Subjective phrases such as “I think,” or “In my humble opinion,” are positive

motivational devices when used to persuade listeners in speeches to actuate.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: F,

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Public speaking is a communication process that can best be described as a(n) __________.

A. series of one-way messages delivered by the speaker to the listeners B. continuous exchange of messages and signals between the speaker and the listeners C. decoding process in which the speaker and the audience share a frame of reference D. organized monologue delivered to an audience

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While workplace romances can be messy, some research has shown that 34 percent of people who said they dated a coworker ended up marrying that person

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Rhetoric refers to the process of using symbols to influence or persuade

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Rick Altman equates a genre's visual conventions with a sentence's _________________; just as we know that some words don't logically work together, we also sense that a menacing castle doesn't fit in the Western

A) punctuation B) semantics C) linguistic arrangement D) structure

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