Maria starts off her presentation by saying, “Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president in American history.” She has just rephrased her specific purpose into a ___ statement
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: thesis
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To share narratives with others about our personal identity, we must have _______.
a. the ability to adapt stories of our identities to a social context b. the ability to tell stories well to all our listeners c. the ability to tell new stories to each new listener we encounter d. the ability to tell stories with consistency despite having many listeners
If you realize that your presentation will run long, ask yourself
all of the following questions as a way of deciding how to shorten it EXCEPT: a. Will the audience be able to reach this conclusion without my help? b. Does the audience already know this information or is it inclined to believe this? c. Does the audience really need to know all this? d. Ask all of these questions e. Ask none of these questions.
Verbal communication and nonverbal communication are similar in all of the following respects EXCEPT:
A) ?both are symbolic. B) ?both are rule-guided. C) ?both may be unintentional or intentional. D) ?both are shaped by culture. E) ?both are perceived as equally believable.
Which of the following is not an advantage of cohort analysis?
a) Highly flexible b) Provides insight into the effects of organization's ownership on employees c) Can be less expensive then experiments or surveys d) Can be used with either original data or secondary data