Coms Chapter 5

Which is the best advice to use in working on effective eye contact?

Distribute your gaze evenly.

According to our text, when using a manuscript it is most important to remember to:

Express yourself naturally and communicate your personality

Which is the most appropriate mode of delivery for students in a basic course in public speaking?

Extemporaneous

Which of the following occasion is most appropriate for a memorized speech?

Facing a hostile audience

A full content planning outline should be used as appropriate notes when speaking extemporaneously

False

A manuscript speech should only be used when a speaker has the use of a teleprompter.

False

Because using a manuscript requires a speaker to present their message word for word, an audience does not expect the usual expectations about eye contact.

False

Delivery is primarily comprised of voice and language choices.

False

If your pronunciation is good it matters little if your articulation from time to time is not sharp or crisp.

False

Rate is important to a speaker because on average Americans rate of speech is between 140 and 170 words per minute.

False

When you have had little or no time to prepare your speech, but get up and speak about what you think you had prepared, you are using extemporaneous delivery.

False

When you work to increase your vocal projection as a speaker you need to manage breathing from beneath your chest area effectively.

False

Which are the primary modes for delivering a speech?

Manuscript, impromptu, memorization, extemporaneous

Some people speak nonstop but effective speakers know how to pause effectively. Pauses serve multiple purposes. Which one below is not a purpose? identified in the text?

Pauses can add color, expression and feeling

All of the following are relevant aspects of speech preparation. However the key to successful manuscript speaking is:

Practice

Often an annoying distraction in a speaker's delivery is the frequent use of non-fluencies. Which statement below is not advice the authors offer for eliminating non-fluencies?

Record your speech and count the number of non-fluencies in the speech.

Pitch refers to:

The vocal range or key your voice produces

An individual's level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons are referred to as communication apprehension.

True

Articulation refers to production of sound and how precisely we form our words.

True

Gestures that are large and sweeping can help in speaking to a large audience and these same gestures are likely to look awkward to a small audience.

True

No other aspect of nonverbal behavior is more important as eye contact.

True

Pauses can add both power and control to your speech.

True

While pauses can work for you non-fluencies can distract your audience;

True

Which statement below is the best advice for speaking extemporaneously?

Use your notes as a prompter and not as a script

What does extemporaneous delivery refer to?

Using notes in some sort of key word outline form as a guide

What's the metaphor that Dr. Gale used for trying to eliminate verbal non-fluencies?

Weeding a garden

One of the strategies listed below is not a strategy for reducing communication apprehension when giving a speech. Which one is it?

When feeling nervous shift your gaze above the heads of the audience slightly.