DATAMEX COLLEGE OF SAINT ADELINE, INC.

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2ND Periodical Examination in Oral Communication S.Y. 2022-2023

Name: ________________________________________________________ Score: __________

Year & Section: ______________ Teacher: __________________________ Date:_______

I. Identify the types of speech context shown in the situations below. Use the choices provided, and write
only the letter of your answer.

A. Interpersonal communication
B. Intrapersonal communication
C. Public communication

1. _____A student is presenting a report about her recent findings in the experiment assigned to her.
2. _____The teacher is privately speaking to the student about his unexplained absences.
3. _____A psychiatrist is the speaker of a forum that tackles mental health.
4. _____During a spiritual retreat, the students had their time to be alone and reflect.
5. _____A group of girls had a sleepover, and they talked about plans for summer.
6. _____A data analyst is presenting a report to his managers.
7. _____A creative director pitches to the client his storyboard for a new advertisement.
8. _____Melissa is thinking about how to surprise her brother on his birthday.
9. _____The CEO of the company is writing down some ideas he has about expanding the company.
10. _____Johnson is talking to his friend about the project they are working on.

II. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

11. What is the subject of the conversation or the communication situation?

A. Topic B. Purpose C. Audience D. Location
12. This considered as a judge of a poetry competition.
A. Audience B. Topic C. Location D. Purpose
13. The term “Negative Impact of Corporal Punishment on Children” may refer as the_____
A. Topic B. Location C. Purpose D. Audience
14. This refers to what do you and the other participants in the conversation aim to achieve.
A. Purpose B. Location C. Topic D. Audience
15. This refers to a place where the communication is being held.
A. Location B. Topic C. Purpose D. Audience
16. This refers to individual or group of people whom are you speaking with.
A. Audience B. Purpose C. Location D. Topic
17. Academic conference is an example of______
A. Location B. Purpose C. Topic D. Audience
18. This considered as the objective of the communication.
A. Purpose B. Location C. Topic D. Audience
19. The statement “to collect and analyze data on the views of millennials and Gen-Zers on climate change” can be considered as the
_________ of communication.
A. Purpose B. Audience C. Topic D. Location
20. This pertains to the subject as being serious or lighthearted.
A. Topic B. Location C. Audience D. Purpose

III. Give the five ( 5) speech styles

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Give the three (3) types of speech act
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IV. Communication strategies. Write true if the statement is correct and false if otherwise.

28. _____Nomination involves the opening and establishing of a topic in a conversation

29. _____Restriction involves limiting what the participants can contribute to the conversation or discussion.
30. _____Turn-taking refers to the process in which a participant stops speaking and yields the floor to another participant so that he
or she can speak.
31. ______Topic control occurs when the main or assigned speaker manipulates the discussion in order to maintain its flow without
moving away from or changing the topic.
32. _____Topic shifting occurs when one intentionally or unintentionally changes the direction of the flow of ideas in a conversation.
 33. ______Repair refers to the act of fixing the violations in a communication situation.
34. ______Termination refers to the act of ending a conversation.
36. ______Speech style is paramount in human life.
37. ______Frozen speech style is the most informal form of of speaking style.
38. ______Casual speech style is the most relaxed style of conversation.
39. ______Intimate speech style is the most formal among speech styles.
40. ______Formal speech style uses jargon in a conversation.
41. ______Saying something with intention is an illocutionary act.
42. ______Consultative speech style is considered as semi-formal speech style
43. ______Saying something with intention is a perlocutionary act.
44. ______Illocution means utterance.
45. ______Locution has a certain effect to the listener.

V. Identification. Choose from the box the correct answer.

Frozen speech style

Intimate speech style
Casual speech style
Formal speech style
Consultative speech style

46. _________This style is used by participants who share a very close relationship, such as between very close friends, siblings,
husband and wife, parents and children, and boyfriend and girlfriend.
47. __________This speech style is a relaxed or informal dialogue between friends, peers, colleagues, or family members.
48. __________This speech style is considered to be the most operational style among the other styles. It is used in semi-formal
situations.
49. __________This style is often used in formal situations, such as in a graduation ceremony, an official meeting, a television
newscast, and a conference, where there is only one-way communication.
50. __________This is the most formal style and is reserved for very formal situations such as in religious services, state affairs, and
court proceedings.

51-60. Write a speech for graduation assuming you are the valedictorian.
Identify what kind of speech you are using. Make sure you have the introduction, body and conclusion. (10 points)