If the intent of your speech is presenting new information or making listeners aware of new ideas or information, your speech is persuasive

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1.A post-semiotic understanding of language assumes that words are simply representations. 2.Sue asks Rachel for a cup of tea. This simple request should have no misunderstandings because “tea” is not arbitrary, ambiguous, nor abstract. 3.Kate tells her friend Meagan that she likes cats. Her use of the word “cats” is an example of a signifier. 4.Justice, as a concept, is ambiguous because the word “justice” was applied to the concept randomly.

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The opposite of hyperbole, ______ involves downplaying a fact or event

a. verbal irony b. a spoonerism c. a malapropism d. understatement

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A vague term need not be defined since the listener or reader of argumentation will

supply his own definition. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In German culture, which type of profanity is the most offensive?

A. religious B. sexual C. excretory D. they are all equally offensive

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