Deck 10: Language and Oral Style

Question 1

"Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran" is an example of a(n)_______________because of the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning words that are near one another.

A)alliteration
B)assonance
C)repetition
D)onomatopoeia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Attributing human qualities to a concept or an inanimate object is known as ________________.

A)alliteration
B)assonance
C)onomatopoeia
D)personification

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What uses words that apply only to one sex, race, or other group as though they represent everyone?

A)generic language
B)specific language
C)nonparallelism
D)marking

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What are the two common forms of nonparallelism?

A)marking an irrelevant association
B)marking and generic language
C)irrelevant association and generic language
D)marking and linguistic sensitivity

Question 5

The goal of oral style ___________.

A)adapt your language to the purpose
B)adapt your language to the audience
C)adapt your language to the occasion
D)all of the above

Question 6

Unnecessary words interjected into sentences to fill moments of silence are known as ________________.

A)concrete words
B)precise words
C)vocalized pauses
D)vivid cues

Question 7

What is problematic with a speaker begging the audience, "Guys, we can make a difference in the fight against violence if we just organize our resources"?

A)the use of generic language
B)the use of vague language
C)the suggestion of a problem
D)begging for help

Question 8

According to scholars, verbal communication rules and expectations ___________________.

A)are learned during childhood
B)are characterized by low and high context communication
C)will vary from culture to culture
D)are embedded in messages

Question 9

While giving an anti-drug speech to a group of middle school students, a speaker attempts to use what she believes is common teen slang.  Rather than connecting with the audience, the speaker appears insincere because she didn't consider ________________.

A)the formality of the occasion
B)the appropriateness of jargon in a speech
C)the level of sincerity expected by the audience
D)all of the above

Question 10

_______________ is a word's direct, explicit meaning given by its language community.

A)Denotation
B)Demarcation
C)Connotation
D)Context

Question 11

Saying "The elderly gentlemen in the black suit and red tie entered the neighborhood grocery" instead of "The man went to the store" is an example of a speaker ___________.

A)using denotation
B)speaking quickly
C)using specific language
D)speaking complexly

Question 12

Communicating respect for and acceptance of the audience is a matter of _____________________.

A)emphasizing important information
B)speaking vividly
C)understanding meaning
D)speaking appropriately

Question 13

If a speaker attempts to evoke the audience's senses-touch, taste, smell, see, hear-then he/she is relying on __________________.

A)sensory language
B)precise words
C)rhetorical figures of speech
D)vivid cues

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that distinguishes oral style from written style?

A)oral style tends toward short sentences and familiar language
B)oral style features plural personal pronouns
C)oral style features descriptive words and phrases that appeal to the ear that sustain listener interest and promote retention
D)oral style incorporates linguistic sensitivity

Question 15

The use of words that sound like the things they stand for such as "buzz" and "hiss" are examples of _____________________.

A)personification
B)hyperbole
C)onomatopoeia
D)exaggeration

Question 16

The sentiment "How now brown cow" is an example of ___________________.

A)assonance
B)hyperbole
C)personification
D)exaggeration

Question 17

When JFK used the phrase, "Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country," he was using _____________?

A)simile
B)metaphor
C)antithesis
D)alliteration

Question 18

"Hear the mellow wedding bells" is an example of a(n)____________because of the repetition of vowel sounds.

A)alliteration
B)assonance
C)onomatopoeia
D)analogy

Question 19

Verbal immediacy refers to _______________________.

A)asking questions of the audience so there is instant involvement and interaction
B)being close to the audience and directly interacting with them during a speech
C)using verbal examples that are close in proximity to the audience and that happen recently
D)using language that adapts to the needs, interests, knowledge, and attitudes of your listeners

Question 20

________________ means using the language that adapts to the needs, interests, knowledge, and attitudes of the listeners, and avoiding language that alienates the audience.

A)Identifying similarities
B)Adapting to the occasion
C)Speaking appropriately
D)Completing the speech process

Question 21

Language expectation vary from culture to culture.

Question 22

It is fine to use slang in your speech.

Question 23

Casual swearing is not injected into regular conversation today.

Question 24

Speakers should avoid using "we" language in their speeches.

Question 25

A dialect refers to a unique form of a more specific/precise language spoken by a cultural or co-cultural group.

Question 26

Antithesis involves combining and contrasting ideas in the same sentence.

Question 27

One of the best ways to improve when you are giving a speech in a second language is to practice in front of friends who are native speaker.

Question 28

A speaker is much more likely to speak vividly if he/she avoids spending too much time considering the physical or psychological meanings of the words used.

Question 29

Words have not tangible meanings in and of themselves until we give them meaning.

Question 30

Listeners are more likely to be interested in information they perceive as timely.