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if you were giving a speech about a japanese tsunami, and you quoted a local survivor on the hardships endured, you would be using ______ testimony.
○ secondary
○ expert
○ personal
○ peer
A local tsunami survivor's account of their own hardships is a first-hand, personal account of their experience. Secondary testimony is second-hand information, expert testimony comes from a subject-matter authority, and peer testimony is from a person with similar standing to the audience but not a direct witness. The survivor's quote is their own direct experience, so it is personal testimony.
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