What are the consequences of remaining silent while someone tells an offensive joke or anecdote?

What will be an ideal response?


? By not speaking up you are accepting the joke as okay or supporting the person who is telling the joke. He or she will continue to act offensively until someone speaks up and says it is inappropriate behavior.

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Stating “we need to be concerned about tuition increases” rather than “students need to be concerned about tuition increases” demonstrates the use of _____ to link the speaker to members of the audience.

a. relevance b. timeliness c. personal impact statements d. personal pronouns

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When a speaker asserts a proposition of ________, the persuasive goal isn't to make someone believe the speaker; rather, it is to make someone agree with him or her.

A. policy B. value C. opinion D. fact

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All of the following behaviors make your speech easy to remember EXCEPT

A) using signposts. B) avoiding internal summary transitions. C) repeating key points. D) patterning your messages.

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Ron Pelias and Tracy Stephenson Shaffer developed a

method of evaluation originally for staged artistic performances. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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