All of the following are examples of thesis statements for speeches of demonstration EXCEPT
A) Three guidelines will help you get that raise.
B) You can look younger if you follow four tips for make-up application.
C) Christianity and Islam have much in common.
D) E-mail works through a series of electronic connections from one computer to a server to another computer.
C
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The area near the top of the frame is conventionally used to suggest
a. power, authority, and aspiration. b. fear, anxiety, and acrophobia. c. the unknown, the fearful, and the unseen danger. d. subservience and vulnerability.
The passage below comes from Kenneth Burke's 1969 A Rhetoric of Motives (Berkeley: University of California Press)
"Aristotle had said that, particularly in the arousing of pity, the rhetorician is most effective if he can bring before the audience the actual evidence of hardship and injustice suffered. Thus, in proportion as "imagination" went up in the scale of motivational values, one might come to speak of an appeal to the imagination in many instances which classical theory might have treated as persuasion by the appeals of pathos and ethos (appeals to "emotion" and by "character" or personality," (81, Burke's emphasis). Would you advise the speaker to quote this passage or paraphrase it? Justify your answer. What are the major differences between quoting and paraphrasing? Additionally, write two different ways you would introduce this source during your presentation. What will be an ideal response?
“It will take too long.” “It’s too complicated.” “It won’t work.” “It’s a crazy idea.” These comments heard in a brainstorming group are examples of
a. flame baiters. b. freewheelers. c. interventions. d. idea killers.
Sonja tries to have dinner with her family every night so they can share what happened to them that day and support each other, even if it means she may lose a promotion to a coworker who often works later into the evening
Which time-related element is most important to Sonja? A) work time B) talk time C) relationship time D) wait time