What is “active listening”? What strategies can we use to listen actively? Responses should include five techniques. What are the three different types of public speech? What makes a good informative speech? How did Mel Gibson’s character in Braveheart achieve such a powerful motivational effect in just a few sentences? Critical Thinking Questions What do you think causes listeners to “zone out” during a speech? Explain your answer using at least three examples. Why can it be distracting to look around a room instead of directly at a speaker during a speech? Explain your answer. Do you think it’s helpful to create mental pictures while listening to a speech? Explain your answer. Do you think all speeches contain a persuasive element? Explain your answer. Do you think the structure of a speech is important? If so, why?

Item 7 shakespeare often puts the audience in a situation where they know more than one of the characters does. how does shakespeare increase the tension in the four-lovers story line by giving the audience information that one or more of the characters does not have? the audience knows that hermia’s father really approves of lysander and there is no need for hermia and lysander to run away. this knowledge builds tension because the audience wonders if hermia and lysander’s relationship will survive a night in the woods. the audience knows that helena really hates hermia and wants to hurt her. this knowledge builds tension when helena tells demetrius of hermia’s plan to run away because the audience wonders if hermia will be caught and punished. the audience knows that lysander and demetrius are under the spell, but helena and hermia do not. this knowledge builds tension and makes the audience eager to see what will happen next. the audience knows that oberon is observing the lovers, but the lovers do not know. this knowledge builds tension because oberon falls in love with helena and decides to become a human so he can marry her.