In a persuasive speech, you tell a hypothetical story in your introduction and represent it as something that has actually happened to you. is this appropriate?

No

Explanation:

Persuasive speech is the form of speech user by the speaker to convince audience on their particular thoughts or point of view.Hypothetical story is the fictional or imaginary concept which is made up by a person to make others understand about the particular case or content.

According to the question , it is not correct to use hypothetical story for giving a persuasive speech as it is breaking the ethics and values of speaker and speech.

To persuade the audience, speaker must be honest and speak about actual and true events to convey their views among audience.Thus, it is not appropriate act to use imaginary situation in speech.

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even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.