Deck 9: Speaking Style: Using Language

Question 1

The traditional model of eloquent speaking style and the newer model of the electronic age differ as follows:

A) The traditional style is more visual, vivid, and terse
B) The traditional style is more factual, analytic, organized, and impersonal
C) The newer style uses more narrative, but is more adversarial and competitive
D) None of the above.

Answer 1

The traditional style is more factual, analytic, organized, and impersonal

Question 2

Oral and written style differ as follows:

A) Oral style is usually less formal than written style
B) Written style is highly interactive while oral style is not
C) Oral style uses more complex sentence structures than written style
D) None of the above

Answer 2

Oral style is usually less formal than written style

Question 3

"I don't like to call it killing; I prefer to call it 'enemy processing'" is an example of

A) Jargon
B) Euphemism
C) Slang
D) All of the above

Answer 3

Euphemism

Question 4

"Bipolar disorder" is an example within the psychiatric community of

A) Jargon
B) Euphemism
C) Slang
D) None of the above

Question 5

Figures of speech that can make oral style more vivid include

A) Similes
B) Jargon
C) Metaphors
D) A and C

Question 6

"Her hair was a rainbow of colors, and she walked with the sure-footed grace of a ballerina gliding across a stage hoping to bat a thousand with the audience." This is an example of

A) Similes
B) Mixed metaphors
C) Alliteration
D) All of the above

Question 7

"Doing the leadership limbo: How low can you go" is an example of

A) Vivid language
B) Alliteration
C) Jargon
D) A and B

Question 8

When you say someone is "politically incorrect" instead of vulgar you are using

A) Slang
B) Vivid language
C) euphemism
D) jargon

Question 9

Abstract words

A) should never be used because they can be confusing
B) need concrete referents to create clarity
C) include terms such as hair, comb, chair, and pencil
D) none of the above

Question 10

A clear style is simple, but not simplistic.

Question 11

Jargon should never be used when giving a speech because it violates the standard of clarity.

Question 12

A euphemism is a technical term used by a group of professionals.

Question 13

Slang is the formal jargon used by informal groups.

Question 14

Big ideas require big words, a sophisticated vocabulary to communicate depth and substance.

Question 15

Oral and written style are about the same, with few significant differences.

Question 16

Metaphors and similes are ways to make your oral style vivid.

Question 17

"We have to go to the next level" is an example of a cliché.

Question 18

The electronic age requires a vivid style, so data-driven, analytic, impersonal traditional style should be replaced with a more narrative, self-disclosing, dramatic, personal style of speaking.

Question 19

A clear style requires the use of only simple words; save the big words for writing style that permits your audience to consult a dictionary.

Question 20

My doctor diagnosed my illness as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This is an example of using euphemism.