A renowned philanthropist and well-respected national speaker gave the commencement address at Audrey's graduation ceremony
He spoke of his concerns about rising crime rates for juveniles, of the problem of gang violence, and about crimes against women. Was this appropriate content for a commencement address?
a. No; he should have treated the event like an after-dinner speech—a speech to entertain.
b. No; because he didn't praise, inspire, or challenge the graduating class.
c. Yes; because it dealt with serious concerns that will continue to face the graduates.
d. Yes; because his approach was different and commencement addresses often become boring.
b
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a) Guglielmo Marconi; b) Lee DeForest; c) Edwin Armstrong; d) David Sarnoff; e) William Paley
Harrison is planning to give a scripted speech. Why will his scripted speech take more time to prepare than if he were preparing an extemporaneous speech?
A. He will have to conduct additional research for his speech. B. He will have to practice his speech in front of a video camera. C. He will have to compose every word of the speech. D. He will have to memorize the speech word for word.
Which of the following is good use of a statistic so that the audience is not confused, and the statistic clearly makes a point?
A. Light travels at about 186,000 miles per second. B. The universe is now considered by scientists to be expanding at a rate of 2 light years of distance every half decade. C. A t-test revealed a statistically significant difference of factor 4, with a .01 degree of confidence, showing that the salinity in brackish water is lower than in marine water. D. The average American's yearly income is .0001234879 percent of the national debt. E. The Sun is 93,000,000 miles from Earth. That is the equivalent of 31,000 plane flights back and forth from New York to Los Angeles.
Auditory, visual, and tacticle are examples of
What will be an ideal response?