A person with a vast experience in MNCs is giving a presentation prior to her starting an online training course on handling international trade

She uses a strong voice, maintains direct eye contact with members of the audience, and uses a measured delivery in addition to using humor. Which function is the presenter playing? Why?
a) Rapport; it increases the audience's receptivity to the message
b) Motivation; it links the topic and thesis statement to listeners' lives.
c) Orientation; it states the topic to be discussed.
d) Conclusion; it provides a sense of completeness and closure.


A

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Each day, a new story highlighted several real-life incidents in which people had been affected by unhealthy eating habits and also providedprevention techniques. On the final day, the feature story concluded with research findings thatunhealthy eating habits pose a constant threat to children as well as adults. What type of feature story is the New York Timespublishing, and what is itspurpose? a. Survey and research study; the readers connect and relate to it. b. Backgrounder; it focuses on a problem and how it was solved by an organization. c. Op-ed; it "humanizes" the people who contributed to the story by giving a glimpse of their day-to-day lives. d. Feature lead; it tells people they will learn something beneficial to them.

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This generation experienced the Great Depression.

A. Millennial generation B. Boomer generation C. Builder generation D. X generation

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In the ELM, elaboration is defined as:

a. expanding on the persuasive arguments b. engaging in issue-relevant thinking c. considering the positive arguments d. increasing the number of arguments

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When you provide your own personal knowledge and experiences related to your speech topic, you

are using the critical thinking skill of generating. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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