A speaker's ability to translate the ideas and images in his or her mind into verbal or nonverbal messages that an audience can understand is termed

a. feedback.
b. decoding.
c. encoding.
d. listening.


c

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What will be an ideal response?

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