Exam 13: Delivering Your Speech: Nonverbal Messages Matter

Our optimal pitch is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.

Studies suggest that audience members attribute more meaning to nonverbal communication than to words.

The study of ______, or body language, includes a consideration of gestures, body movements, facial expressions, eye behavior, and posture.

Our ______ pitch is the level at which we speak most often.

Your clothing and grooming are which of the following?

Don't make any silly ______ or nervous sounds as you approach your speaking location.

Which of the following is something that audiences form opinions on based on your body language?

With rising and/or falling ______, you can give a sentence very different meanings from genuinely expressing happiness, to sarcasm, to distain.

How are feedback and eye contact related?

Talk to the audience not just with words but with your ______.

The amount of space between presenter and receivers can create a sense of immediacy or distance between them, depending on how far apart they are.

The average rate at which we speak is between ______ words per minute.

Hold your hands stiffly at your sides will likely make you look ______.

______ is the highness or lowness of your voice on a tonal scale.

______ refers to the use of space and distance in communication.

Which of the following is an example of paralinguistic cues?

The adequacy of your voice influences audience perceptions of your credibility as a speaker.

Letting your arms hang naturally and loosely at your sides tends to make you appear ______.

Don't make any silly ______ or nervous sounds as you approach your speaking location.

The adequacy of your voice influences audience perceptions of your credibility as a speaker.