24. Preparation For Oral Reading

Question 1

_____ of a book are not wide enough to permit making notations to assist the reader

Answer 1

Margins

Question 2

The typical manner in which most books are printed ____ lend itself to oral reading

Answer 2

Does not

Question 3

_____ the selection you are preparing for oral reading

Answer 3

Type

Question 4

Do not end the page…?

Answer 4

In the middle of a sentence

Question 5

Use ____ spacing or even ____ spacing

Answer 5

Double, triple

Question 6

Allow _____ inch margins on both sides for notations

Answer 6

Two or two and a half

Question 7

Record your selection:

Answer 7

To learn the selection by reading and listening to it simultaneously

To analyze any problems you may hear in your reading

Question 8

Every good introduction should have two objectives:?

Answer 8

Presentation of the necessary background info

Setting the mood for reading so that the audience will be ready to respond

Question 9

Reading should not be ______, nor should it a biography of the ____ be presented

Answer 9

Summarized, author

Question 10

The Constitutional Essay Contest

Answer 10

Requires the student to write his essay, submit it, and to memorize it for reading in a contest

Question 11

Readings for cutting are taken usually from three prose categories:?

Answer 11

Descriptive prose
Expository prose
Narrative prose

Question 12

Prose

Answer 12

Refers to any literature that is not poetry or drama

Question 13

Descriptive prose relies primarily on?

Answer 13

Imagery, which stimulates the senses

Question 14

Cutting descriptive prose is not easy

Answer 14

One can cut down but not cut out

Remove less significant details

Question 15

Expository prose includes:?

Answer 15

Essays, reports, journals, analysis, news stories, and magazine articles

Question 16

Purpose of expository prose?

Answer 16

To explain, to interpret, or to define

Question 17

In cutting selections from expository prose?

Answer 17

Read entire piece to grasp main thoughts, author’s intention, and the most significant details

Question 18

Narrative prose

Answer 18

Primarily written to entertain

Handle parts sensitively when you cut narrative prose

Question 19

Abridging poetry should seldom be tried because?

Answer 19

Poetry has been written in a highly compressed form

Question 20

Avoid cutting _____ in poetry

Answer 20

Repetition

Question 21

Cutting plays is _____ difficult

Answer 21

Not so

Question 22

Plays may be abridged in ____ ways

Answer 22

Several

Question 23

In cutting plays?

Answer 23

Eliminate minor characters
Any repetition of thought may be cut out
Telescope one scene into another for cohesion
Cut out dialogue that doesn’t enhance plot

Question 24

In cutting plays, eliminate scenes that depend on ___ and ____ effect

Answer 24

Lighting, sound

Question 25

In cutting plays, omit all ___ direction

Answer 25

Stage