Which of the following scenarios, or examples, illustrates linguistic relativity?
A) A student received a perfect score on his speech because he used concrete terms to explain success.
B) Two pen pals, one from the United States and one from Australia, had trouble agreeing on what it
meant to be successful.
C) Valerie carefully defined each term for her audience before speaking.
D) Sam's meaning for the term "success" is based on a role model.
E) Angela and Evan were able to agree that success depends on what goals one is trying to accomplish.
B
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If you obtained information for your speech from several websites and failed to cite how much information came from those sources, you are engaging in
A. dynamism. B. internal references. C. incremental plagiarism. D. trustworthiness.
A particularly good time to incorporate ________ into your delivery is during a transition in your speech because your change in position will correspond to a change in your remarks.
A. movement B. gestures C. posture D. eye contact