Main points are designed to help the audience understand and remember

A. the specific purpose
B. the introduction
C. the central idea
D. the general purpose


Answer: C

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Amy, a freelance journalist, wants to widen her range of online reporting by including photos, audio and video clips, links, and comments and discussion forums in her articles. Which type of reporting is exemplified in this statement?

a) Lateral b) Linked c) Tagged d) Mobile

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Why is it difficult to convince a person to change a point of view or opinion?

A) because the person might not be interested in the subject B) because the person might have poor note-taking skills C) because the person may have been persuaded by the previous speaker D) because the person?s attitudes are fixed by the time they reach adulthood

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In his study that asked participants to indicate which of the line on the right of the sheet was equal in length to the line on the left side, Asch discovered

A. participants were not able to determine the correct answer B. participants gave the wrong answer after hearing several other individuals give the wrong answer C. participants indicated they were not affected by other individuals' responses D. participants gave the right answer despite the fact that several other individuals had already given the wrong answer

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