What are the speaker's main objectives in a eulogy?

What will be an ideal response?


• Mention the achievements of the person to whom you are paying tribute and express a sense of loss.
• Include personal and even humorous recollections of the person who has died.
• Turn to the living and encourage them to transcend their sorrow and sense of loss and instead feel gratitude that the person was once alive among them.

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experienced the recency effect. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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It makes the most sense to use a __________ organization pattern when it is easier for the audience to understand and remember your topics from their location

a. cause-effect b. topical c. geographical/spatial d. chronological

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From the standpoint of the persuasive writer, the message element in the process is often the most important

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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For listeners who are deaf or hearing-impaired, the text recommends which of the following?

A. looking at them constantly B. exaggerating your words C. slowing your rate of speech slightly

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