Which of the following is a suggestion in the text for managing public speaking anxiety?

a) Focus your attention on your performance, not on your listeners.
b) Project confidence by standing tall and maintaining eye contact.
c) View public speaking as a performance, not a conversation.
d) Use chemicals as tension relievers.


Answer: b

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An important consequence of the critical/cultural model is that researchers pay more attention to ______.

A. how meaning is created within society B. the effect that watching television advertising has on children’s toy preferences C. how the rise of mobile devices has changed how teens communicate with each other D. how electronic documents differ from paper documents

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The immediate audience of a speech is limited, or finite. But the remote audience is unlimited, or potentially infinite

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Create, in sentence outline form, a problem-solution pattern of organization for a two- or three-point presentation. 

What will be an ideal response?

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