Speech exam

Question 1

What is the use of figurative language to achieve a desired feeling or emotion?

Answer 1

Imagery

Question 2

What is a comparison in which one thing is stated in the term of another?

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 3

What is a comparison using the words “like” or “as”?

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

What is a correlation of sounds?

Answer 4

Rhyme

Question 5

What is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word?

Answer 5

Alliteration

Question 6

What is a repetition of a vowel sound within a line in poetry?

Answer 6

Assonance

Question 7

What is a word choice to achieve a specific result?

Answer 7

Diction

Question 8

A group of lines?

Answer 8

Stanza

Question 9

What allows listeners to see and hear a scene without becoming part of the scene themselves?

Answer 9

Aesthetic distancing

Question 10

WHat is a poem with a specific structure of 14 lines?

Answer 10

Sonnet

Question 11

What is a delivery defined as thoroughly prepared but not memorized?

Answer 11

Extemporaneous

Question 12

What is the art of speaking persuasively?

Answer 12

Rhetoric

Question 13

What is a speech previously given by another?

Answer 13

Declamation

Question 14

The art of public speaking is also called?

Answer 14

Oratory

Question 15

When reading from a book, how should you hold a book?

Answer 15

Cradling the spine with one hand

Question 16

Most writing can be put into what 3 categories?

Answer 16

Teach, inspire, entertain

Question 17

When analyzing your script for reading, should you mark when phrasing?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

When reading a declamation, should you imitate the author?

Answer 18

No, be yourself

Question 19

When preparing a declamation for interpretation, what should you do?

Answer 19

Research the author and occasion

Question 20

What is one benefit of practicing declamation?

Answer 20

Poise

Question 21

What are characters that have little depth or emotion called?

Answer 21

Static characters

Question 22

What are the connective segments of a selection where the characters do not speak called?

Answer 22

Narration

Question 23

What is it called when you reduce the length of a story?

Answer 23

Cutting

Question 24

What were story tellers in England called?

Answer 24

Bards

Question 25

What were traditional stories about customs and cultures of a region called?

Answer 25

Folktales

Question 26

What is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning called?

Answer 26

Parable

Question 27

What is the name for the central idea of a story?

Answer 27

Theme

Question 28

What are the 5 parts of a story (in order)?

Answer 28

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement (conclusion)

Question 29

The vocal characteristics of women are __ pitched, __ force, __ quality

Answer 29

Higher pitched, less force, smoother quality

Question 30

The physical characteristics of children include __ pace

Answer 30

Fast pace

Question 31

What are 2 examples of narration techniques?

Answer 31

sound effects and singing

Question 32

What should you use when writing note cards?

Answer 32

Key words

Question 33

What humanizes and individualizes the story?

Answer 33

Story

Question 34

What is a numerical fact taken from a larger study or research?

Answer 34

Statistic

Question 35

What gives your speech direction?

Answer 35

Thesis sentence

Question 36

What contains the takeaway/application/call to action

Answer 36

Conclusion

Question 37

What leads the listener from one main point to the next?

Answer 37

Transition

Question 38

What evokes emotions and often deals with serious themes?

Answer 38

Poetry

Question 39

What lends authority to your ideas?

Answer 39

Quotation

Question 40

What is a book of Bible scholar's study of a BIble passage?

Answer 40

Commentary

Question 41

What contains attention-getting device and preview of main points?

Answer 41

Introduction

Question 42

Is it a good idea to lean on the lectern?

Answer 42

No

Question 43

What is the definition of a devotional?

Answer 43

Short, inspirational speeches given about spiritual topics

Question 44

What sides of the notecards do you write on?

Answer 44

Both sides

Question 45

Should you write on a notecard really small or really big?

Answer 45

Big/medium

Question 46

What 2 things do you want to establish with your audience?

Answer 46

Rapport and good posture

Question 47

What is kinesthetic?

Answer 47

Muscular

Question 48

What is gustatory?

Answer 48

Taste

Question 49

What is olfactory?

Answer 49

Smell

Question 50

What sets the mood and focus on central theme?

Answer 50

Introduction

Question 51

What are the 4 parts of the definition of word color?

Answer 51

Force, pitch, quality, time

Question 52

What is the dramatic V?

Answer 52

Placement of a character so the audience knows who is speaking

Question 53

What is a soliloquy?

Answer 53

A speech, often in a play, that is performed by a character speaking to themself or directly to an audience

Question 54

What is word color?

Answer 54

Making words sound like what they mean

Question 55

The vertex of the dramatic V is the ___

Answer 55

Most important character

Question 56

What are 3 guidelines for performing a monologue?

Answer 56

1. Use pauses to indicate when the unseen person is speaking 2. Use facial expression to indicate what the unseen person is saying 3. Use your actions to indicate the physical presence or movement of theu nseen characters

Question 57

What are the 5 guidelines for the whole method?

Answer 57

1. Read the complete script over until you are thoroughly familiar with it 2. Look away from the script for small portions as you are able 3. Look away from the script for longer portions as you are able 4. Every once in a while, read the script without looking away to double-check your accuracy 5. Practice daily

Question 58

What is a pantomime?

Answer 58

Communication of a story or scenario without the use of words or objects

Question 59

What are the 5 guidelines for performing a mime?

Answer 59

1. Move slowly 2. Be precise 3. Be consistent. 4. Exaggerate 5. Use your whole body

Question 60

What are 3 ways that pantomime can help you?

Answer 60

1. Pantomime helps you keep your audience's attention with movements and actions 2. Pantomime prepares you for other types of interpretation 3. Pantomime helps you be a well-rounded communicator

Question 61

What are the 6 guidelines for handling an object in a mime?

Answer 61

1. Use three gestures to secure an object: approach, grasp, release 2. Show the weight 3. Be realistic in shape and size 4. Use the object in a believable manner 5. Complete each action 6. Remember where you put things

Question 62

What is rhythm?

Answer 62

Musical quality of poetry that is made by the stressed and unstressed syllables of words

Question 63

What is the plot?

Answer 63

Events in the story

Question 64

What is a stock character?

Answer 64

Stereotypical representations

Question 65

What is a dynamic character?

Answer 65

Developing and changing characters