A、Attracting the audience’s attention and interest
B、Creating the suspense and arousing the audience’s curiosity
C、Startling the audience
D、 Stating the importance of the topic
喵查答案：Attracting the audience’s attention and interest
At the beginning of a speech, what kind of effect can most possibly be achieved by telling a personal story?
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Public speaking storytelling can be seen as the art of verbally conveying events in words, images and sounds. -
If you are running out of the time for story telling, you’d better rush to finish it. -
If it is a humorous story, it does not matter if the story is related with the subject of the speech. -
Listeners’ personal life experiences, emotions and feelings will filter the way they hear the story.
- The Centers for Disease Control recommends getting a flu vaccine each fall. This statement is an example of ___.
- Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving, so it is really risky to texting when you are driving.
- 1. The following passage is an example of _______.”I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Iwill rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that canprevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. I will build new partnerships todefeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future.”(Democratic Presidential Candidate Acceptance Speech by Barack Obama. August 28th, 2008)
- The following passage is an example of____.”I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest — quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.”(I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. August 28th, 1963)
- The following passage is an example of ____.”However, although private final demand, output, and employment have indeed been growing for more than a year, the pace of that growth recently appears somewhat less vigorous than we expected. Notably, since stabilizing in mid-2009, real household spending in the United States has grown in the range of 1 to 2 percent at annual rates, a relatively modest pace. Households’ caution is understandable. Importantly, the painfully slow recovery in the labor market has restrained growth in labor income, raised uncertainty about job security and prospects, and damped confidence. Also, although consumer credit shows some signs of thawing, responses to our Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices suggest that lending standards to households generally remain tight.” (The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy” by Ben Bernanke. August 27th, 2010)
- Michael Jordan is better than LeBron James because Jordan won six championships and James has only won two. This statement is an example of ____.
- The main points should not be disclosed at the beginning of the speech as it will lead to the failure of arousing the curiosity of the audience.
- The closure is not as important as the beginning of a speech since it just signals the end of it.