Question Building
Create a polling question about your favorite movie.
How many of you have seen La La Land?
Who here has been to Florida?
What is a polling question?
Fill in the blank for this rhetorical question "Do you think ------ grows on trees?"
What is money?
The common audience response to this type of question.
What is raising your hand?
The two words that cannot answer this type of question.
What is yes or no?
Create a yes/no polling question about Wake Forest.
Have you ever been to the library on campus?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be transported to a land where all your worries melt away?
What is a rhetorical question?
Something this question type does NOT require.
What is an audience response?
The type of polling question answered with a yes or no.
What is a close-ended question?
Something you might do if your audience isn't responding to a question.
What is cold calling?
Create an open-ended question about aliens.
If aliens exist, do you think they will contact Earth?
What is your favorite class in college?
What is an open-ended question?
Create a rhetorical question for this speech topic: Fall is the best season.
Do you love pumpkin carving, cool breezes, and warm sweaters?
Create a close-ended polling question.
Did you do your homework?
Create a fun ice-breaker with this question type.
What superhero power would you most want?
Create a thought-provoking rhetorical question about your major.
Why do people struggle with communication despite its everyday importance in our lives?
Did you like this speech?
What is a close-ended polling question?
Create a rhetorical question for this topic: Social media use
Is social media an influence on the loneliness of today's teens?
Create a polling question for a speech about the benefits of owning pets.
Who here feels happier when their pet is near?
Create an open-ended question you might ask to get to know someone better.
What is your favorite memory from childhood?
Is the sky blue?
What is a rhetorical question?
Create a rhetorical question for a motivational speech.
What might happen if you decided to believe in yourself, even just for one day?
Create a polling question for a speech about ghosts.
Who in this room has had an encounter that you would consider paranormal?
Create an open-ended question you might ask in a job interview.
What is your favorite part about working at this company?