Why should filled pauses be avoided during a speech?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. These pauses are ineffective and detract from the strength of your message.
2. They will make you appear hesitant, unprepared, and unsure.

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What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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In empathic listening, we

A) try to feel what the speaker feels. B) respond to our needs as a listener. C) strive to interrupt the speaker. D) lose our own identity and assume the identity of the other person.

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Describe the basic elements of composition for the content of presentation aids Which following type of presentation aid is most effective at showing individual parts in a whole?

A. a bar chart B. a line graph C. a pie chart D. a map E. none of these choices

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