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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. It is fine to use slang in your speech.
a. True
b. False
2. One of the best ways to improve when you are giving a speech in a second language is to practice in front of friends
who are native speakers.
a. True
b. False
3. Because casual swearing is injected into regular conversation today, profanity and vulgarity are considered appropriate
language.
a. True
b. False
4. A speaker is much more likely to speak vividly if he/she avoids considering the physical or psychological meanings of
the words used.
a. True
b. False
5. Constructing an antithesis involves combining contrasting ideas in the same sentence.
a. True
b. False
6. A dialect is a unique form of a more general language spoken by a specific cultural or co-cultural group.
a. True
b. False
7. Using accurate language means using words that convey the meaning you intend.
a. True
b. False
8. According to scholars, verbal communication rules and expectations vary from culture to culture.
a. True
b. False
9. Speakers should use present tense because listeners are more likely to be interested in information they perceive as
timely.
a. True
b. False
10. Speakers should avoid using plural personal pronouns such as “we” in their speeches.
a. True
b. False
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11. When JFK used the phrase, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” he
was using _____________?
a. a simile
b. a metaphor
c. antithesis
d. alliteration
12. If a speaker appeals to the senses of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling, then he/she is relying on
__________________.
a. sensory language
b. precise words
c. rhetorical figures of speech
d. vivid cues
13. ______________ is a word’s direct, explicit meaning given by its speech community.
a. Denotation
b. Demarcation
c. Connotation
d. Context
14. What is problematic with a speaker stating, “Guys, we can make a difference in the fight against violence if we just
organize our resources”?
a. the use of generic language
b. the use of vague language
c. the suggestion of a problem
d. begging for help
15. Using language that is adapted to the needs, interests, knowledge, and attitudes of your listeners and avoiding
language that might alienate anyone is called _______________.
a. emphasizing important information
b. speaking vividly
c. understanding meaning
d. speaking appropriately
16. Language that reduces the psychological distance between you and your audience is known as:
a. verbal immediacy.
b. common ground.
c. assonance.
d. linguistic sensitivity.
17. The use of words that sound like the things they stand for, such as “buzz” and “hiss”, is known as
_____________________.
a. personification
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b. hyperbole
c. onomatopoeia
d. exaggeration
18. Nonstandard vocabulary and definitions assigned to words by a social group or co-culture is called _________.
a. jargon
b. connotation
c. detonation
d. slang
19. Language that uses words that apply to only one sex, race, or other group as though that group represents everyone is
called ________.
a. nonparallel language
b. specific language
c. generic language
d. sensory language
20. When terms are changed because of the sex, race, or other group characteristics of the individual, the speaker is using:
a. generic language
b. specific language
c. nonparallel language
d. vivid language
21. What are the two common forms of nonparallel language?
a. marking and irrelevant association
b. marking and generic language
c. irrelevant association and generic language
d. marking and linguistic sensitivity
22. Saying, “The elderly gentlemen in the black suit and red tie entered the neighborhood grocery” instead of “The man
went to the store” is an example of a speaker ___________.
a. using denotation
b. speaking quickly
c. using specific language
d. speaking complexly
23. The phrase “How now brown cow” is an example of ___________________.
a. assonance
b. hyperbole
c. personification
d. exaggeration
24. Attributing human qualities to a concept or an inanimate object is known as ________________.
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. onomatopoeia
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d. personification
25. “Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran” is an example of _______________because of the repetition
of consonant sounds at the beginning words that are near one another.
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. repetition
d. onomatopoeia
26. While giving an anti-drug speech to a group of middle school students, a speaker attempts to use what she believes is
common teen slang. Rather than connecting with the audience, the speaker appears insincere because she did not consider
________________.
a. the formality of the occasion
b. the appropriateness of jargon in a speech
c. the level of sincerity expected by the audience
d. all of these are correct
27. “Hear the mellow wedding bells” is an example of ____________because of the repetition of vowel sounds.
a. alliteration
b. repetition
c. onomatopoeia
d. analogy
28. The positive, neutral, or negative feelings we associate with a word is called __________.
a. denotation
b. connotation
c. dialect
d. jargon
29. Unnecessary words interjected into sentences to fill moments of silence are known as ________________.
a. concrete words
b. precise words
c. vocalized pauses
d. vivid cues
30. The goal of oral style is to ___________.
a. adapt your language to the purpose
b. adapt your language to the audience
c. adapt your language to the occasion
d. all of these are correct
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Answer Key
1. False
2. True
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