"To inform my audience about the dangers of quicksand" is a specific purpose statement for which type of speech?

A. analytical
B. explanation
C. innovative
D. topical


Answer: B

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a. True b. False

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The WLBT (Jackson, Mississippi) case established what important legal right for citizens?

a. that citizens could sue broadcasters over programming decisions b. that citizens had the right to examine a station’s public inspection file c. that citizens had the right to approve the hiring of a general manager d. that citizens had legal standing in a challenge of a station’s license renewal e. none of the above

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What speech difficulties have been observed in speakers unable to include gestures?

a. fluency problems b. word recall problems c. comprehension problems d. all of the above

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What was the unit of analysis in Hoffman and Heald's (2000) study of comparative advertisements in African American and general readership magazines?

a. physical unit b. syntactic unit c. theme unit d. propositional unit

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