1. What is the author's main claim in the text?

Students should learn public speaking

9. Why does the author end the text with “Every student should have the chance to learn and practice it”?

To reinforce the main claim of the text

3. What evidence does the author use to support the idea that public speaking builds confidence?

Students manage fear and speak with clarity.

5. Which sentence is an explicit reason why public speaking is useful?

Most jobs require some form of speaking or presenting.

7. . What kind of evidence does the author mainly use?

Logical explanations and examples

6. What supporting idea is used to show how public speaking helps with thinking?

Students must create a clear structure for speeches.

9. . What can be inferred about the author’s attitude toward public speaking?

The author strongly supports learning it.

4. What does the author mean by “communicating ideas clearly is just as important as having good ideas”?

Good ideas are useless if you can't express them well.

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1. What is the author's main claim in the text?
Public speaking is a life skill only for teachers.
Speaking is more important than thinking
Students should avoid public speaking.
Students should learn public speaking
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9. Why does the author end the text with “Every student should have the chance to learn and practice it”?
To reinforce the main claim of the text
. To explain a different topic
To encourage schools to ban public speaking
To suggest that public speaking is a choice, not a need
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3. What evidence does the author use to support the idea that public speaking builds confidence?
Public speaking teaches students how to read.
Speaking makes students famous.
Students manage fear and speak with clarity.
Students become quiet in class
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2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a benefit of public speaking?
Prepares for the future
Builds confidence
Helps in organization
Improves memory
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5. Which sentence is an explicit reason why public speaking is useful?
“Students enjoy being quiet.”
Public speaking is only for adults.”
Most jobs require some form of speaking or presenting.
Speaking is something everyone fears.
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8. Which of the following best describes the tone of the text?
Encouraging and informative
Formal and distant
Angry and serious
Humorous and playful
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7. . What kind of evidence does the author mainly use?
Statistics and research data
Logical explanations and examples
Personal stories
Quotes from famous people
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6. What supporting idea is used to show how public speaking helps with thinking?
Students must create a clear structure for speeches.
Students read more books.
. Students talk without thinking.
Students memorize facts.
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9. . What can be inferred about the author’s attitude toward public speaking?
The author believes it is outdated.
The author strongly supports learning it.
The author thinks it is unnecessary.
The author finds it too hard to teach.
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4. What does the author mean by “communicating ideas clearly is just as important as having good ideas”?
Good ideas are useless if you can't express them well.
You don’t need good ideas if you speak well.
Speaking is more fun than writing.
Writing is better than speaking.

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