Describe the conditions that must be present for a public forum to exist.
What will be an ideal response?
- Some problem affects people collectively as well as individually.
- Cooperative action is needed to address the problem. Speakers and listeners participate in deciding what to do.
- The decision requires subjective judgment. What should be done is not obvious; there is more than one possible solution, and there is no way for anyone to gather all the information that conceivably might bear on the decision.
- Nevertheless, a decision is required. People stand at a fork in the road, and a choice cannot be avoided.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In opposing the proposition "equipping cars with anti-lock brakes does not reduce
accidents," an argument stating "teaching drivers to use anti-lock brakes properly, by applying them forcefully won't prevent them from overdriving the cond would be (a) an effect argument. (b) an inherency argument. (c) a significance argument. (d) a pre-emptive argument.
In an introduction, you may ask a question that doesn't require a response but makes the audience think about your topic. This is called ________ question
A) a primacy B) a hypothetical C) a rhetorical D) an unanswerable
Russell is ready to begin his research process. What is his first step?
a. collect data b. find willing participants c. post a hypothesis d. ask questions