4. Deliver one such address, not to exceed ten minutes in length.

 

5. What proportion of emotional ideas do you find in the extracts given in this

chapter?

 

6. Humor was used in some of the foregoing addresses--in which others would it

have been inappropriate?

 

7. Prepare and deliver an after-dinner speech suited to one of the following

occasions, and be sure to use humor:

 

A lodge banquet. A political party dinner. A church men's club dinner. A civic

association banquet. A banquet in honor of a celebrity. A woman's club annual

dinner. A business men's association dinner. A manufacturers' club dinner. An

alumni banquet. An old home week barbecue.

 

FOOTNOTES:

 

[Footnote 35: See also page 205.]

 

CHAPTER XXXI

 

MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE

 

In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.