27. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between te

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27. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between technical information and speaking to inform a general audience? a. Technical subject matter should be avoided altogether b. You should replace technical information with abstractions. c. Use straightforward language to make technical idcas casy to grasp d. Using technical language enhances the credibility of the speaker e. Technical terms are an easy way to relate to the audience 28. Which of the following is not an example of informative speaking? a. A business manager explaining next year's budget. b. A scientist convincing colleagues to change their research focus. c. An architect reviewing others about the plans to a new building. d. A union leader informing members about a new contract. e. A community leader outlining plans for a fundraiser. 29. In the introduction of her speech Mary stated, "Although I am not a student at UTEP, I am a student at NMSU. We have had a long standing rivalry but we all still have to pay for the same soda prices at the concession stands. The prices have increased to amounts that are just unaffordable for any college student. We need to take a stand against this." By doing this Mary was trying to: a. explain her competence b. create common ground c. use evidence d. paraphrase 30. The Freshman English professor has never had a student fail his class. Your older sister took his class and said it was really easy but a lot of work. The comments on Facebook have said that this professor's class was really boring but casy to pass. You registered for this class because you knew it would be easy. This type of reasoning is: a. analogical reasoning b. reasoning from principle c. reasoning from specific instances d. causal reasoning 31. Persuasion is the process of a. telling people what to do. b. creating, reinforcing. or changing people's beliefs or actions c. givin d. introducing a topic to an audience. g information to a group of people. 32. Which kind of evidence needs to be shared ethically with the audience? a. Quotes b. Statistics c. Testimony d. Figures c. All of the Above

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27. Use straightforward language to make technical ideas easy to grasp as it would make it understandable to general audience and will hence keep them engaged in the speech

28. A scientist convincing colleagues to change their research focus as it is a persuasive speech

29. Create common ground as she wants to attract the attention of everyone towards the common problem keeping rivalry aside

30. Reasoning from specific instances as she decides to chose it because her experience with the class and the facebook reviews

31. Creating, reinforcing or changing peoples beliefs or actions as persuation attempts at changing attitudes and beliefs

32. Quotes as even after plagiarism the quotations are kept the same

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