5of the 7 qualities of a good speech include these items:
(a)knowing the subject
(b)speaking in a monotone
(c)using vivid language and figures of speech
(d)using meaningful gestures
(e)learning on the podium
(f)using a pleasant, expressive voice
(g)speaking at a pleasing pace
choose those that apply!

Hillenbrand writes, “as louie blazed through college, far away, history was turning” (p. 43). why does the author interrupt louie’s narrative with information about japan and germany?

Select the correct text in the passage. in this excerpt from black beauty by anna sewell, identify the transition word or phrase.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.