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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. Standards on which a judgement or decision can be based.
Topic
Criteria
Visualization
Credibility
2. The use of 'he' to refer to both men and women.
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3. The meaning suggested by the association or emotions triggered by a word or phrase.
Topical Order
Key-word Outline
Connotative Meaning
Reasoning
4. The middle number in a group of numbers arranged from highest to lowest.
Median
Panel Discussion
Example
Adrenaline
5. A speech that introduces the main speaker to the audience.
Bill of Rights
Ethos
Speech of Introduction
Example
6. A conclusion in which the speech builds to a zenith of power and intensity.
Crescendo Ending
Credibility
Hypothetical Example
Attitude
7. The major points developed in the body of a speech. Most speeches contain from two to five main points.
Central Idea
Connotative Meaning
Main Points
Task Needs
8. The ability to influence group members so as to help achieve the goals of the group.
Leadership
Hasty Generalization
Signpost
Reflective-Thinking Method
9. A word or phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.
Interference
Global Plagiarism
Analogical Reasoning
Transition
10. Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.
Panel Discussion
Patchwork Plagiarism
Speech of Introduction
Concrete Words
11. The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
Attitude
Ethics
Denotative Meaning
Pause
12. An error in reasoning.
Fallacy
Attitude
Bill of Rights
Positive nervousness
13. Listening for pleasure or enjoyment.
Vocal Variety
Hidden Agenda
Abstract Words
Appreciative Listening
14. Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his presentation.
Expert Testimony
Positive nervousness
Nonverbal Communication
Hypothetical Example
15. Communicative actions necessary to maintain interpersonal relations in a small group.
Incremental Plagiarism
Inflections
Implied Leader
Maintenance Needs
16. The name used by Aristotle for what modern students of communication refer to as credibility.
Preparation Outline
Ethos
Reasoning
Delivery Cues
17. The speed at which a person speaks.
Rate
Vocalized Pause
Speech of Introduction
Causal Reasoning
18. Focused - organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas - the soundness of evidence - and the differences between fact and opinion.
Specific Purpose
Comprehensive Listening
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
19. A five-step method for directing discussion in a problem-solving small group.
Invalid Analogy
Reflective-Thinking Method
Pause
Patchwork Plagiarism
20. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.
Connective
Comprehensive Listening
Designated Leader
Problem-Solution Order
21. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
Simile
Testimony
Logos
Critical Listening
22. A fallacy which assumes that taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that can not be prevented.
Credibility
Slippery Slope
Central Idea
Situational Audience Analysis
23. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.
Appreciative Listening
Stereo-typing
Task Needs
Denotative Meaning
24. An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.
Analogical Reasoning
Red Herring
Key-word Outline
Hypothetical Example
25. Changes in the pitch and tone of a speaker's voice.
Consensus
Volume
Inflections
Causal Reasoning
26. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.
Central Idea
Panel Discussion
Bibliography
Speaking Outline
27. A variety of a language distinguished by variations or accent - grammar - or vocabulary.
Fallacy
Connotative Meaning
Dialect
Appreciative Listening
28. A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.
Stereo-typing
Extemporaneous Speech
Internal Summary
Chronological Order
29. A speech that gives thanks for a gift - an award - or some other form of public recognition.
Procedural Needs
Reasoning from Principle
Paraphrase
Acceptance Speech
30. A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker's preceding point or points.
Concrete Words
Spatial Order
Slippery Slope
Internal Summary
31. The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
Hearing
Global Plagiarism
Impromptu Speech
Invalid Analogy
32. A specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point.
Brief Example
Speech of Introduction
Small Group
Delivery Cues
33. Discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea.
Transition
Main Points
Channel
Clutter
34. The sum of a person's knowledge - experience - goals - values - and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference.
Implied Leader
Frame of Reference
Strategic Organization
Task Needs
35. To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words.
Commemorative Speech
Cliche
Dialect
Paraphrase
36. Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.
Implied Leader
Positive nervousness
Stereo-typing
Alliteration
37. A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.
Positive nervousness
Central Idea
Volume
Emergent Leader
38. An implicit comparison - not introduced with the word 'like' or 'as' - between two things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Causal Order
Either-Or
Expert Testimony
Metaphor
39. 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.
Abstract Words
Bibliography
Preparation Outline
Audience-Centeredness
40. Paying close attention to - and making sense of - what we hear.
Implied Leader
Reasoning
Listening
Emphatic Listening
41. Substantive actions necessary to help a small group complete its assigned task.
Extemporaneous Speech
Task Needs
Red Herring
Dyad
42. An explicit comparison - introduced with the word like or as - between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.
Panel Discussion
Simile
Stage Fright
Logos
43. An error in reasoning from specific instances - in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.
Paraphrase
Goodwill
Hasty Generalization
Median
44. Questions that allow respondents to answer however they want.
Listener
Open-Ended Questions
Abstract Words
Transition
45. Audience analysis that focuses on demographic factors such as age - gender - religious orientation - group membership - and racial - ethnic - or cultural background.
Task Needs
Simile
Demographic Audience Analysis
Strategic Organization
46. A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.
Articulation
Chronological Order
Audience-Centeredness
Invalid Analogy
47. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
Egocentrism
Strategic Organization
Bibliography
Speaker
48. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.
Feedback
Denotative Meaning
Hidden Agenda
Repetition
49. A pause that occurs when a speaker fills the silence between words with vocalizations such as - 'uh -' 'um -' and 'er.'
Brief Example
Emergent Leader
Vocalized Pause
Ethos
50. The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects - actions - or ideas.
Feedback
Attitude
Imagery
Rhetorical Question