What specific behaviors or mistakes tend to erode trust and credibility in speakers that you’ve heard?

For this assignment please turn in your completed first research paper on The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

The research paper must be an argument-based paper. That argument should be centered on the literature and one of the schools of literary criticism presented earlier. The paper requires that the student create the thesis for the paper and use peer-reviewed sources found in the Ocean County College Library to support the thesis.

The required parameters of the papers are:

Required Elements: Topic sentence, thesis statement, title, academic peer-reviewed sources, and formal language.
Length: 1,500 words
Academic Style: Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
Required Sources: No less than 3 peer-reviewed secondary sources and a primary source; each source can be used up to 3 times
Paper Topic: The paper MUST be an analysis of the literature read in this course.
In a new Word document, answer the following in roughly 600 words:

Why is the audience′s impression of the speaker important?
Name at least one public figure that you believe has credibility and explain the characteristics this person exemplifies that give the impression of credibility. Be specific.
How is trust built between a speaker and the audience? What specific behaviors or mistakes tend to erode trust and credibility in speakers that you’ve heard?
How do trust and credibility potentially enhance the speaker’s ability to make a meaningful connection with the audience?
Explain at least one way you could boost credibility and trust in your upcoming speech.

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