Congress is arguing the need for spending cuts, but a significant number of senators and representatives have declared that defense spending, Medicare, and Social Security are “off the table” (i.e., will not be cut). How are these declarations likely to influence the quality of argument in the upcoming budget negotiations?
What will be an ideal response?
Putting arbitrary limits on what is arguable hinders our ability to use argument to explore
various alternatives (in fact, such actions seem to suggest that certain positions are beyond
critical scrutiny). Students may refer to the example of the budget cut debate contained in the
chapter.
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a. audience. b. speaker. c. venue. d. speech topic.
The third step of Monroe's Motivated Sequence is the
a. attention step. b. visualization step. c. satisfaction step. d. need step.
What should you remember about managing anxiety?
A) Controlling anxiety takes time. B) A public speaking class will cure anxiety. C) Fear will eventually disappear. D) Too much preparation will make you too anxious.
Antes, Hudson, Jorgenson, and Moen state, “good things happen even without reaching agreement” in mediation. List at least two “good things” that can happen without an agreement.
What will be an ideal response?