Multiple Choice Questions

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1. What is the best way to keep an audience engaged when giving a speech?

· By presenting new information about the topic

· By presenting information the audience agrees with

· By presenting information the audience disagrees with

· By presenting information the audience already knows

2. What type of speaker tells jokes and talks with funny accents?

· Entertaining

· Informative

· Emotional

· Persuasive

3.What is one of the quickest way to lose an audience when giving a speech?

· By telling long stories

· By telling too many jokes

· By speaking over their heads

· By saying offensive things

4. Which form of media relies most heavily on oral communication?

· Radio

· Blog

· Newspaper

· Magazine

5. 'He runs like a cheetah' is an example of:

· Simile

· Metaphor

· Alliteration

· Analogy

6. When a person asks that a burger meal be 'supersized,' what kind of language is this?

· Slang

· Jargon

· Inclusive language

· Culture-specific language

7. A doctor yells to her nurse, 'Get me a suture kit. STAT!' What type of language is this?

· Slang

· Jargon

· An idiom

· An acronym

8. Two friends go to lunch together. One says to the other, 'Let's have a pepperoni pizza.' How might the other have responded that involves a connotation?

· You are speaking my language!

· I would like pepperoni as well.

· I would prefer Canadian bacon instead.

· Pepperoni is my favorite!

9.'A dog is a four-legged mammal' is an example of _____.

· Denotation

· Connotation

· Informal diction

· Abstract diction

10. 'The ocean air and the sound of palms whispering in the wind was enough to put any weary traveler to sleep' describes a scene on a tropical island. What type of vivid language is the speech writer using?

· Imagery

· Rhythm

· Metaphor

· Analogy