Exam 13: Delivering Your Speech: Nonverbal Messages Matter

Even as you approach the speaker's stand, you are sending what types of messages to your audience?

Which of the following is an appropriate time to pause in your speech?

You communicate to your audience before you even begin speaking.

John looks very distant and closed off as he is giving his speech. Of the following, what is John likely doing with his gestures?

______ is the loudness or softness of the voice, its intensity.

______ refers to the use of space and distance in communication.

______ are nonverbal symbols that have a direct verbal translation and are widely understood by the members of a culture.

When you ______ an emotion, you exaggerate your facial expressions to reflect the degree of expression you believe audience members expect you to exhibit.

A/an ______ is a speech pattern characteristic of a group of people from a particular area or of a specific ethnicity.

On the day you give your speech, be sure to ______.

______ signals that the lines of communication are open between speaker and listeners.

Talk to the audience not just with words but with your ______.

When you ______ an emotion, you diminish your facial expressions so that audience members will judge your behavior as more acceptable.

Our habitual pitch is the level at which we speak most often.

______ signals that the lines of communication are open between speaker and listeners.

Audience members are better able to concentrate on what you have to say when they ______.

______ contact allows for a sharing between speaker and the audience.

Which of the following is a mood you would express through a quicker speaking rate?

Our optimal pitch is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.

Proxemics refers to ______.