Good speakers use a number of verbal and nonverbal techniques to connect with their listeners. You can build this rapport by including effective imagery in your speech, supplying verbal signposts, and using body language strategically.

Choose the effective imagery technique employed in the following sentences.

1.Starting a new company is similar to watching a newly planted garden grow.

a)Analogy

b)Personal anecdote

c)Metaphor

2. The first time I gave a speech, I was shaking so badly that the front row of the audience began to laugh.

a)Personal anecdote

b)Analogy

c)Metaphor

3. Identify the verbal signpost.

We have tackled this subject with one approach. Now lets look at it from another angle.

a)Switching directions

b)Previewing

c)Summarizing

4.Read the scenario, and answer the question.

You are attending a public speaking workshop. After each speaker delivers his or her speech, the class is required to offer feedback so the speaker can improve. The last speaker kept her hands glued to her sides.

What advice would you give?

a)Move from behind the podium.

b)Animate your body.

c)Punctuate your words.