_____ refers to wording your attention-getter so that it generates uncertainty and excites the audience.

a. Joke
b. Action
c. Personal reference
d. Suspense


d. Suspense
Suspense refers to wording your attention-getter so that it generates uncertainty and excites the audience.

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The ______ refers to a person’s culture, experiences, history, and heredity, and how these affect the communication process.

a. overlap b. field of experience c. message d. channel

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A student at Glorious State University (GSU), with 500 faculty, sends an e-mail message to all members of her media law class saying, “Many GSU faculty—in all departments—sell heroin to the students.” A GSU English professor likely ______.

a. could not successfully sue for libel because the professor could not prove identification b. could not successfully sue for libel because the statement contains nothing a jury could find defamatory c. could successfully sue for libel d. could not successfully sue for libel because the statement contains nothing a jury could find defamatory, and could successfully sue for libel

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Which of the following did Alfred Hitchcock believe to be "the kiss of death at the box office"?

a. analyzing the audience for a film b. too little action in a film c. symbolic interpretations of a film d. all of above

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At the end of the financial aid presentation, the admissions

officer answered all questions. She then stayed to chat informally with interested students. This affected her a. initial ethos. b. terminal ethos. c. derived ethos. d. professional ethos.

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