🎯 Part 1: Understanding Gesture Types

1. Match each gesture type to its correct definition by drawing lines between them:

Iconic gestures

Emphatic gestures

Regulators

Adaptors

Unconscious movements like touching your face

Hand movements that illustrate or visualise concepts

Gestures that manage interaction flow

Movements that stress important points

2. Which type of gesture would be MOST effective for emphasising the phrase "This is absolutely crucial"?

Iconic gesture

Emphatic gesture

Regulator

Adaptor

3. A speaker uses their hands to show the size of something while saying "It was this big!" This is an example of:

Iconic gesture

Emphatic gesture

Regulator

Adaptor

🎭 Part 2: Gesture Analysis

4. Watch the video clip provided by your teacher. List three specific gestures you observed and explain how each one helped make the speech more persuasive:

Gesture 1: _________________________________

Gesture 2: _________________________________

Gesture 3: _________________________________

5. Which aspects of body language are important for persuasive speaking? (Select all that apply)

Hand movements

Facial expressions

Posture

Eye contact

Hair colour

Clothing style

🗣️ Part 3: Planning Your Persuasive Speech

6. Choose a topic for your mini-speech and write it here:

My persuasive speech topic: _________________________________

7. Plan three key points you will make in your speech and describe what gesture you will use for each:

Key Point 1: _________________________________

Planned gesture: _________________________________

Key Point 2: _________________________________

Planned gesture: _________________________________

Key Point 3: _________________________________

Planned gesture: _________________________________

8. Explain how you will use eye contact and posture to engage your audience:

9. After delivering your speech, reflect: Which gesture was most effective and why?

Persuasive Gestures Practice

Persuasive Gestures Practice

🎯 Part 1: Understanding Gesture Types

🎭 Part 2: Gesture Analysis

🗣️ Part 3: Planning Your Persuasive Speech

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