One reason that listeners tend to daydream is that
A) the majority of public speakers don?t know how to hold an audience?s attention.
B) a listener can think at a much faster rate than a speaker can speaker.
C) it is easy for an audience member to fake attention.
D) listeners are easily distracted by emotional language.
B
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A) ?repetition. B) ?redundancy. C) ?discourse consistency. D) ?interest. E) ?obstacle analysis.
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