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DSST The Art Of Public Speaking
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1. The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.

2. An analogy in which the two cases being compared are not essentially alike.

3. A word or phrase that connects the ideas of a speech and indicates the relationship between them.

4. A speech delivered with little or no immediate preparation.

5. Creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people - usually be assuming that all members of the group are alike.

6. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

7. Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself giving a successful presentation.

8. Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

9. The credibility of a speaker produced by everything he says and does during the speech.

10. A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in his speech.

11. Presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed.

12. A process in which speakers seek to create a bond with the audience by emphasizing common values - goals - and experiences.

13. Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.

14. A structured conversation on a given topic among several people in front of an audience.

15. Anything that impedes the communication of a message. It can be internal or external to listeners.

16. Reiteration of the same word or set of words at the beginning or end of successive causes or sentences.

17. The time and place in which speech communication occurs.

18. The tendency of people to be concerned above all with their own values - beliefs -

19. The similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words - phrases - or sentences.

20. The audiences perception of whether a speaker is qualified to speak on a given topic.

21. 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.

22. Whatever a speaker communicates to a someone else.

23. A speech that is written out word for word and is read to the audience.

24. Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting it or rejecting it.

25. The study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication.

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