According to your textbook, a speech that sounds spontaneous to the audience no matter how many times it has been rehearsed has a strong__________ quality.

According to your textbook, the__________ speaker delivers a speech with little or no immediate preparation.

The “conversational quality” of extemporaneous speaking means that a speech has been well rehearsed yet sounds spontaneous to the audience.

When speaking from a manuscript, you should

Trying to memorize a speech is a good way to ensure that you’ll communicate with your audience with conversational directness and sincerity.

Nonverbal communication is based on a speaker’s

A speaker always sounds louder to a listener than to the speaker.

When conducting a question-and-answer session, you should

Malcolm said “um” or “uh” every time he got to a new PowerPoint slide in his informative speech. His instructor told Malcolm to reduce the number of__________ in his next speech.

Diego needs to make an impromptu response to another speaker at a staff meeting. Your textbook recommends that he should do all of the following except