Solutions – 2025/2026
The conclusion should not include - ANS✔✔ the speakers credentials **
To convey ideas through a story, using character, plot, settings, and imagery, use a _______
pattern of arrangement. - ANS✔✔ narrative
"A theory is like a set of glasses we put on to look through" is an example of - ANS✔✔ an
analogy.
Previewing the speech in the introduction - ANS✔✔ tells the audience the order in which the
main points will be addressed.
_________ points in an outline are of roughly equal importance and weight in the speech. -
ANS✔✔ Coordinate
Impromptu means - ANS✔✔ improvised and unpracticed.
The speech body should follow logically from the introduction, and the conclusion should follow
logically from the body. - ANS✔✔ true
To help your audience follow your speech do all of the following except - ANS✔✔ employ
rhetorical devices such as repetition and parallelism.
The full-sentence speaking outline allows for greater eye contact with the audience. - ANS✔✔
false
, The audience must be able to understand and relate to the speaker's language. - ANS✔✔ true
One key to achieving effective vocal variety is - ANS✔✔ enthusiasm.
A person delivering a speech who remains steadily positioned in one place behind a podium is
known as a(n) - ANS✔✔ talking head.
A metaphor compares one thing to another, using like or as to do so. - ANS✔✔ false
Before creating the working outline, organize the main points and subpoints of the speech in a
delivery outline. - ANS✔✔ true**
Forms of expression that make striking comparisons between the unfamiliar and the known,
allowing listeners to more quickly grasp meaning, are called - ANS✔✔ figures of speech.
An effective way of gaining audience attention is to pose a question. - ANS✔✔ true
Beginning a speech by telling a story can personalize issues and make your topic relevant. -
ANS✔✔ true
In which type of speech does the speaker challenge audience members to use what they have
learned in a way that benefits them? - ANS✔✔ informative
Speech humor should always match the audience, topic, purpose, and - ANS✔✔ occasion.
with a speaking outline, - ANS✔✔ condense full sentences into key words or phrases.
Abstract language is specific, tangible, and definite. - ANS✔✔ false