Question

According to your textbook, what kind of supporting materials are used in the following speech excerpt?Not all Hollywood marriages are doomed to quick failure. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been together for 23 years, as have Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Denzel and Pauletta Washington have been married for 28 years, and Billy and Janice Crystal for 41 years.
A. informative examples
B. enumerated examples
C. brief examples
D. synthetic examples
E. repetitive examples

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Brief examples

Explanation:

The supporting materials used here is called brief examples. A brief example is a short example to support or give evidence for an argument made. This is seen in the above statement where we try to support our argument that not all Hollywood marriages fail quickly by giving brief/short and convenient examples of Hollywood marriages that haven't failed or haven't failed as quickly.