What is the difference between personal distance and public distance?

What will be an ideal response?


Personal distance is approximately 18 inches to 4 feet and we use this space when interacting with friends and acquaintances. Public distance is much further (12 to 25 feet) and is used for public ceremonies, lectures, and performances to distance the speaker/performer from the audience.

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offering guidelines for a workable solution is called a. suggesting solutions b. implementing solutions c. establishing criteria for solutions d. monitoring the suggested solution

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When a speaker delivers a speech word for word from memory without using notes, he/she is practicing _____ speaking

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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Vocal qualifiers provide the variety within a specific spoken sentence

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Jackson says, "Erica is irrational." This statement is an example of

A) totalizing B) static evaluation. C) a euphemism. D) indexing. E) hypothetical thought.

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