Statements such as "The way I tend to see the issue is..." and "One way to approach the problem is..." reflect which of the following?

A) confirmation
B) provisionalism
C) empathy
D) equality
E) neutrality


B

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When a student giving a speech on solar energy explains how it affects us personally, he or she is using

which technique for gaining audience attention? A) Information relevance B) Motivation C) Conversion D) Propaganda E) Transformation

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In Florida Star v. B.J.F., the Supreme Court held that:

a) there is never any right of privacy when government records are involved; b) the government must release the names of rape victims to the media; c) the media may not be penalized for publishing information lawfully obtained from a court document that was made public; d) the media may be punished for publishing information lawfully obtained from a court record that was made public due to an official error; e) all of these.

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Which one of the following of Jakobson’s semiotic functions establishes the speaker’s emotional state?

a. conative b. poetic c. expressive d. referential e. phatic

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