This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Speech Strategies – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Speech Strategies Quiz 1 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is tone expressed in speeches? A) Literary techniques, body language, humor. B) Literary techniques, word choice, subject. C) Body language, volume, subject. D) Subject, humor, body language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary techniques, word choice, subject. 2. Group presentation with topic presentation divided among members. A) Termination. B) Topic Shifting. C) Turn-Taking. D) Nomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn-Taking. 3. The audience and speaker will always have different aims. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 4. This strategy refers to how the speaker address the problems in speaking, listening, and comprehending that they may encounter in a conversation. A) Topic Control. B) Termination. C) Repair. D) Turn-Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repair. 5. Why should you not go against your audience's expectations? A) Because the audience may boo or leave. B) Because your speech is unlikely to be well-received. C) Because you might get in trouble. D) Because the audience may become bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because your speech is unlikely to be well-received. 6. Which sentence below has falling intonation? A) Your number is 202-555 and. B) Would you mind closing the window?. C) This job gives me a lot of experiences. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This job gives me a lot of experiences. 7. "We need to work together for this project. William, you're good in making good visuals, yes? Are you interested to do it for us? '' A) Topic Control. B) Nomination. C) Topic Shifting. D) Turn Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topic Control. 8. What are some questions you could ask yourself to determine if an issue is appropriate for your speech? A) Do you feel like talking about it today?. B) Is it funny?. C) Is it important to you?. D) Is it important to your audience?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is it important to your audience?. 9. Why is it important to research your topic thoroughly? A) You might forget what to say. B) It's not. C) So you can decide what tone to use. D) Your audience might ask questions you haven't prepared for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your audience might ask questions you haven't prepared for. 10. What would the audience's aims for a eulogy be? A) To hear about an important issue. B) To feel inspired. C) To feel concern about the state of the environment. D) To hear about the life of their friend or family member. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To hear about the life of their friend or family member. 11. What was Hillary Clinton's persuasive angle in the speech discussed? A) Women have lives too. B) Women are important players in both economic and social terms all over the world. C) LGBT rights are important. D) Feminism is an important issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women are important players in both economic and social terms all over the world. 12. How will you answer that kind of question? A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Intonation. 13. "Make an essay about the COVID-19 pandemic" A) Turn-taking. B) Topic Control. C) Nomination. D) Restriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction. 14. How can we come up with a persuasive angle for a speech? A) By researching a topic thoroughly. B) By putting yourself in your audience's place. C) By interrogating your own beliefs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. How often do you go to cinema? A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling intonation. 16. "That's it for today's topic, i'll see you next week." A) Repair. B) Turn-Taking. C) Nomination. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Termination. 17. The demographic of an audience is important to consider when deciding on a subject. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. True. 18. "Hey! How are you? How's the weather up there?" A) Restriction. B) Turn-taking. C) Topic Shifting. D) Nomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nomination. 19. You don't have to know why you believe what you believe to persuade someone else to believe it too. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 20. How can you make people feel inspired? A) By leading them on an emotional journey through various states to inspiration. B) By talking about something that interests you. C) By proving yourself to be a trustworthy speaker. D) By making them laugh and feel comfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By leading them on an emotional journey through various states to inspiration. 21. How do you choose the tone of a speech? A) By considering the occasion and what is appropriate. B) By considering the issues you want to talk about. C) By considering the tone of your favorite speeches. D) By considering the tone of your favorite comedians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By considering the occasion and what is appropriate. 22. It is a strategy wherein the speaker carries to establish a topic collaboratively and productively. A) Restriction. B) Termination. C) Nomination. D) Restriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomination. 23. "We should take this moment as learning opportunity. Let's take a note regarding this matter." A) Repair. B) Topic Control. C) Turn Taking. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repair. 24. You should choose subjects you are interested in and knowledgeable about when writing a speech. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. True. 25. This strategy refers to the process by which people decides who take the conversational floor. A) Turn-taking. B) Nomination. C) Repair. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turn-taking. 26. "May I have the floor please." A) Topic Shifting. B) Repair. C) Turn Taking. D) Restriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turn Taking. 27. It refers to any limitation you may have set as a speaker. A) Topic Shifting. B) Nomination. C) Turn-taking. D) Restriction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restriction. 28. This strategy covers how procedural formality or informality affects the development of the topic in a conversation. A) Topic Shifting. B) Termination. C) Nomination. D) Topic Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topic Control. 29. The bus arrives at 7:30 in the morning. A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Intonation. 30. What is your persuasive angle? A) The reason you believe what you do about a subject. B) The facts and figures which will make your audience believe you. C) The words you use to explain your position. D) The way you stand when giving your speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason you believe what you do about a subject. 31. "What did you like about today's activity?" A) Nomination. B) Termination. C) Turn Taking. D) Nomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nomination. 32. "By the way, did you see the post by Anna last night?" A) Restriction. B) Termination. C) Topic Shifting. D) Nomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topic Shifting. 33. People listening to a scientist speak at CERN are looking for political persuasion. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 34. Which of the following should you consider before planning a speech?A. What is expected from you and what you want to achieve A) What is expected from you and what you want to achieve. B) What you will wear. C) What visual techniques you will use. D) How you will impress someone in the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is expected from you and what you want to achieve. 35. How is Hillary Clinton likely to have come up with her persuasive angle? A) Spontaneously. B) After a lot of experience, research, and consideration. C) She didn't have to, she already knew what her beliefs were. D) She asked other women their opinions and what they felt she should say. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After a lot of experience, research, and consideration. 36. The audience's aims are unimportant. A) A. True. B) B. False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. False. 37. Limiting a question to specific answers, ex. "Is it raining outside? '' (yes/no) A) Nomination. B) Restriction. C) Turn-Taking. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restriction. 38. Is this your bag? A) Rising Intonation. B) Falling Intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising Intonation. 39. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your question please? I didn't hear it quite clearly. Thanks" A) Termination. B) Nomination. C) Restriction. D) Repair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repair. 40. Why is it a good idea to put yourself in your audience's place when coming up with a persuasive angle? A) So you can understand their way of thinking and empathize with them. B) So you can use their language. C) So you can pretend to be just like them. D) It's not; you must always remember you are different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So you can understand their way of thinking and empathize with them. 41. What does she do? A) Falling intonation. B) Rising intonation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling intonation. 42. This strategy is used in when we want to shift a topic to avoid a conversation or a specific topic A) Turn-taking. B) Topic Shifting. C) Restriction. D) Nomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topic Shifting. 43. It refers to practices of closing down a topic. A) Topic Control. B) Repair. C) Topic Shifting. D) Termination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Termination. Related QuizzesDiscourse QuizzesGrammar QuizzesConversation Analysis QuizConversation Skills QuizImplicature Exercises QuizMaxims Of Conversation QuizPoliteness And Face QuizPoliteness Strategies Spoken English QuizPoliteness Strategies QuizPoliteness Theory Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books