BA FTNMP SEM I 2023 2024 Dec 2024 F.Y.B.A.FTNMP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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1. Q1 Read the following passage and answer the questions Hepburn had her first starring role in Roman Holiday (1953), playing Princess Ann, a European princess who escapes the reins of royalty and has a wild night out with an American newsman (Gregory Peck}. The producers of the movie initially wanted Elizabeth Taylor for the role, but director William Wyler was so impressed by Hepburn's screen test that he cast her instead Wyler later commented, "She had everything I was looking for: charm, innocence, and talent She also was very funny. She was‘absolutely enchanting, and we said, 'That's the Originally, the film was to have had only Gregory Peck's name above its title, with "Introducing Audrey Hepburn" beneath in smaller font. However, Peck suggested to Wyler that he elevate her to equal billing so that her name appeared before the title and in type as large as his: "You've got to change that because she'll be a big star, and I'll look like a big jerk." The film was a box-office success, and Hepburn gained critical acclaim for her portrayal, unexpectedly winning an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama in 1953. In his review in The New York Times, A. H. Weiler wrote: "Although she is not precisely a newcomer to films, Audrey Hepburn, the British actress who is being starred for the first time as Princess Anne, is a slender, elfin, and wistful beauty, alternately regal and childlike in her profound appreciation of newly-found, simple pleasures and love. Although she bravely smiles her acknowledgement of the end of that affair, she remains a pitifully lonely figure facing a‘stuffy
   • 1) Write a summary of the passage 8
   • 2) Explain the basic plot of the Roman holiday?
   • 3) What is the meaning of following words 2
   • a) Pitifully b) Stuffy
2. Q2 A) Write paragraph of 150-200 words on “Web series as a form of storytelling”
3. Q2 B) What are the qualities of an active listener?
4. Q2 What skills should one develop as a good writer?
5. Q3 A) Write paragraph in Marathi or Hindi “Conditions of native languages in India”
6. Q3 B) What is paralanguage and state its importance?
7. Q3 How gesture-expression, eye contact, postures, distance, mirroring leads to betterment of
8. Q4 write short note on any three
   • 1) Editing for writing
   • 2) Table Manners
   • 5) Effective Speaking

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