_______ is an unproductive conflict strategy in which one person tries to win an argument by inflicting psychological pain

a. Face-detracting
b. Verbal argumentativeness
c. Verbal aggressiveness
d. Force

c

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At ______ stage, you will outline enough information to help engage the reader with information, entice the reader with some interesting flavor, and then explain any background the reader might need to fully understand the story.

A. the focus B. the end C. the middle D. the beginning

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As your textbook explains, emotional appeal is

A. unethical unless it is combined with reasoning from principle. B. often necessary when a speaker is trying to move an audience to action. C. seldom used by public speakers in support of honorable causes. D. All of these answers are correct. E. Both seldom used by public speakers in support of honorable causes and unethical unless it is combined with reasoning from principle.

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