A recent study indicated that half of all "speech acts" in interviews are declarative statements rather than questions and answers.

Which of the following stylistic devices is used in the following

excerpt from the 1992 Democratic Convention Address by Former New York Governor, Mario Cuomo? "… the ship of state is headed for the rock. The crew knows it. The passengers know it. Only the captain of the ship, President Bush, appears not to know it."a. Alliteration b. Simile c. Metaphor d. Antithesis e. Personification

The next step after topic selection is ________

A) ?narrowing the topic to a manageable size. B) ?deciding on a general purpose. C) ?analyzing the audience. D) ?deciding on the desired audience response. E) ?tentatively formulating a central idea.