Question

1. eleanor is an expert in biotechnology and was asked to give a persuasive speech to a group of everyday citizens about the benefits of biotechnology in agriculture. in her speech, eleanor used language that was unfamiliar to her audience and only used by people in her field. her audience found her speech difficult to understand. eleanor is guilty of using what in her speech?

biased language
plagiarism
jargon
diversity

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• "Biased language" involves favoritism/prejudice, not related to unfamiliar field - specific terms.
• "Plagiarism" is using others' work without credit, not relevant here.
• "Jargon" is specialized language of a profession/field, unfamiliar to non - experts. Eleanor used field - specific (biotechnology) language unfamiliar to citizens, so this matches.
• "Diversity" refers to variety (e.g., in people/ideas), not related to language use here.

Answer:

C. jargon