While the politician wanted to raise taxes once she was in office, she knew the audience felt otherwise and joked "I know I'm only going to get your vote when I tell you I won't be raising taxes." This attempt to please the audience is an example of __________.
A. stereotyping
B. platitudes
C. pandering
D. demographics
Answer: C
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A. when the person demands to be interviewed in a more flattering location B. when the environment is too boring to maintain viewer interest C. when the environment is too noisy to capture clean audio D. when you want to avoid hauling equipment to a faraway location
Parallelism involves using the same grammatical structure for two or more clauses or sentences.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Speaking with the purpose of telling strangers about yourself is a speech of
A. entertainment. B. introduction. C. persuasion. D. information.
Same-sex partners can marry with full legal recognition in several countries, and many other countries recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships. These countries can be contrasted with those that prohibit people of the same sex from being romantically or sexually involved at all. There are even countries that impose the death penalty for those who violate such laws. What accounts for these extreme differences between countries?
A. Culture affects expectations for voluntariness. B. Culture affects expectations for sexuality. C. Culture affects expectations for exclusivity. D. Culture affects expectations for love.