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1. The ______ provides the speaker a final opportunity to leave the desired impression and
further build a relationship with the audience.
2. Speakers should reiterate both the topic and the ______ to imprint it on the audience’s
memory.
3. A call to ______ is a speaker’s concluding challenge to the audience to act in response to
the speech or see the problem in a new way.
4. In the conclusion to a(n) ______ speech, the speaker challenges audience members to use
what they’ve learned in a way that benefits them.
5. To make the speech memorable, conclusions rely on the same devices as ______, such as
quotations, stories, startling statements, and rhetorical questions.
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Answer Key
1. conclusion