Identify the three basic parts of a speech, and describe two functions that should be performed in each part.
What will be an ideal response?
- Beginning/Introduction: gain attention, state thesis, preview
- Middle/Body: develop the thesis, offer support
- End/Conclusion: draw ideas together, create a sense of finality
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Answer:
Audience expectations best characterize the _____ of public speaking transactions
a. interactive site b. psychological setting c. main obstacle d. physical context
Using the term "friendly fire" to refer to an American soldier killed by another American soldier is to use
A. profanity. B. an ambiguity. C. a euphemism. D. slang.
The telephone was invented __________
a. in the mid-1930s b. in the late 1790s c. in the mid-1870s d. in the late 1920's e. none of the above