Carter's boss promised to give him time during the weekly staff meeting to explore the feasibility of changing the company's sick leave policy. However, when Carter received his agenda, he discovered that his boss had only allotted 15 minutes for this discussion, even though several employees had strong opinions about the matter. How can Carter address his time constraints in this
situation?
a. Reduce the scope of his presentation and the discussion to one or two key provisions of theproposed change.
b. Ask his boss to double—or even triple--the amount of time available so he can fully discuss all ofthe provisions of the proposed change.
c. Change his speech from an invitational format to a persuasive format and work to convince hislisteners that his perspective is correct.
d. Change his speech from an invitational format to an informative format to give the audience theinformation they need to understand the proposed changes.
a. Carter should reduce the scope of his presentation and the discussion to one or
two key provisions of the proposed change. By reducing the scope of his presentation, he will
demonstrate his respect for the opinions of his audience and make it possible to engage in a discussion of
the larger issue.
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A) Small group B) Interviewing C) Mass D) Computer-mediated
Once you have arranged an interview with an authority on your speech topic, what is your next task?
a. ask the interviewee if you may audio- or video-tape the interview b. conduct the interview with your interviewee as professionally as possible c. plan for the interview by conducting research and planning specific questions d. determine how you will use the interview information in your speech
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What type of misunderstanding occurs when people assign different meanings to the same words?
a. syntactic b. pragmatic c. semantic d. disruptive e. linguistic relativism