Explain why pausing is an important delivery element

What will be an ideal response?


You pause to allow the audience time to reflect on something you have just said or to heighten suspense about something you are going to say.

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Why are some filmmakers and activists very critical of the MPAA?

a. ?They believe that it is too favorable to established film companies. b. ?They believe that it is biased towards producers, directors, and other higher up positions in the film production process. c. ?They believe it does not do enough to protect the US film industry from offshoring practices. d. ?They believe that the self-censorship it imposes violates filmmakers’ freedom of speech.

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In response to his son's request, Tom said, "I don't care what you want! You'll do what I tell you to do because I am your father!" How would you most accurately categorize this response?

a. It is being manipulative rather than genuine. b. It is being flexible rather than rigid. c. It is being superior rather than equal. d. It is focusing on the problem.

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The apologetic genre is best understood as

A) epideictic rhetoric. B) deliberative rhetoric. C) forensic rhetoric. D) All of the answers are correct.

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A speaker discusses three types of work dogs. Which pattern is the speaker using?

A. chronological B. topical C. problem-solution D. spatial

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