Public Speaking Basics

When identifying the audience, which of the following are the four things we must know?

• Age, number of people, education level and experience, gender
• personality, number of people, age, gender
• ethnicity, age, number of people, occasion
• age, number of people, education level and experience, occasion

The type of speech used to encourage the audience to take action is_____________________.

• informative
• persuasive
• inspirational
• motivational

The basic format of a speech contains _________________.

• introduction, body, points, support, application and conclusion
• connection, introduction, preview, body and conclusion
• preview, introduction, body, review and conclusion
• introduction, connection, preview, body, review and conclusion

The use of someone else's ideas without given them credit is called __________________.

• copying
• stealing
• plagiarism
• cheating

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In which position should a microphone be held?

• horizontally out from you rmouth
• vertically at your chin
• at your belly button or eyes
• held loose and thrown around

Blake wants to add depth to his presentation about social networking. In order to achieve this he can use _______________________.

• activities and videos
• slides and videos
• props and activities
• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Amber would like to involve the audience while she gives a speech. She can ______________ to achieve this.

• use eye contact
• read
• use hand gestures
• none of these

_____________________ sets the mood of the speech from the very beginning.

• pitch
• tone
• mood
• volume

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_________________________ allows the speaker to either take a breath or allows time for the audience to take in what was just said.

• discussion
• yawning
• clapping
• pausing