If you are reporting on a city council meeting to dedicate funding to a proposed monument, and a local biologist gives an unexpected speech on how building the monument will disrupt the habitat of native wildlife, you should ______.

A. adapt to the new information and include it in your story
B. ignore the biologist’s speech and write on the council’s decision
C. abandon your story entirely because of the controversy
D. ask other reporters if they think the biologist’s speech is worth mentioning


A. adapt to the new information and include it in your story

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a. long-term b. short-term c. privilege-disadvantage d. personal-contextual

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The advantage of impromptu speaking is that you can speak informally and maintain direct eye contact with the audience

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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_________ reverses the expected word order of a phrase or sentence

A) B) Omission C) Suspension D) Cadence Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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During an impromptu speech, you are always speaking from your own experience and knowledge

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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