What actually is communication?
Picking the right channel and hitting send
Talking loudly
Creating shared meaning between people
Dumping info from your brain into theirs
Finish the line: "If they don't picture your idea, you didn't communicate. You only ___."
failed
talked
tried
whispered
You're mid‑story, everyone looks lost, so you stop and re‑explain it a different way. That live adjustment proves communication is…
semantic
a process
failed
shared
"Some meaning always leaks out between your head and their ears." Communication is therefore…
semantic
perfect
one-way
imperfect
Which one is a channel?
Boredom and stress
Your face and body
The audience's mood
Confusing jargon
The receiver decodes your message through their own…
mood, knowledge, and experience
sender, message, and channel
nerves and sweaty palms
voice, face, and slides
Buzzing phone, honking traffic, a room hot enough to bake bread are examples of whichwhich noise?
physical
I have no idea
semantic
psychological
A listener who's stressed, starving, and secretly panicking about their own speech are examples of which noise?
psychological
semantic
imaginary
physical
Which one is a sign your body betraying and failing on you during anxiety?
sudden ability to read the room
deep breath
feeling excited
blank mind
"Tell yourself 'I am excited' / 'I can do it'", which anxiety tool is that?
Breathe low and slow
Reframe the feeling
Find friendly faces
Focus on the message
Dead silence from the audience still counts as feedback.
True
False
Semantic noise lives inside the listener's feelings and mood.
True
False
The exact same idea can come out crystal clear or total mush depending how you frame it.
True
False
The whole point of this course is to delete your speech anxiety completely before you perform.
True
False
Talking fast is one of the ways to overcome anxiety
False
True
