A(n) __________ is something you say, show, or do to get your
audience to focus on you and on the topic and goal of your
speech.
a. attention-getter
b. ethos statement
c. central idea
d. speech preview
a
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Jan nods her head in class, appears to be writing notes, and keeps her eyes focused on the teacher. But her mind is on her sick dog. Jan's listening barrier is called pseudolistening
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Our judgments of people can be influenced by the particular gestures they use. In two experiments, one team of researchers found that people rated a woman posed in a photograph with her hand over her heart as more ______ than when she posed in a photograph without her hand placed over her heart.
a. intelligent b. attractive c. sociable d. honest
After Josie, the spokesperson of her firm, finished her interview for a local TV channel, she and the firm's PR manager watched the interview coverage together. They discussed the positive and negative portions of the interview at length
What step did Josie and the PR manager take? a. Do a postmortem b. Be prepared c. Practice Q&As d. Interview the interviewer
__________ are tested by having the audience employ their own senses for
verification. (a) Statistics (b) Premises (c) Artifacts (d) Examples