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Name that gesture
100

What is the term for "vocal cues" in nonverbal communication?

Paralinguistics 

100

This is a speech pattern characteristic of a group of people from a particular area or of a specific ethnicity.

Dialect

100
This is the amount of space between a presenter and a receiver

Immediacy

100

What does this person appear to be: They are clutching one arm with the other or standing in a figleaf pose

Nervous and Uptight

200

This is the loudness or softness of a voice.

Volume

200

This may happen if you are from a different area of the U.S. It is whether or not a word is said correctly.

Pronunciation 

200

These are gestures that reinforce, clarify, demonstrate, and describe meanings of words

Illustrator

200

What does this person appear to be: Holding their hands stiffly at their sides

Tense and uncomfortable

300

This is the way you pronounce individual sounds

Articulation

300

If you speak too quickly, you may have a problem with this.

Rate

300

These are nonverbal symbols that have a direct verbal translation and are widely understood by the members of a culture.

Emblems

300

What does this person appear to be: They are crossing their arms and legs.

Distant and closed off

400

This is the level of pitch we speak most often.

Habitual Pitch

400

This is where our voice functions best and where we have extensive vocal variation up and down the scale.

Optimal Pitch

400

Daily Double: This is when you try to replace one emotion with another because you believe the audience will respond more favorably.

Mask an emotion

400

What does this person appear to be: They have their hands on their hips.

Combative and giving orders

500

What percentage do vocal cues carry in regards to how much meaning they carry in a message.

38%

500

When you change dialects around different people, you are doing this.

Code Switching

500

This is when you exaggerate your facial expressions to reflect the degree of expression you believe audience members expect you to exhibit.

Intensify an emotion

500

What percentage does a speaker's body language carry when thinking of the meaning of a message?

55%