Imagine that you must give a presentation to co-workers at your current job or in your future

career. The textbook lists 5 ways of catching audience attention. Name a topic that would be
relevant to your audience.

Describe and provide examples of 4 ways you might get their attention
in the introduction.
What will be an ideal response?


The textbook suggests asking questions (actual or rhetorical), making a startling
statement, telling a story (factual or hypothetical narrative, or personal anecdote), showing an
interesting visual or engaging in surprising behavior, or making a humorous remark.

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Why, in your opinion, did Sunbeam's board of directors issue the remarkable statement that the company's financial report from the previous year might be unreliable?

What will be an ideal response?

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Assuming that one of our criteria for "most livable city" is whether or not cultural and recreational opportunities are available

When we advance an argument ending in the claim "therefore there are a large number of different cultural and recreational opportunities are available in Pittsburgh," we are most likely arguing the claim of (a) inherency. (b) significance. (c) effect. (d) limitation.

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What are the four parts of the cycle of intimate partner violence, in order?

A) tension, anger, tensions, anger B) tension, explosion, remorse, honeymoon C) tension, explosion, discussion, resolution D) explosion, tension, remorse, honeymoon E) explosion, remorse, resolution, honeymoon

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You would apply the Turing Test to determine whether a particular device is truly _______________

a. digital b. asynchronous c. interactive d. multimedia

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