According to your textbook, part of what makes telling an intentional lie during a speech wrong is that the misrepresentation or omission is __________.

A. done for the audience's benefit
B. done for the speaker's advantage
C. done to make the speech easier to remember
D. none of these choices 
E. all of these choices


Answer: B

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Fill in the blanks with correct word

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What should the second paragraph of a news article contain, according to the principles we discussed in lec ture? a. it should answer questions raised in the lead paragraph

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Talking to her grandmother about her new computer, Reina uses such words as "web" and "tweet." Reina's grandmother wonders what spiders and birds have to do with Reina's computer. Based on the grandmother's confusion, what can we conclude about the nature of language?

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