List the five functions of a speech introduction

What will be an ideal response?


Focuses the audience's attention, clarify your topic or purpose for speaking, establish the significance of your topic, establish your credibility on the topic, and highlight or preview the aspects of your subject that will be discussed in the body.

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Darwin argued that ______ are remnants of prehistoric behaviors that served important functions.

a. anxieties b. reactions c. emotions d. gestures

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Members of cultures that value speaking more softly, calmly, and slowly may easily get the

impression that North Americans are rude. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Speeches formatted with the cause-effect pattern tend to divide naturally into two basic parts or two main points

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Italian director who believed that "America is really the property of the world" is

a. Michelangelo Antonioni b. Pier Pablo Pasolini c. Sergio Leone d. Franco Zeffirelli

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