Contrived facial expressions have no influence on a speaker’s credibility.

True or false? 

Contrived facial expressions have no influence on a speaker’s credibility.

Choose the correct answer from the options below. 

Speeches are not given, they are ________________. 

Invoked

Imparted

Decreed

Delivered

Delegated

Choose the correct answer from the options below. 

Which of these are not offered as a benefit of visual aids?

All of these are

None of these are

Clarify words

Spark interest

Explain abstract ideas

Build emotional connections

Help draw conclusions

True or false? 

People in non-English speaking countries tend to read images and slides in a Z pattern. 

True or false?

Likert-type questions help analyze audiences through surveys that ask respondents to rank a written list of values from most to least important.

___________ refers to the process of speaker and audience becoming bonded through information discovery. 

Group of answer choices

Inference

Immersion

Implicit Connection

Interrogation

Identification

True or false?

All sources have bias. 

Choose the correct answer from the options below. 

Which of these is not discussed as a “type of example”? 

Rhetorical

Hypothetical

Extended

Brief

True or false?

When writing a speech, you can use clichés but you should avoid technical jargon, slang, and euphemisms.

Choose the correct answer from the options below. 

Which of these is not an example of paralepsis? 

I’m not saying he cheated; he just did uncharacteristically well on that exam.

If she wants to work for a crook, that’s her business.

Vegetables are good for you because they are natural.

I could say that I told you so, but I won’t

True or false?

_______________ is a technique in special occasion speeches that involves promoting positivity/goodwill among the people gathered and the honoree.