Author Question: Audience responses to your messages depend heavily on your ________, a measure of your believability ... (Read 140 times)

xroflmao · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Audience responses to your messages depend heavily on your ________, a measure of your believability based on how reliable you are and how much trust you evoke in others.

A) persona
B) savoir-faire
C) credibility
D) audience awareness
E) performance

Question 2

In business messages, using terms such as if, hope, and trust is

A) usually a bad idea since it takes away from the writer's credibility.
B) a good way to show your modesty.
C) common courtesy.
D) acceptable for very formal contexts.
E) a way to display a you attitude.

elizabethrperez · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Explanation: C) The way an audience responds to your message will depend heavily on your credibility; that is, how much others believe that they can rely on and trust you.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A
Explanation: A) On their own, the words if, hope, and trust are acceptable. However, when used too frequently they tend to give a message a conditional tone, suggesting that you are hoping that events will turn out well rather than being confident that things will turn out well.