What are the four common types of powerless language?
What will be an ideal response?
Disclaimers, hedges, hesitations, and tag questions.
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Some of your colleagues have suggested that the company sponsor an annual picnic rather than a more formal annual dinner. John disagrees because, in his opinion, the last time the company sponsored a picnic, it was poorly planned and unsuccessful
Which fallacy of argument could be attributed to John's comment? a. faulty cause b. hasty generalization c. appeal to popularity d. appeal to tradition e. appeal to authority
When making introductions, the text stresses __________.
A. keeping things high level and general B. keeping things impersonal to avoid awkwardness C. treating every person the way you like to be treated D. taking cultural considerations into account
. Benjamin Franklin advocated from the start that the colonies should break from England:
a) true; b) false
The amount of news printed in a newspaper depends on
a. amount of sports. b. amount of advertising. c. amount of news. d. number of pictures.