Exam 13: Delivering Your Speech: Nonverbal Messages Matter

Which of the following is a common mispronunciation error?

Pauses are perceived the same in all cultures.

If you don't have a neutral dialect, this doesn't mean your dialect is "bad."

Audience members rely on a speaker's ______ to reveal what's behind the speaker's words.

Of all the facial cues you exhibit, none does more to affect your relationship with your audience than the presence or absence of ______.

Which of the following is an acceptable gesture?

Why is your appearance important when giving a speech?

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

It is beneficial to have a single, all-purpose gesture.

Which of the following is a way your audience can respond nonverbally?

How can you work to get rid of verbal fillers?

A speaker whose ______ are stiff and unnatural may be perceived as uptight, undynamic, and unsure.

When you say words in a ______ during a speech, it means you are not happy.

Describe how the speaker's position in relationship to an audience matters.

The speaker's ______ in relationship to an audience matters.

When you ______ an emotion, you try to replace one emotion with another to which you believe audience members will respond more favorably.

______ is the way you pronounce individual sounds.

Most people have grown accustomed to ______ speech, and prefer to listen either to it or to someone who sounds just like they themselves do.

Kinesics refers to ______.

In addition to what you say, which of the following communicates something about you almost immediately?