A Speech to Persuade

question 17

Multiple Choice

A speech to persuade:

• A)increases the audience's knowledge.
• B)shows the audience how to use,operate,or do something.
• C)influences the audience by presenting arguments intended to change attitudes,beliefs,or values.
• D)amuses the audience by engaging them in a relatively light-hearted speech that may have a serious point.
• E)involves performing a ritual function.

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Definitions:

Slope-Intercept Form

An equation of the form y = mx + b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept of the line.

Parallel

Lines in a plane that never meet, no matter how far they are extended, because they have the same slope.

Line

A geometric figure that is one-dimensional, has no thickness, and stretches indefinitely in both directions is referred to as a line.

Y-Intercept

The point where a line or curve intersects the y-axis of a coordinate plane.