Answer to Question #264778 in English for Jen

Question

Which of the following is an affordance offered by a Q&A format?

a. The speaker can showcase his or her storytelling skills.

b. The audience has a greater opportunity to showcase what they’ve learned from the speech by providing elaborate answers to the speaker’s questions.

c. The audience has an extra chance to gauge the speaker’s competence and credibility.

d. The speaker has a greater opportunity to showcase his or her nonverbal communication skills.

“What I hear you asking is...” would be an example of ______.

a. pontificating

b. paraphrasing

c. pandering

d. presenting

What does the primacy–recency factor refer to?

a. how receivers convey nonverbal cues immediately to a speaker

b. how receivers remember

c. how speakers prioritize their main points in their argument

d. how speakers remember

If you try to “one-up” a person asking a question, you are making the mistake of ______.

a. pontificating

b. presenting

c. pandering

d. paraphrasing

Answer 1

b. The audience has a greater opportunity to showcase what they’ve learned from the speech by providing elaborate answers to the speaker’s questions.

b. paraphrasing

b. how receivers remember

a. pontificating