Impromptu Speech

There are strategies that can help in verbalizing thoughts.

• True

• False

Warming up before the speech can ease your tensed nerves.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In impromptu speaking, your audiences don’t care about your transitions anymore.

• True

• False

If you find the topic uninteresting, you say, “I don’t think the topic is stimulating

enough. I don’t like to say something about it.”

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Impromptu is definitely different from other forms of speeches.

• True

• False

Impromptu speaking challenges the speaker’s ability to organize ideas and deliver

effectively in a very short period.

• True

• False

Impromptu speaking challenges the speaker’s ability to organize ideas and deliver

effectively in a very short period.

• True

• False

One way to relax is to over-think.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Saying sorry because you did not prepare is appropriate in an impromptu speech.

• True

• False

After your speech, it is appropriate to say “Thank you” to the organizer for the speaking

opportunity.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5