Name-calling is the general label for attacks on people instead of on their arguments

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


true

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When developing his speech outline, Randall took care to identify all ideas with the same level of importance in a similar way to clearly indicate the relationship between his ideas. Randall is using which principle of outlining?

A. parallelism B. coordination C. subordination D. condensation

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Explain what constitutes an "attention getter" and provide an example of one.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A person is arrested and charged with drunk driving. The local newspaper runs a story about the arrest. The person is later acquitted of the charges. What defense would be best for the newspaper in case that person sued for libel?

a. truth (that is, the person really was drunk but wasn'tconvicted) b. absolute privilege c. qualified privilege

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There are no nonverbal cues generally recognized across cultures.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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