Chapter 2 describes several responsibilities for ethical speaking. Discuss how the tests of evidence presented in this chapter can help promote ethical speaking

What will be an ideal response?


Explanations will vary, but should refer to the following concepts: evidence quoted in context, source of evidence (expert and bias), relevance of evidence, specificity of evidence, sufficient evidence, and timeliness of evidence.

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President Richard Nixon once exited a plane in South American using the OK gesture

However, in South America this is akin to the American middle finger.??Nixon violated which aspect of intercultural communication? A) assumed that nonverbal messages are pan cultural B) he built better stereotypes C) he was sensitive to relational and social needs D) he developed a higher tolerance of ambiguity

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Informing and persuading are distinctly separate goals and activities

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In 1991, the Supreme Court upheld a state’s use of a public decency law to ban nudity in night club performances. The case?

a) Barnes v. Glen Theatre; b) Renton v. Playtime Theatres; c) Jenkins v. Georgia; d) Osborne v. Ohio; e) Crawford v. Lungren.

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In his speech on nonviolence, Jason used quotations without citing the names of the authors of those quotations. Jason represented the quotations as his own. In this scenario, it is evident that Jason has _____ the quotations

A) ?credited B) ?plagiarized C) ?defined D) ?skimmed

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