Exam 9: Improving Your Speaking Skills

What's a good way to add interest to your speaking?

A good vocabulary allows you to present your ideas with:

When you ask a question in standard English, the ____________________ of your voice rises toward the end of the sentence.

A good speaker varies the volume of his or her voice.

The ____________________ of your voice refers to its intensity or loudness.

Which of the following is not good advice when speaking informally in a group?

Which of the following is important in creating a good first impression?

A(n) ____________________ is a list of topics to be discussed at a meeting.

A speaker's words have far greater impact on an audience than his or her appearance does.

What is a good way to emphasize an important point when speaking?

Being an assertive speaker means seeking to dominate group discussions.

Changing aspects of other people's communication style by getting them to mirror yours is called ____________________.

Which of the following does promote effective communication in a conversation?

A person's ____________________ of voice reveals his or her feelings and attitudes.

Where should you not talk on a cell phone?

What's a good way to prepare for a presentation?

Enunciation refers to the clarity with which you speak.

Emphasizing the wrong syllable in a word is an error in:

Which of the following does not promote effective communication in a conversation?

Dialects are the form of American English spoken by national news broadcasters.