Explain the importance of redundancy in a public speaking situation, and what a speaker can

do to build in redundancy.

What will be an ideal response?


Because listeners do not have the opportunity to turn back the pages of your speech, the
speaker should use redundancy, or repetition of key ideas. This helps make the speech
memorable, because we are more likely to remember something if we hear it three times
than if we hear it only once. Redundancy may be accomplished by telling them what
you are going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them.

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A) also avoid eating. B) enjoy hugging. C) also avoid self-disclosure. D) prefer public speaking.

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a. slowness of sound b. pitch c. sound's quality d. timbre e. both A & B

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A. homeless families B. aging-families C. bi-racial families D. nuclear families

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