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When speaking to inform, which of the following would a speaker be most likely to do? Select all that apply.

demonstrate
describe
amuse
convince
train
influence
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User Achronos
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Demonstrate, describe,train
User Denhackl
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When a person seeks to inform others, or another person, his/her goal is not to enter into deep, profound details about the information he/she is going to deliver, because he/she does not seek to persuade, convince, or take that information any deeper, than simply deliver it, that is the very definition of the word "inform". It is simply to deliver data that a person has to others, so that they are aware that it exists. As such, from the list provided, the correct choices that would apply to the process of informing would be: Demonstrate and describe. Once any of the other choices comes into play, we are stepping beyond simply informing, and delving into expanding information, persuading, or generating a reaction from the information given, which would training.

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