"To inform my audience about the major theories explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs" is a specific purpose statement for a speech about a(n)

A. concept.
B. comparison.
C. function.
D. theory.
E. object.


Answer: A

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. true b. false

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