When Robert asked his class, "How many of you just do nothave enough time to do all the things you want to do in a day?" as his speech introductory device, almost everyone in the audience raised their hands. Robert took this audience reaction as

a. an indication of verbal responsiveness.
b. an interaction that crossed the lineof appropriate behavior between speaker and listener.
c. restless movement, which indicated to Robert that he hadbetter get on with his speech.
d. an indication of nonverbal responsiveness.


d

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