Question

Which of these attributes constitute a good speech?

Group of answer choices

Multiple themes tied together.

Use of dramatic incidents.

Using conversational and not academic language.

Intense eye contact with the audience.

Answer 1

Best choices:
- Use of dramatic incidents.
- Using conversational and not academic language.

Reasoning:
- A good speech benefits from vivid anecdotes or dramatic incidents to engage listeners, and from plain, conversational language to be clear and relatable.
- “Multiple themes tied together” is generally not ideal—effective speeches have a single central idea with a few well-connected subpoints, not several competing themes.
- “Intense eye contact” is misleading: appropriate, natural eye contact is important, but overly intense staring can be off-putting.