_____ refers to emphasizing one person’s relationship to another when doing so is not necessary to make the point.
a. Verbal immediacy
b. Irrelevant association
c. Marking
d. Alliteration
b. Irrelevant association
Irrelevant association is made when one person’s relationship to another is emphasized, even though that relationship is irrelevant to the point. For example, introducing a speaker as "Gladys Thompson, whose husband is CEO of Acme Inc., is the chairperson for this year’s United Way campaign" is inappropriate.
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