Match the question to the principle to which it belongs.
1. Does the topic interest you?
Familiarity with subject matter gives the speaker more confidence and authority.
2. How much do you know about the topic?
Your assignment and your audience determine your topic.
3. What information is available to you on this topic?
The length of your speech should influence topic selection.
4. Is the topic appropriate?
The audience responds to the speaker's enthusiasm.
5. Can this topic be addressed in the allotted time?
An early search for sources can help you decide if you need to switch topics.

What is emerson's argument? nature contains faith and reason. nature reflects disgrace and calamity. nature can repair all things.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

The most likely reason king uses allusions in this part of his speech is to