
14. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a directional pattern.
Question of Policy
Spatial Order
Leadership
Audience-Centeredness
15. A technique in which a speaker connects himself with the values - attitudes - or experience of the audience.
Creating Common Grounds
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Reasoning
Generic 'he'
16. A momentary break in the vocal delivery of a speech.
Pause
Listener
Supporting Materials
Listening
17. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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18. 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.
Metaphor
Statistics
Preparation Outline
Positive nervousness
19. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Internal Preview
Reflective-Thinking Method
Positive nervousness
20. The audiences perception of whether the speaker has the best interests of the audience in mind.
Listener
Goodwill
Vocal Variety
Implied Leader
21. Audience Analysis that focuses on situational factors such as the size of the audience - the physical setting of the speech - and the disposition of the audience toward the topic - the speaker - and the occasion.
Situational Audience Analysis
Task Needs
Reasoning from Principle
Stereo-typing
22. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Task Needs
Question of Policy
Articulation
Either-Or
23. Listening to understand the message of a speaker.
Comprehensive Listening
Inflections
Critical Thinking
Paraphrase
24. Listening to provide emotional support for a speaker.
Panel Discussion
Emphatic Listening
Appreciative Listening
Logos
25. A fallacy that attacks the person rather than the dealing with the real issue in dispute.
Ad Hominem
Brief Example
Appreciative Listening
Dissolve Ending
26. The name used by Aristotle for the logical appeal of a speaker. The two major elements of logos are evidence and reasoning.
After-Dinner Speech
Logos
Parallelism
Quoting out of Context
27. Questions that offer a fixed choice between two or more alternatives.
Fixed-Alternative Questions
Parallelism
Quoting out of Context
Stage Fright
28. A collection of three to twelve people that assemble for a specific purpose.
Small Group
Inflections
Denotative Meaning
Transition
29. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Situation
Concrete Words
Central Idea
Terminal Credibility
30. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Inflections
Critical Thinking
Example
Either-Or
31. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Ethics
Reasoning
Denotative Meaning
Chronological Order
32. A frame of mind in favor of or opposed to a person - policy - belief - institution - etc.
Attitude
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Vocalized Pause
Reasoning
33. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Paraphrase
Ad Hominem
Critical Thinking
Name-calling
34. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Topic
Parallelism
Paraphrase
Visual Framework
35. An example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation.
Speech of Presentation
Hypothetical Example
Visualization
Small Group
36. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.
Critical Listening
Implied Leader
Visualization
Testimony
37. Routine 'housekeeping' actions necessary for the efficient conduct of business in a small group.
Problem-Solution Order
Procedural Needs
Scale Questions
Commemorative Speech
38. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.
Bill of Rights
Speaking Outline
Conversational Quality
Adrenaline
39. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Acceptance Speech
Listening
Antithesis
Bill of Rights
40. A fallacy which assumes that because something is popular - it is therefore good - correct - or desirable.
Comprehensive Listening
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Fallacy
41. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Pitch
Initial Credibility
Slippery Slope
Speech of Introduction
42. The subject of a speech.
Topic
Terminal Credibility
Attitude
Pause
43. A group decision that is acceptable to all members of the group.
Situational Audience Analysis
Global Plagiarism
Problem Solving (small)
Consensus
44. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Reasoning from Specific Instances
Problem-Solution Order
Spare Brain Time
Brief Example
45. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Hidden Agenda
Listening
Imagery
Mean
46. A speech presenting the findings - conclusions - decisions - etc. of a small group.
Pronunciation
Oral Report
Strategic Organization
Vocal Variety
47. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as emotional appeal.
Generic 'he'
Inflections
Peer Testimony
Pathos
48. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
False Cause
Bill of Rights
Credibility
Preparation Outline
49. The pattern of sound in a speech created by the choice and arrangement of words.
Rhythm
Dialect
Identification
Denotative Meaning
50. 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.
Generic 'he'
Metaphor
Problem-Solution Order
Ad Hominem
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