Speech

Drivers

100

One of the easiest ways to drive a conversation is to ask a...

question

200

One way to drive a conversation is to make a comment. Which comment drives the conversation?

a) Ok.

b) I like that movie too!

b) I like that movie too!

300

True or False: Asking questions is a strategy to drive a conversation.

True

Stoppers

100

Are 1-word answers usually conversation drivers or stoppers?

Stoppers

200

Which is a conversation stopper?

a) Looking away

b) Looking interested

a) Looking away

300

Which one is a conversation stopper?

a) staying on topic

b) 1-word answers (e.g., Ok; Cool)

b) 1-word answers

Scenarios

100

Joe: "I'm thinking of going to see the new movie. Do you know anything about it?"

John: "No."

Stopper

200

Emily: "I really want to get that new video game."

Joe: "What video game?"

Driver

300

Tim: "My favorite artist is Taylor Swift."

Trina: "Her music is awful."

Stopper