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100
This type of nervous person is concerned with how they look.
What is self-centered?
100
In Meet The Parents, the scene where Jack gives Greg a lie detector test exhibits one of Robert DeNiro's best traits
What is conversational quality?
100
This former Vice President, and current environmental activist is known for his stiff delivery.
Who is Al Gore?
200
"The lively sense of communication."
What is conversational quality?
200
In the movie Superstar, Mary was fighting to overcome this.
What is nervousness?
200
"I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me ..."
-Tyra Banks
What is nervous?
300
This method of voice use, when used poorly exhibits a lack of intelligence from the speaker.
What is articulation?
300
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey use this aspect of good delivery to establish a, "Lively sense of communication" with fellow wedding patrons.
What is eye contact?
300
This Saved By The Bell Star is known for this aspect of his voice. What is pitch?
400
This aspect of delivery is related to the personal impulse of the speaker.
What is naturalness?
400
This former All-American and war hero is known for this characteristic of effective bodily action, if not for his affinity for running.
Who is Forrest Gump
400
This former Nixon and Ford speech writer, as well as Ferris Bueller's Economic's teacher, is known for lacking liveliness.
Who is Ben Stein?
500
Establishing this done through non-verbal communication.
What is immediacy?
500
Derek Zoolander's poses lack the inverse personification of this aspect of oral delivery.
What is variety?
500
President Obama uses this facial expression technique at the beginning of his most recent Congressional address.What is pause-smile?