Oral Communication in Contexts

I Identify the purpose of the following proposed speech topics. Write the letter of your chosen answer.
A. to inform B. to entertain C. to persuade

1. A narration of my boat trip down the Amazon

2. The impact of single parenting and its effects on children
3. A description of some of my teachers in Senior High School
4. Contribute blood to the campus blood bank
5. Predictions concerning my family life one hundred years from now
6. Buy copies of the current issue of the campus literary magazine
7. History and symbolism of the UP oblation
8. How to operate HERO5 GoPro
9. The pros and cons of teaching students three languages in school
10. Demonstation of some sleight-of-hand card tricks

II Identify if the following are good or bad topics for a memorized speech. Write G for good and B for bad before
each topic.
1. The Origin of Alphabets
2. A New Beginning: A Retirement Speech
3. Welcoming the Freshmen
4. The First Woman Astronaut
5. A Birthday Wish
6. Chemical Warfare
7. A Toast for Forever: A Best Man’s Speech
8. Goodbye Grandpa: A Eulogy
9. The Story of Human Rights
10. The Reality Show Phenomenon

III Write T before each number if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.
1. Effective visible action is unnatural or artificial.
2. Impromptu speaking challenges the speaker’s ability to organize ideas and deliver effectively in a very short
period.
3. An impromptu speech is prepared thoroughly as possible but delivered without a
manuscript or complete memorization.
4. A typical ending usually comprises 10% of the entire speech length.
5. Effective public speaking is speaker-centered.
6. The introduction usually comprises 5% of the entire speech length.
7. The read or manuscript mode of delivery is appropriate when careful timing is essential such as in broadcast
speeches
8. Extemporaneous speech has more advantages than all other modes of delivery.
9. Audience impact is the study of audience knowledge, interests and attitudes.
10. You can deliver effectively a manuscript speech even without preparation.

IV Determine the appropriate word or phrase that will complete the information in every sentence given below.
Choose your answer from the box.

conclusion modest visible made tenable

inadvisable effectiveness response recapitulate audible

1. Effective delivery makes full use of both the visible and ______________ codes
2. The audience response is not always a reliable gauge of the speaker’s ____________.
3. The ____________ summarizes and restates the main points.
4. ______________ is the end-all of speaking.
5. The principle of the art of good speech is considered the most _______________ criterion
in evaluating speech.
6. The conclusion should be short enough to __________________what has been said.
7. Effective delivery is ______________ and unassuming.
8. While good speakers may be born, many effective speakers are ___________________.
9. Manuscript speaking is considered unnecessary and ______________________.
10. Posture, movement, gesture and facial expression comprise the ________________ code.