1)Susan Rojas is applying for a position in the marketing department of a local corporation. Although Greg Ellis is the director of this department, she has been instructed to send her resume and other documents to Jeff Cohen, manager of the human resources department. Jeff screens all applications before sending those of qualified candidates on to appropriate department heads. Jeff is:

A.

the primary audience

B.

a watchdog

C.

a gatekeeper

D.

an auxiliary audience

A

2)Tara Houser e-mails a colleague Dan Brothers to suggest that he be the lead writer in preparing a comprehensive business plan for the company. The task will be rather time-consuming. Tara tells Dan that "the president will certainly be impressed with whoever heads up this project", which is persuasive because

A....