As Your Textbook Explains, Whenever You Give a Persuasive Speech

question 83

Multiple Choice

As your textbook explains, whenever you give a persuasive speech on a question ovalue, you need to

• A) concentrate on convincing listeners who already share your view.
• B) organize the speech according to Monroe's motivated sequence.
• C) conclude your speech by urging the audience to take immediate action.
• D) deal with all three basic issues of need, plan, and practicality.
• E) justify your value judgment against a set of standards or criteria.

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Definitions:

No-Collar Workers

A “free agent” worker with a nontraditional career path who engages in creative, “knowledge work” and rejects the idea of stable, long-term employment at a single company; creation of ideas (“symbol manipulators”), not things.

Disengagement

The process of withdrawing or distancing oneself from a particular role, activity, or involvement.

Ascribe Selves

The concept of identities or roles that are assigned to an individual by society, rather than chosen by the individual.

Postmodern Work

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