"To inform my audience about the basic steps in car maintenance and how to protect their investment with auto insurance" is a poorly phrased specific purpose statement for a classroom speech because it

A. is too technical.
B. is too specific.
C. contains figurative language.
D. contains more than one distinct idea.
E. is written as a statement instead of as a question.


Answer: D

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