Question

chapter 1: your standpoint and strengths
page 14 1.3. adapting and analyzing your speaking situation
fill in the blanks to complete the following passage.
complete the passage by filling in the blank(s). drag the word(s) below to fill in the blank(s) or use your keyboard to choose word(s) from the dropdown menus.
your audience is the group of people who will listen to you speak. just as your intersectional standpoint gives you many different identities and experiences, your audience has a wide variety of common memberships, attitudes, experiences, and interests. you can any connection that your audience shares and use it to appeal to them as a
activate public context exaggerate

Explanation:

To solve this fill - in - the - blank problem, we analyze the context of each blank:

First Blank:

The sentence is "You can ____ any connection that your audience shares". We need a verb that makes sense in the context of using a connection to appeal to the audience. Among the options "activate", "public", "context", and "exaggerate", "activate" is the most appropriate. "Activate" means to make something (in this case, a connection) effective or operational, which fits the idea of using the shared connection to appeal to the audience. "Exaggerate" would mean to overstate, which is not appropriate here. "Public" is a noun or adjective and does not fit as a verb in this slot. "Context" is also a noun and does not work as a verb here.

Second Blank:

The sentence is "use it to appeal to them as a ____". We need a noun that makes sense in the context of appealing to the audience. "public" fits here as "as a public" means appealing to them as a group of people (the public). "Activate" is a verb and does not fit as a noun here. "Context" refers to the circumstances or setting, which does not fit the meaning of appealing to the audience. "Exaggerate" is a verb and also does not fit.

So the first blank should be filled with "activate" and the second blank should be filled with "public".

Answer:

First blank: activate
Second blank: public