The most important goal for a speaker who hopes to have a positive effect on the audience is to
A) develop positive ethos.
B) dress well.
C) meet appropriate expectations.
D) read audience feedback.
E) be deliberate.
A
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Molly believes that her parents and relatives really want her to purse a medical degree. This is an example of?
a. belief b. injunctive norm c. descriptive norm d. persuasive influence
One of the following statements is not true about workplace bullying:
a. Bystanders are less likely to leave the job. b. In the workplace, people believe this is a childhood problem. c. Negative consequences extend to include bystanders as well as perpetrators. d. Human Resources offices are mostly ineffective in cases involving upper management.
Keshia must find an appropriate topic for an informative speech assignment. She decides to make a list of subjects she finds interesting to see if this sparks an idea. This is an example of which technique for finding a topic?
A. brainstorming B. self-inventory C. reviewing current media D. engaging with social media
For this exercise please tell us whether the underlined words (all verbals) are either a/an: (a) gerund
(b) participle (c) infinitive.
a. Dreaming about success won’t guarantee it. b. Helen wants to become a famous screenwriter. c. Hiding in the underbrush, the lion spotted the gazelle. d. To dream the impossible dream is not always a foolish exercise. e. The professor enjoyed challenging her students to improve. f. Now it’s time to turn to exercising our brains. g. Losing the election does not seem to be an option now. h. Briefly losing her bearings, she quickly shook off her mental fog and headed north. i. Branded a coward by his former friends, he set out to prove them wrong. j. Reaching out a paw, the cat touched its owner's face.