Describe some steps speakers can take to help listeners form a good impression of their ethos.

What will be an ideal response?


- Approach the front of the room with confidence.
- Make eye contact with audience members.
- Show appropriate emotions in facial expressions to project your sincerity to the audience.
- Speak slowly and distinctly to be easily understood.
- Pause briefly after completing the speech, then walk confidently back to your seat.

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Explain why it is important to pick up an outside area of expertise, as recommended by professional journalist Nathan Crooks.

What will be an ideal response?

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Extemporaneous speaking employs a conversational style which is formal but also spontaneous and relaxed

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. What do the authors mean when they say identity construction on social networking sites tends to be quite strategic?

a. Users put thought into their comments and profiles. b. Online communication gives people more time to develop their thoughts and actions. c. People consider whether or not to remain tagged in the photographs of others. d. People only leave complimentary comments because they don’t want to be judged negatively.

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Term for software enhancements or electronic devices used to alter the audio signal quality:

a. smoothing b. shaping c. post d. plug-ins e. sweetening f. all of the above g. none of the above

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