speed 1- LESSON 4

1. Paula is extremely nervous and speaks at a very rapid pace with no breaks for her entire speech. Her audience has a hard time processing the contents and information of her speech. What suggestion might audience members offer to Paula for future speech performances?

 

•  A.Pause between main points

•  B. Use a microphone 

•  C. Use better notes

• D.Practice less in advance of the speech 

2. Someone comes into a room and says, “You look really tired!” to you.  Which of the following would most likely have prompted that comment?

• A.  You look excited for your day 

• B.  You have poor posture 

• C.  You got a great night’s sleep 

• D.  Your eye contact is direct and focused 

3.Maria cares deeply about audience interaction. What would be a good strategy to ensure she looks around the audience and makes eye contact with most members of the audience?

 

• A.Use binoculars to see the back rows of her audience 

• B.Wave at everyone in the audience throughout the entire speech

• C. Go into the audience during her speech and personally shake everyone’s hand.

• D.  Look at a different audience member for most sentences during her speech.

4. What message does the nonverbal gestures and body language used by this politician most communicate?

• A. Weakness 

• B. Strength 

• C. Softness 

• D. Fragility

5. Which action best describes an example of nonverbal communication?

• A. Beatriz using her hands to gesture when appropriate and making eye-contact with the audience 

• B. Melanie insisting on using a microphone for her speech so everyone in the room can clearly hear her. 

• C. Philando raising and lowering the tone and pitch of his voice throughout his speech to set a particular mood for the audience. 

• D. Johan speaking quickly without pausing 

6. Posture keeps your body open and exposed to your audience. How would you suggest this person changes their posture for their speech?

• A.  Gesture wildly with arms 

• B.  Unfold arms and loosen facial expression

• C.  Point angrily at audience

• D.  Try to look more serious 

Marco is speaking to a very distracted audience.  Marco knows, ideally, the speaker should be looking at the members of the audience, AND the members of the audience should be looking back at the speaker.  Marco knows he only has control over himself during a presentation and the ways that he chooses to communicate are important. What should Marco do?

 

•  A. Maintain a positive attitude and speak directly to the people who are most engaged with his talk 

• B. Stop talking in the middle of his speech. 

•  C. Yell at the audience for not listening to him 

•  D. Ask his teacher to reschedule his speech until his audience is ready to behave 

8.Which facial expression best exhibits happiness and eye-contact with an audience?

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9. Whose appearance would be most likely considered to be professional and speech-ready for a formal presentation?

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10.Which gesture is most appropriate if a speaker is trying to explain the size of a small paperclip?

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