PS Unit 4 Quiz

In which situation would an impromptu speech be required and appropriate?

• when you are making an important presentation for a class grade

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    when you are introducing a guest speaker at a club

• when you are instructing an audience in a complex task

• when you are answering questions in an interview

Which is not a technique speakers use to read from a script effectively?

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    They read the words without stopping.

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    They mark the script with cues about expressions and gestures.

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    They memorize the opening and closing.

• They look up from the script often.shajksha

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which is an example of a primary source?

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    an analysis of a play

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    a play

• a biography of a playwright

• a historian's explanation of the setting of a play

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which gesture would best reinforce the following words as a speaker says them: "At the end of the song, the volume of the choir and orchestra drops off to almost a whisper"?

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    two hands brought together with a clap in front of the chest

• a hand raised swiftly from waist height to chest height

• a hand held up at chest height, then slowly lowered to waist height

• wo hands outstretched toward the audienceconcont

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How can you, as a listener, silently let a speaker know that you understand the idea she is presenting?

• Fidget with your pencil and notebook.

• Slump in your chair and look away.

• Sit straight and still.

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    Smile and nod slightly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7