Why is it important to study listening in a public speaking class?

What will be an ideal response?


1. it is important to check the accuracy of what we have heard; 2. effective listening enables
listeners to provide effective feedback; 3. we spend far more time listening than we do speaking, it's
important to do it well; 4. listening carefully to others helps us improve our own speaking skills; 5. if you
don't listen carefully, you won't know how to evaluate or respond to what you've heard.

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b. causal pattern. c. spatial pattern. d. chronological pattern.

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"To some people, the definition of family is limited to legal and biological relationships, whereas to others, it includes anyone to whom they feel emotionally close." This statement is an example of defining by

A. example. B. compare-and-contrast. C. denotation. D. connotation.

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