How do questions serve as effective attention-getters? What

two types can be used? How can questions be problematic as
attention-getters?

What will be an ideal response?

Questions are good because they can direct the audience's attention to your topic
and even get them involved. You can use response-evoking questions if you want an actual
response from the audience. Or, you can use rhetorical questions if you want to simply
want to focus the audience's attention on your topic. Questions can pose a problem,
however, because it can be hard to direct an audience to respond the way you want them
to. They could go off in the wrong direction or take up too much time. Rhetorical questions
can cause the audience to think too much and lose focus on your speech.

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Which of the following is the most effective oral citation?

A. "According to Rachel Burns, book author ..." B. "According to Rachel Burns, author of the book Learn to Make Your Garden Grow More Beautiful..." C. "According to a website about gardening..." D. "According to Rachel Burns, quoted in the July 28, 2009 issue of Gardening Magazine in the article ‘More Beautiful Gardens'..."

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The three necessary elements for an award-presentation speech are a reference to the occasion, a brief history of the award and its significance, and the naming of the person receiving the award

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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