"To persuade my audience that continuing to spend money on the space program is like throwing good money after bad" is a poorly phrased specific purpose statement for a speech because it is

A. expressed in figurative language.
B. too technical.
C. written as a declarative sentence rather than as a question.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both expressed in figurative language and too technical.


Answer: A

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