A Simple Process Known as the PREP Formula Can Help

question 24

Multiple Choice

A simple process known as the PREP formula can help when you are called on to speak extemporaneously. Using it, you can break your answer into the following four parts:

• A)position, restatement, evaluation, and proof.
• B)point of view, rhetoric, evidence, and position.
• C)position, reasons, examples, and proof.
• D)point of view, reasons, evidence, and point of view restateD.PREP, which stands for point of view, reasons, evidence, and point of view restated, is a relatively simple process that can help you frame your impromptu response.

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