According to your text, rhetoric requires all of the following except:
a. a speaker.
b. some means of sharing a message
c. a listener.
d. some means of recording that message.
d
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a. are formal. b. are planned. c. are audience-centered. d. involve more clearly defined roles.
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A. “I really need this grade, I was so close, and my parents are going to kill me.” B. “If I don't get my GPA up I won't get an internship and probably won't get a job. Isn't my career more important than my grade in this course?” C. “You once said that competent communicators are flexible communicators. Because I was close to a B, do you think you could possibly be flexible in this situation, given my circumstances." D. “If you could change my grade I promise I will not tell anyone.” E. “Please, please, I’m begging you, change my grade, please.”