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Debate

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is voice modulation?

a)

Speaking loudly without shouting.

b)

How you control your voice when speaking.

c)

A breathing practice used by singers.

d)

Stressing important words in a sentence.

2.

What is controlled through voice modulation?

a)

Tone, stress on words, pitch, and changing the rate of speech.

b)

Tone, speed of speech, and volume.

c)

Volume and rate of speech.

d)

Alliteration, metaphors, and similes.

3.

A (a)   while moving from one topic to another will make your speech more palatable.

4.

Why should you avoid 'ah's and 'um's?

a)

It bores the audience

b)

It makes it sound like you haven't practiced

c)

It makes you appear uninformed on the topic

d)

All of the above

5.

What is intonation?

a)

Voice modulation

b)

What we say

c)

How we say things

d)

A metaphor

6.

What intonation do 'yes/no' questions have?

a)

Rising

b)

Falling

c)

Flat

d)

Rise-fall

7.

Patterns of pitch (a)   are essential to a phrase's meaning.

8.

What intonation do wh- questions have?

a)

Fall-rise

b)

Flat

c)

Rising

d)

Falling

e)

Rise-fall

9.

What is enunciation?

a)

The pronunciation of a word

b)

Articulating words clearly according to the rules governing the language

c)

Pronouncing words clearly with the correct intonation

d)

Intonation patters when used erratically

10.

How can you increase your volume when speaking?

a)

Open mouth, closed teeth

b)

Shoulders back, deep breaths

c)

Shoulders back, head down

d)

Chin up, shoulders forward

11.

How long do you have for team discussion and planning at the start?

a)

20 mins

b)

10mins

c)

15 mins

d)

25 mins

12.

What constitutes good debate etiquette?

a)

Arriving early to check out the stage

b)

Rebutting the opposing team

c)

Showing active listening

d)

Arriving with one minute to spare

13.

What do you need in your argument?

a)

Logos

b)

All of the above

c)

Ethos

d)

Pathos

14.

What is Logos?

a)

Logical appeal to the argument

b)

Ethical appeal to the argument

c)

Connecting emotionally to the audience

d)

Emotional appeal

15.

What is Pathos?

a)

Logical appeal

b)

Ethical Appeal

c)

Emotional Appeal

d)

All of the above

16.

What is Ethos?

a)

Ethical appeal

b)

Logical appeal

c)

Emotional appeal

d)

A Greek God

17.

How do you communicate when the other team is speaking?

a)

You don't

b)

Whisper

c)

Pass notes

d)

Through gestures

18.

How many points should the second speaker make?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

What's the role of the third speaker?

a)

summarise

b)

point and summarise

c)

rebut and summarise

d)

rebut and final point