Evaluate your own effectiveness as a speaker. what do you do well and what do you need to improve on? cover both your vocal delivery (volume, rate, articulation, pronunciation, and pauses) and your physical presentation (eye contact, posture, facial expressions, gestures, and use of movement).

12. why do you think that using a conversational tone with plain language when writing businesses messages is a good idea?

Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women