The textbook describes six informational listening skills. Describe each. Discuss your areas of
strength and weakness.
What will be an ideal response?
The book recommends that we prepare to listen; avoid prejudging; mentally organize,
summarize, and link information; personalize information while listening; take skillful notes; and
ask questions and paraphrase.
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Explain how the courts are now interpreting Section 230 with the explosion in blogs and social media—does Section 230 apply to more than just internet service providers?
What will be an ideal response?
Which type of persuasive argument relies upon the
credibility of the experts cited as sources? a. argument by deduction b. argument by induction c. argument by analogy d. argument by authority
Riverdale Junior High recently adopted a new grading system for its students After using the new system in an exam for the first time, the school invited key representatives from the parents'association to offer feedback regarding the system, analyze its usage for the next term, and debate whether the system required any tweaks to make it better. Which type of meeting did the school convene?
a. Information-discussing b. Information-sharing c. Action-taking d. Problem-solving
Audience adaptation is an important factor in which of the following steps of the speechmaking process?
A. choosing visual aids B. writing an introduction and conclusion C. formulating a specific purpose D. All of these answers are correct. E. Both formulating a specific purpose and writing an introduction and conclusion.