Speech Delivery Techniques Quiz

What does vocal variety in a speech refer to?

• Using different types of paper for the speech

• Using different languages and dialects in the speech

• Using different fonts and colors in the speech

• Using different speaking speeds and changing between soft and loud speaking volumes

What is an example of a rhetorical device used in language to structure an argument?

• Repetition

• Underlining

• Bolding

• Italicizing

What does the speaker's pacing back and forth indicate during a speech?

• Feeling sleepy

• Feeling proud

• Feeling agitated

• Feeling calm

What does the use of props in a speech help to achieve?

• Emphasize what the speaker is saying

• Distract the audience

• Confuse the audience

• Bore the audience

What does Governor Ann Richards convey about herself through her language in the speech?

• She's from an ordinary background

• She's a professional athlete

• She's from a royal family

• She's a famous celebrity

What does Governor Richards do with her hands when she talks about the dominoes?

• Puts her hands in her pockets

• Holds a microphone

• Claps her hands

• Wiggles her fingers like she's putting down dominoes

What impression does Governor Richards give by opening up the letter from the young mother?

• That it's a letter from a famous person

• That it's a letter from a politician

• That it's a real letter she received

• That it's a fake letter she made up

What does the vocal variety in Governor Richards' delivery of the last two sentences convey?

• She sounds bored

• She sounds angry

• She sounds excited

• She sounds tired

What rhetorical device does Governor Richards use when she repeatedly says 'That's wrong'?

• Repetition

• Contradiction

• Agreement

• Explanation

What does the repetition of 'That's wrong' make you feel about Governor Richards' points?

• It feels like they're piling on each other

• It feels like they're agreeing with each other

• It feels like they're contradicting each other

• It feels like they're explaining each other