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Paralinguistics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Definition of Tone

a)

The way we use our voice to convey meaning, emotions, and attitudes.

b)

how high or low the note sounds.

c)

a measurement that refers to a sound wave's loudness, amplitude, or intensity

d)

the speed at which you speak

2.

Definitions of Pitch

a)

speed at which we speak and how it can show urgency, enthusiasm, or calmness

b)
  • the rise and fall of our voice during speech, it can show the emphasis, sarcasm, or uncertainty.

c)
  • loudness or softness of our voice, it can show confidence, assertiveness, or vulnerability

d)
  • highness or lowness of our voice, it can show emotions such as excitement, anger, or sadness

3.

Definition of Volume

a)
  • highness or lowness of our voice, it can show emotions such as excitement, anger, or sadness

b)
  • loudness or softness of our voice, it can show confidence, assertiveness, or vulnerability

c)
  •  the rise and fall of our voice during speech, it can show the emphasis, sarcasm, or uncertainty.

d)
  • speed at which we speak and how it can show urgency, enthusiasm, or calmness

4.

Definition of Rate of speech

a)
  •  highness or lowness of our voice, it can show emotions such as excitement, anger, or sadness

b)
  •  the stress we use on certain words or phrases, it can show importance, urgency, or significance.

c)
  • speed at which we speak and how it can show urgency, enthusiasm, or calmness

d)
  • loudness or softness of our voice, it can show confidence, assertiveness, or vulnerability

5.

Definition of Intonation

a)
  • loudness or softness of our voice, it can show confidence, assertiveness, or vulnerability

b)
  • he stress we use on certain words or phrases, it can show importance, urgency, or significance.

c)
  • speed at which we speak and how it can show urgency, enthusiasm, or calmness

d)
  •  the rise and fall of our voice during speech, it can show the emphasis, sarcasm, or uncertainty.

6.

Definition of Emphasis

a)
  • the stress we use on certain words or phrases, it can show importance, urgency, or significance.

b)
  • loudness or softness of our voice, it can show confidence, assertiveness, or vulnerability

c)
  • highness or lowness of our voice, it can show emotions such as excitement, anger, or sadness

d)
  • the rise and fall of our voice during speech, it can show the emphasis, sarcasm, or uncertainty.

7.

Definition of Paralinguistics

a)

movements in the face that are used to show a person's emotional state

b)

the process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.

c)

Paralinguistics is used when your talking and expressing your feelings by using tone.

d)

How you're dressed and how the expresses how you could be feeling

8.

Who Invented Paralinguistics?

a)

Issac Newton

b)

George L. Trager

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Michael Faraday

9.

What University did they hold the conference at?

a)

UCLA

b)

Indiana

c)

Oxford

d)

Stanford

10.

When was Paralinguistics Invented

a)

1942

b)

1934

c)

1827

d)

1950