"To persuade my audience to volunteer regularly in their community and to join the Peace Corps after college" is a poorly phrased specific purpose statement for a classroom speech because it

A. uses figurative language.
B. is written as an infinitive phrase.
C. is too personal.
D. is too technical for a student audience.
E. contains more than one distinct idea.


Answer: E

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