Wade is in the process of giving a speech to his class. He has his speaking notes on hand and is reading from them, word for word. Is Wade using his speaking notes correctly?
A) Yes; Wade will be able to convey his points exactly as he would like because he has them written down.
B) Yes; memorizing or improvising any part of a speech is not the proper way of being a speaker.
C) No; speaking notes serve as an outline and should not be detailed enough to be read word for word.
D) No; Wade should be reading from his standard outline instead.
Answer: C
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