Which of the following is an example of possible noise in public speaking: a. members of the audience coughing or moving about in their seats b. a malfunctioning microphone making the speaker difficult to hear c. a member of the audience losing interest and daydreaming about her upcoming vacation d. all of the above are examples of noise in public speaking.

The correct answer is D!

the correct answer is c. the use of consistent patterns that keep the elements in a series in the same form.

  parallel structure, also known as parallelism, is the use of the words in a sentence with the same patterns to attain the same importance for each word. it should be used when connecting words, such as for, and, or etc. are present. one example is: paul likes playing soccer and to swim. (not parallel). paul likes playing soccer and swimming. (parallel)