Speech PACE 2 All Checkups

A _____ speaker will be his own critic.

good

Bad speech habits are _____.

learned

Voice sounds are produced by _____.

muscles

The _____ is a muscular structure.

pharynx

One should deliberately exaggerate vocal _____ when practicing.

quality

A speaker's characteristics are revealed through the quality of his _____.

voice

A good speaker will learn to listen to himself as _____ hear him.

others

_____ imitate teachers and preachers who they admire.

children

Voice production is achieved by _____ of the vocal cords.

vibrations

The _____ should produce the _____ to the lungs.

diaphragm, pressure

The larynx houses the two muscular bands called the _____.

vocal cords

The _____ of the vocal cords produce sound waves.

vibration

The goal in voice production is the tonal quality of a relaxed throat called _____.

voice purity

An expanded _____ cavity provides more room for resonation.

throat

The three resonating chambers are the _____, the _____, and the _____.

nose, mouth, throat

The _____ is a hard and inflexible resonating chambers.

nose

Nasal resonance is determined by the position of the _____.

soft palate

A relaxed soft palate allows resonation in all _____ resonating chambers.

three

The mouth is considered to be the most valuable resonator as it can be formed into a _____ of shapes and sizes.

variety

When speaking, the mouth should be opened wide enough to insert _____ fingers.

two

The _____ is the resonating chamber of the throat.

pharynx

The location the the pharynx is between the voice box and the opening to the mouth and nasal _____.

chambers

Resonation is the echoing of _____ between the surfaces of the resonators.

sound waves

The frequency of a sound wave is called _____.

pitch

Each person has his own _____ pitch.

natural

_____ causes an unnaturally high pitch.

tension

The key to pitch is a _____.

large range

Enthusiasm is conveyed by a _____ in inflection.

step

The speaker should strive to convey his message with a _____ in pitch.

variety

A speaker should not remain on one _____ of pitch.

level

The voice naturally returns to its _____ pitch after a rising or falling inflection.

natural

Attempting to change one's natural pitch _____ is a mistake.

level

The objective of pitch is to strengthen and expand your _____.

range

Changes in pitch occur by the process of tensing and relaxing the _____.

vocal cords

Pitch is said to be the _____ of speaking.

melody

_____ and _____ are two types of changes in pitch.

inflections, steps

_____ are sliding changes in pitch.

inflections

_____ of infections are direct changes in pitch from one level to another.

steps

Steps _____ in inflection indicate important or confidential information.

down

_____ is the absence of variations in pitch.

monotone

Enthusiasm is a natural way to add _____ of pitch.

variety

By emphasizing important words and phrases, one can avoid the _____.

monotone

Differences in sound and _____ are not one in the same.

quality