It's the end of the semester, your brain is fried, and you just can't come up with a
creative topic for your persuasive speech. As a last resort, you pick up the daily newspaper and
decide on a topic by looking at one of the headlines.
Is this advisable?
a. No; it is a form of plagiarism when you get speech topics from a newspaper.
b. No; newspapers offer boring material which do not make for a good topic.
c. Yes, but topics generated from newspapers take much longer to develop than others.
d. Yes; scanning newspaper headlines may be an effective strategy to find a speech topic.
d
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A. Redundancy B. Wordiness C. Active-voice construction D. Passive-voice construction
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a. .1 or 10% b. .01 or 1% c. .5 or 50% d. .05 or 5%
Speakers must be careful not to confuse audience members with the words they choose.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Broadcast radio's audience growth is increasing.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)