A speech designed to prompt the audience to think about an issue that they had previously ignored has the purpose of __________.

A. creating a positive feeling
B. agenda setting
C. inducing a specific action
D. strengthening commitment


Answer: B

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A contemporary leadership style that involves the process of influencing others by building a shared vision of the future, and by inspiring and helping them to see how their efforts are related to a larger framework is ________ leadership

A) transformational B) laissez-faire C) democratic D) authoritarian

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According to your textbook, the specific purpose for a speech should

A. include a reference to the audience. B. be expressed as a question. C. be written as a full infinitive phrase. D. All of these answers are correct. E. Both include a reference to the audience and be written as a full infinitive phrase.

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