According to your text, in which of the following circumstances would humor be a poor choice for your introductory device?

a. when your audience is socioeconomically diverse
b. when your audience is racially diverse
c. when your audience in linguistically diverse
d. when your audience has varying levels of formal education

c

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

Which of the following is considered the starting point of CSR?

a. expansion of environmentalism in the 1960s b. impact of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s c. concerns about business ethics in the 1930s d. demands for higher wages in the early 1900s

Communication & Mass Media

In your speech to high school students, you explain how you have seen people do stupid things at parties as a result of drinking. You've witnessed how drunken people put themselves at risk, and you've heard of people's reputations being ruined because of alcohol-related incidents. Because of your experiences, you want to urge your listeners to avoid drinking in social situations, so they will not suffer similar consequences. What form of reasoning have you used in this speech?

A. deductive B. inductive C. causal D. syllogistic

Communication & Mass Media