List and explain the five classical canons, or elements of preparing and presenting a speech, identified by the ancient Romans

What will be an ideal response?


• Invention: the creative process of developing your ideas
• Arrangement: how the speech is organized
• Style: your choice of words
• Memory: the extent to which you use notes or rely on your memory to share your ideas
• Delivery: the nonverbal expression of your message

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Identify and answer the questions you should ask as you evaluate small group performance. What are the implications of your answers?

What will be an ideal response?

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Illiam Faulkner wrote the script for which of these films which Renoir made in America?

a. The Southerner b. The Sound and the Fury c. Absalom, Absalom d. Light in August

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James Carey, the leading American proponent of cultural studies during the past three decades, believed that mass communication is the representation of shared beliefs whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired, and transformed. This is called the:

a. hermeneutic perspective. b. none of these. c. transmissional perspective. d. ritual perspective.

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"To persuade my audience that our state should impose stricter regulations governing the safety of amusement park rides" is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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