Describe three reasons why it is important for an audience to follow a speaker's organizational pattern.
What will be an ideal response?
- Recall: an audience can better remember the main ideas of a speech when they are presented in a recognizable pattern.
- Active listening: effective organization engages the listener and enhances their ability to ignore distractions.
- Personal satisfaction: when audience members can anticipate what's coming next, they feel more "in the know" and a part of the discussion.
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a. referential b. relational c. symbolic d. familiar
The cybernetic tradition regards:
A) history to be characterized by an unjust distribution of suffering. B) technology to have impacted the ways in which people persuade and inspire others. C) communication as the link connecting the separate parts of any system. D) reality to be shaped by culture.
When immigrants interact with people from host cultures, they not only switch between languages but also between cultures. Which aspect of identity does this statement illustrate?
A. The absence of identity. B. Immigrants faking their identity. C. The fluidity of identity. D. The fixed nature of identity.
Decisions of a U.S. District Court are normally appealed to the:
a) Court of Claims; b) District Court of Appeal; c) Court of Regulatory Appeals; d) U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; e) U.S. Supreme Court.