Which are characteristics of an effective public speaker? check all that apply.
1.) looking primarily at note cards
2.) speaking at a steady pace
3.) using gestures and body language
4.) speaking at varying paces throughout
5.) making eye contact with the audience
6.) reading from notes as if they are a script

The correct answers are 2, 3 and 5.

An effective public speaker should have this characteristics:

-He/she should be able to speak at a steady pace, to favor thus the correct interpretation of his/her words by a heterogeneous public, in which there are different comprehension capacities, so that speaking at a calm pace will help everyone to receive the same message.

-He/she should use gestures and body language to reinforce the message that is being provided, and facilitate its understanding.

-He/she should make eye contact with the audience, since this gives the public a feeling of familiarity with the speaker, which generates more attention and interest on the subject.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1.c

2.a

3.d