The part of a speech where one shares with an audience a brief overview of each main points, communicates one's organization and competency, and helps audience organize their thoughts and mentally prepare for speech is called the:
A. credibility
B. topic
C. preview
D. rhetorical question
Answer: C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When giving a speech on overpopulation in the United States, Terrence held up a line graph and said, "Here are the recent statistics on birth rates in the United States." What was wrong with Terrence's approach?
a. He should have used more than one presentation aid. b. He shouldn't have used statistical data; it is dry and doesn't capture audience attention. c. He didn't tell the audience how to interpret the data. d. He failed to ask the audience if they could see his aid clearly.
A federal regulation setting up a “broadcast flag” system to curb the copying and sharing of television programs was overturned by a federal appeals court decision in 2005. The case:
a) Grokster v. U.S. Copyright Office; b) MGM v. Federal Trade Commission; c) American Library Association v. Federal Communications Commission; d) A&M Records v. Napster; e) CBS v. Teleprompter.
Words such as "likely" and "probably" qualify what the speaker is saying and are called ____
A) tags B) hedges C) symbols D) euphemisms