A number of factors related to the voice reveal the personality of the speaker. The first is the broad area of communication, which includes imparting information by use of language, (18) _______ and specialized communication through performance. (19) _______ through choice of words, by a tone of voice that is pleasant or unpleasant, gentle or harsh, by the rhythm that is inherent within the language itself, and by speech rhythms (20) _______ and regular or uneven and hesitant, and finally, by the pitch and melody of the utterance. When speaking before a group, a person's tone may indicate uncertainty or fright, confidence or calm. (21) _______ the tone may reflect ideas and feelings over and above the words chosen, or may believe them. Here the participant's tone can consciously or unconsciously reflect intuitive sympathy or antipathy, (22) _______ or interest, fatigue, anxiety, enthusiasm or excitement, all of which (23) _______ Public performance is a manner of communication that is highly specialized with its own techniques for obtaining effects by voice and /or gesture.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 18 to 23.