Across
- 2. signposts
- 6. evaluations.
- 7. The stress or emphasis placed on a syllable when it is pronounced.
- 9. they modify and interrupt the air stream emitted from the lungs.
- 10. are of two major types: filled pauses (interruptions in
- 12. The speed with which you speak, generally measured in words
- 13. to achieve _______, use active verbs, strong verbs, figures of speech, and imagery.
- 15. minute.
- 16. pitch The relative highness or lowness of your voice as perceived by your listeners.
- 17. ______ is language enables you to direct the audience's attention, thoughts, and feelings.
- 21. economical - don't wast words
- 22. sentences A type of sentence in which the key word is
- 23. at the end of the sentence.
- 24. organized in detail and in which certain aspects of style are
- 25. speech A speech that is thoroughly prepared
- 27. An overused expression that has lost its novelty and part of
- 28. speech A speech given without any explicit prior preparation.
- 29. sentences A type of sentence patterning in which contrasting ideas are placed together in parallel style.
- 31. and often considered improper.
- 33. ethnic expressions
- 35. facial expressions display your _______ when delivering your speech. Examples would be anger or fear, boredom or excitement, doubt or surprise.
- 37. The reasoned judgment of some work; although often
- 38. meaning and that calls attention to itself because of its overuse,
- 41. imagery to create word "pictures" of people or objects. When appropriate, describe such visual qualities as height, weight, color, size, shape, length, and contour.
- 42. assess idioms
- 43. follow the following guidelines:
- 44. pauses (silences of unusually long duration).
Down
- 1. hesitations, too many intensifiers, tag questions, self-critical statements and slang/vulgar expressions are also called _______?
- 3. patterns When a speaker keeps their voices at the same pitch, volume, and rate throughout the speech (not a good idea)
- 4. speech This type of speech might allow you the freedom to move about and otherwise concentrate on delivery - it doesn't allow for the speaker to adjust to the audience feedback (not a good idea!)
- 5. as "tall, dark, and handsome" as a description of a man.
- 7. Speak on the appropriate level of formality
- 8. The technical language of any specialized group, often a professional class, that is unintelligible to individuals not belonging to the group; "shop talk."
- 9. The physiological movements of the speech organs
- 11. speech A speech designed to be read verbatim from a script.
- 14. accepted standard; for example, as presented in a dictionary.
- 15. style Audiences favor speakers who speak in a ____ rather then an impersonal style - speakers who speak with them rather than to them.
- 18. Language used by particular groups that is highly informal,
- 19. that are filled with such vocalizations as "er" or "um") and
- 20. with fault finding, criticism can involve both positive or
- 23. The production of syllables or words according to
- 26. imagery wording that lets the audience feel the temperature and texture of the object you are talking about.
- 29. imagery describe sounds; let your listeners hear the car's tires screeching, the wind whistling, the bells chiming, the angry professor roaring.
- 30. patterns a vocal pattern in which, for example, the volume levels vary but they are always in the same sequence.
- 32. trite sayings that are worn out because of constant usage. A few examples: "Honesty is the best policy;" "If I can't do it well, I won't do it at all."
- 34. short, familiar terms
- 36. style The style of spoken discourse. When compared with written style, consists of shorter, simpler, and more familiar words; more qualification, self-reference terms, allness terms, verbs and adverbs; and more concrete terms and terms indicative of consciousness of projection—for example, "as I see it."
- 39. Language used by particular groups that is highly informal,
- 40. sentences convey ideas in similar/matching style for ease of comprehension and memory.