After you have given directions to your friend, you ask if he understood what you said. In asking, you are using the ________ function of language

a. personal
b. heuristic
c. inform
d. regulatory


Answer: b

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Erika has found website that provides information about conflict management. She is trying to find out who "owns" the website. Where should she look?

b. examine the footer c. check for a hyperlind at the top or bottom of the page d. all of the above e. both a and b

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What are figures of speech, and how do they relate to public speaking? From the dozen listed in the text (alliteration, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, simile, synecdoche, metonymy, antithesis, personification, rhetorical question, oxymoron, and idiom), choose and briefly define five, then give an example that you might use in a speech

What will be an ideal response?

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The effectiveness of an ad's placement is often judged by its cost per thousand (CPM), or the cost of reaching 1,000 audience members. For example, an ad that costs $20,000 to place in a major newspaper that is read by 1 million people has a CPM of

A. $200.00. B. $1,000.00. C. $20.00. D. $2.00.

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In 2009, what percentage of people believed that extramarital affairs were morally wrong?

A. 56% B. 92% C. 5% D. 100%

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