Question 1.Dialogue is a strategy for creating personification in a speech.

a. True

b. False

Question 2.Your presentation outline should be limited to key words, except in the introduction and conclusion.

a. True

b. False

Question 3.The preparation outline should be prepared first The presentation outline should be created after the preparation outline is complete.

a. True

b. False

Question 4.Because issues in the public forum have become more complex, the grand style is used much more often nowadays than the middle style or the plain style.

a. True

b. False

Question 5.Explicitly stating your purpose in the introduction is particularly appropriate when you have a captive audience.

a. True

b. False

Question 6.In a preparation outline, all Roman numeral and capital letter points should be stated in complete sentences.

a. True

b. False

Question 7.Vividness makes a speech more interesting and also easier to understand. Of the following resources, which helps to create vividness in a speech?

a. references to hypothetical people

b. personification

c. comparisons

d. stories

e. all of these

Question 8.Which of the following is a strategy that promotes clarity in a speech?

a. word economy

b. metaphor

c. repetition

d. stories

e. personification

Question 9.Citing statistics in the introduction works best when:

a. they are drawn from a national survey.

b. they are rounded off.

c. they contradict beliefs commonly held by the listeners.

d. they confirm beliefs commonly held by the listeners.

e. they are accompanied by visual aids.

Question 10The most effective introductions are prepared in outline form.

True

False