Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence:
Before the inter-school debate, our English teacher held ______ classes to help us speak clearly, with the right pronunciation, a steady voice and proper pauses.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Elocution
Complete sentence: Before the inter-school debate, our English teacher held elocution classes to help us speak clearly, with the right pronunciation, a steady voice and proper pauses.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Rhetoric | the art of using words to persuade people, in speech or in writing | Sanya used clever rhetoric in her speech and won the whole class over to her side. |
| (2) Elocution (answer) | the skill of speaking clearly and well in public, with good pronunciation, voice and pauses | Meher won first prize in the school elocution contest for her clear reading of a Tagore story. |
| (3) Calligraphy | the art of beautiful handwriting | Tanmay made the wedding cards by hand, in neat calligraphy with a gold pen. |
| (4) Orthography | the system of correct spelling in a language | English orthography is hard to learn because words like “knife” are not spelt as they sound. |