Give three recommendations for gaining the audience?s attention

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. The answers could be any of the following. Using an illustration
(hypothetical or actual), posing a rhetorical question, citing a startling fact or statistic,
using a quote or a humorous story, reference to a historical event, using an analogy,
referring to a personal experience, referring to an occasion, or referring to something
said by the preceding speaker.

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An oral report differs from in an informative speech in that:

A. Reports are usually shorter and made with less time to prepare B. Reports generally do not allow for any question and answer time like speeches do C. Speeches usually are presented to small groups, whereas reports are given to large, formal groups. D. Speeches are more often spontaneous than are reports.

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Questions are tools of the trade for interviewers and may be classified as:

A. open/closed, primary/secondary, neutral/leading. B. clear/unclear, nice/not-so-nice, pleasant/unpleasant. C. open/closed, scheduled/nonscheduled, leading/loaded. D. favorable/unfavorable, good/bad, active/passive.

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Statistics that describe the relationship between two variables are known as ____ statistics.

a. multivariate b. univariate c. bivariate d. univariate e. polyvariate

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Polarization is using words to describe things in the extreme

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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