According to your textbook, listeners are persuaded by a speaker for one or more of four major reasons. Which of the following is among those reasons?

A. The audience perceives the speaker as having high credibility.
B. The audience's emotions are touched by the speaker's ideas or language.
C. The audience is captivated by the speaker's gestures.
D. All of these answers are correct.
E. Both the audience's emotions are touched by the speaker's ideas or language and the audience perceives the speaker as having high credibility.


Answer: E

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