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Teaching Chapters 27–32: Crafting Your Speech
Chapter 27: Modes of Delivery
Key Concepts
27-1 Demonstrate an ability to speak following the four modes of delivery.
Suggested Activities and Exercises
Identify and Discuss the Mode of Delivery
Ask students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of delivery. In addition,
Gather a Variety of Political and/or Student Speeches that Represent Each Mode of
Delivery
Show the clips to students and ask them to discuss the impact of each mode. Examples to
Situations and Modes of Delivery
Impromptu Speeches
Memorized Speeches
Have students compile a list of the potential dangers that may occur when presenting a speech
from memory. What precautions do they recommend to avoid these dangers?
Tests
Correct answers are marked with an asterisk. The places in the Compact Handbook where the
information was presented are shown in brackets.
True/False Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
6. Manuscript speaking is most appropriate _____.
7. All of the following are ways to prepare for extemporaneous delivery of a speech except
_____.
8. When the style of the speech is extremely important, what mode of delivery is most likely
used?
9. When preparing for an extemporaneous speech you should first _____.
10. When your instructor delivers a planned and practiced lecture on the importance of public
speaking in an electronic age, he/she is most likely using which mode of delivery?
Essay and Short Answer Questions
11. You are in a department meeting when your boss surprises you by asking you to speak
about the new internship program in the accounting department. Reflecting on the