A thesis statement is different from a specific purpose statement as it _____.
A: tends to make its presence known fairly explicitly to the audience
B: needn’t make itself appear in the actual speech
C: reveals what we hope to accomplish by the speech
D: is much more straightforward than the latter
A: tends to make its presence known fairly explicitly to the audience
B: needn’t make itself appear in the actual speech
C: reveals what we hope to accomplish by the speech
D: is much more straightforward than the latter
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- “To persuade my audience that downloading music from the Internet for personal use is ethically wrong” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of __________.
- In the Body paragraph, the topic sentence should be .( ) A: more simple than the thesis statement B: more extensive than the thesis statement C: always clearly related to the thesis statement D: more specific than the thesis statement
- “To persuade my audience that doctor-assisted suicide is morally acceptable” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of __________.
- To identify the thesis statement, we can make inference from ______ .
- “To persuade my audience that they should adopt a program of regular exercise” is a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on a question of __________.