If Nick tells a story about a starving little girl in order to get his audience to feel very sad about child hunger, he is using pathos.

Paralanguage refers to the denotative definition of a word.

How do you make an informational topic interesting to the audience?

Which is not an appropriate topic for an informative presentation?

Robert gave his informative speech on “the environment.” What is a valid critique of this speech?

Which of the following is not required for individual brainstorming?

If I describe Puddy as “an animal” I am being ___________.

Connotative meaning refers to the individualized, personalized meaning that we give to a word.

. Which of the following best typifies the meaning of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

Decoding means assigning meanings from communication you have received into thoughts of your own.