When planning your main points, you should consider which aspects of your topic are best covered in the public, oral mode. Your speech should be used to ____.

A. transmit routine information
B. discuss a specialized problem of a small portion of the audience
C. indulge the speaker's ego
D. read a list of statistics
E. None of these answers would be important to discuss in a public speech


Answer: E

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Pat can't think straight when he is emotionally upset. This experience may be due to

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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