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Use of breaks to add emphasis

• Pause

• Volume

• Rate

• Pitch

highness or lowness

• Pause

• Volume

• Rate

• Pitch

loudness or softness

• Pause

• Volume

• Rate

• Pitch

fastness or slowness

• Pause

• Volume

• Rate

• Pitch

Which of the following should be emulated from good speakers?

• How they connect with the audience

• How they laugh

• How they walk away from the stage

• How they walk

Which of the following statements about speech delivery is true?

• Public speaking is a talent and cannot be learned

• Speech delivery is about pronouncing words perfectly

• Effective speech delivery means connecting with the audience and communicating the message

• Good delivery lies in the intellectual words used in the speech

Which of the following is an effective speech delivery technique?

• Rarely look the audience in the eye.

• Pause to emphasize words.

• Always be formal and serious.

• Use filler words to avoid dead air.

Constant _____________ makes perfect.

Eye contact of the speaker suggests sincerity or hypocrisy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

One cause of a speaker’s nervousness is being unprepared.

• TRUE

• FALSE