Critical listeners closely examine how speakers define words. Definitions can be very powerful in a speech if audience members simply accept the definitions the speaker offers. Reflect on this video in which you are the audience--


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Answer the following in at least 400 words by May 22 at midnight:

What was the presentation about-- discuss two main points.

What did you learn? List two examples.

Did you question the speaker’s definitions? Why or why not?

In what other ways might the terms have been defined? How would those definitions change the nature of the speech and the speaker’s conclusions?