Question

Good speakers use a number of verbal and nonverbal techniques to connect with their listeners. You can build this rapport by including effective imagery in your speech, supplying verbal signposts, and using body language strategically. Identify the effective imagery technique employed in the following sentences. a. Our manager is a shark when it comes to the art of negotiation. b. Analogy Metaphor Simile The first time I gave a speech, I was shaking so badly that the front row of the audience began to laugh. c. Metaphor Personal anecdote Analogy Identify the verbal signpost.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C.

Explanation:  Metaphor is a picture of language consisting of the use of one word or expression with the meaning of another with which it is possible to establish an analogy relationship.

For the analogy to occur, there must be similar semantic elements between the words or expressions in question.