Voice and Diction
The normal reading rate falls between ________.
150-180 wpm
Before her speech, Brianna got very nervous, had sweaty palms, and her knees shook. She likely experienced _________.
Communication Apprehension
Amplification of sound in the cavities of the vocal tract is called quality.
False
Changing your habitual pitch to coincide with your optimum pitch is very complicated.
False
Combining two consonant sounds together is called a diphthong.
False
Frequency and pitch are both subjective terms.
False
It has been said the human voice is the only and most accurate indicator of a person's physical and emotional state.
False
The [al] sound is described as a voiceless diphthong sound.
False
The [l] sound is described as the voiced, lingua-alveolar, glide sound.
False
The [r] sound is described as the voiceless, lingua-palatal, glide sound.
False
The [s] sound is described as the voice, lingua-alveolar, fricative sound.
False
The [ɵ] sound is described as the voiced, lingua-dental, fricative sound.
False
The lips, teeth and nose are articulators.
False
The speech process consists of seven distinct phases.
False
We all have the same way of communicating.
False
We associate loud voices with timid people.
False
We indicate doubt or a question with a falling inflection.
False
When excited, people generally tend to speak at a slower rate.
False
When you speak in a pitch that is naturally suited to your vocal mechanism, you are using your habitual pitch.
False
Linguists generally identify how many regional dialects?
Four
Pausing is used for controlling rate. However, it is also used for _______.
Meaning, change of ideas and emphasis
The ______ "key" corresponds to your optimum pitch.
Medium
Distractions in communication caused by someone operating a jackhammer outside would be called _______.
Noise
There are four first aid treatments that can be done immediately prior to speaking to reduce anxiety. One treatment is to look for friendly faces in the audiences. Additional ways to reduce anxiety on the spot are to:
Pause before you speak.
Falling inflection generally indicates ________.
Questions
There are two types of anxiety, one is trait, the other one is ________.
Situational
A foreign accent means that you learned to speak a second language with the sound you acquired with your first language.
True
A step is a change in pitch occurring between words or phrases.
True
Communication noise may result in a breakdown of the communication process.
True
Encoding is the process of searching for words to express an idea.
True
Intensity is the physical characteristic associated with loudness.
True
International Phonetic Alphabet symbols are always enclosed in brackets.
True
Molecules are involved in the transmission of sound.
True
Pausing is considered a verbal punctuation.
True
People not only listen to what you say, but how you say it.
True
Perspiration is one physical symptom that can be experienced during stage fright.
True
Speech patterns can be changed, even when one is an adult.
True
Steps are abrupt changes in pitch between uttering syllables and words.
True
The [d] sound is described as the voiced, lingua-velar, plosive sound.
True
The [el] sound is described as a voice diphthong sound.
True
The [h] sound is described as the voiceless, glottal, fricative sound.
True
The [j] sound is described as the voiced, lingua-palatal, glide sound.
True
The [m] sound is described as the voiced, bi-labial, nasal sound.
True
The [ʃ] sound is described as the voiceless, lingua-palatal, fricative sound.
True
The air released during speech requires a longer period than that for the releasing of air during quiet breathing.
True
The educated people in your area use what is considered standard speech.
True
The process of hearing is called audition.
True
The process of learning to discriminated speech sounds accurately is called speech discrimination or ear training.
True
To be an effective communicator, you should be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses, and work to improve the weak areas.
True
To increase the strength of your vibrations, you must increase the force behind the breath stream.
True
Voice quality associated with a "cold in the nose" is an example of denasality.
True
We speak normally at a rate of approximately 150 words per minute.
True
We usually give the end of a phrase a downward inflection.
True
When you have a dislike for the speaker, you have created listener-generated noise.
True
This vowel sound [u] is heard in which of the following words?
blue
[ʧᴂʈ]
chat
An important dome-shaped muscle, which plays a major role in respiration, is the ________.
diaphragm
This vowel sound [i] is heard in the first position in this word.
diction
We speak the same way in all situations.
false
The five steps in the production of speech (in order) are:
innervation, breathing, phonation, resonance, and articulation
This vowel sound [a] is heard in the last position in this word.
jaw
[ʤƐɭo]
jello
The cricoid, thyroid, and arytenoid cartilages are important elements of the structure called the ________.
larynx
The three elements necessary to produce any sound are:
medium, vibrator, and force
[ pæt ]
pat
[fon]
phone
The _________ of our speaking voice depends on the length, mass and tension of our vocal folds.
pitch or frequency.
Short, small, tense objects tend to vibrate _______.
rapidly
[ rɛd ]
red
[si]
sea
[ ʃap ]
shop
In quiet breathing, the inhalation and exhalation phases last ______ amounts of time.
the same or similar
[ɵᴧm]
thumb
The Adam's apple is another name for the _________ cartilage.
thyroid
When we exhale, our diaphragm moves in a(n) _______ direction.
upward
[ ʍɪʧ ]
which/witch
