38. _______ pauses are generally ineffective and are likely to make you appear hesitant, unprepared, and unsure of yourself.

35. One result of speaking loudly during a speech is

24. Speaking with little variation and speaking with a predictable pattern are two problems associated with what characteristic of delivery?     

33. A retired accountant has decided to run for Congress and will be delivering speeches from manuscript. When composing their text, it would be a good idea to     

When trying to paint a picture for the audience, which of these examples would be the most preferred?

Cross-sectional studies measure relationships between diseases and other variables at a particular time.

25. Variations in pitch can indicate intended changes in the meaning of a sentence. The most obvious is between

Noor, a poet, incorporates many words and phrases invoking temperature, texture, and touch in her lecture, so the audience can practically feel what she is describing. In this way she creates what kind of imagery in her speech?

A study of 78 cases of disease X were identified from a state registry. A total of 120 control subjects were then recruited from random-digit dial procedure. 6 cases had been exposed, compared to only 3 controls. How much more likely were cases to report an exposure than controls? 

14. Withholding the main idea until the end of the sentence is a feature of