ELAR Oral Communication and Media Literacy 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student is preparing a persuasive speech. Which technique best establishes credibility with the audience at the opening?
- Use emotional stories immediately
- Cite relevant personal experience or expertise (Correct answer)
- Begin with a controversial opinion
- Ask rhetorical questions throughout
Correct answer: Cite relevant personal experience or expertise
Establishing credibility (ethos) early helps the audience trust the speaker's claims and reasoning.
Question 2: When analyzing a television advertisement, which element MOST directly appeals to logos?
- Celebrity endorsement
- Upbeat background music
- Statistics about product effectiveness (Correct answer)
- Images of happy families
Correct answer: Statistics about product effectiveness
Logos appeals to logic and reason, and statistics provide factual, data-driven support for a claim.
Question 3: During a group discussion, a student repeatedly interrupts others before they finish speaking. This behavior violates which principle of effective oral communication?
- Using appropriate volume
- Active listening and turn-taking (Correct answer)
- Maintaining eye contact
- Using formal vocabulary
Correct answer: Active listening and turn-taking
Effective group communication requires active listening and respecting others' turns to speak.
Question 4: A podcast uses dramatic music and selective interviews to make a business owner seem dishonest. This is an example of which media technique?
- Bandwagon appeal
- Framing (Correct answer)
- Testimonial
- Transfer propaganda
Correct answer: Framing
Framing involves presenting information in a way that influences how the audience interprets it, often through selective emphasis.
Question 5: Which type of nonverbal communication is a speaker using when they slow their pace and pause before a key point?
- Proxemics
- Kinesics
- Paralanguage (Correct answer)
- Haptics
Correct answer: Paralanguage
Paralanguage refers to vocal cues like rate, pitch, and pauses that accompany spoken words.
Question 6: A student evaluates a news website by checking whether other reputable sources report the same story. This strategy is called:
- Lateral reading (Correct answer)
- Vertical reading
- Close reading
- Skimming
Correct answer: Lateral reading
Lateral reading means leaving a source to check what other credible sites say about it, a key media literacy skill.
Question 7: In a formal debate, the affirmative team's PRIMARY responsibility is to:
- Challenge every argument made by the negative team
- Prove that the resolution is true (Correct answer)
- Introduce new evidence in the final rebuttal
- Ask clarifying questions of the judges
Correct answer: Prove that the resolution is true
The affirmative side bears the burden of proof and must support the debate resolution.
ELAR Oral Communication and Media Literacy 2
A student is preparing a persuasive speech.
Which technique best establishes credibility with the audience at the opening?