Each year, the newspaper in my hometown of el paso, texas, honors the top five academic achievers from the local high schools at an annual banquet. last year when i addressed the group, the room at the fancy hotel was full of proud students and their relatives. –"the leader in the mirror," pat mora which statement best explains the effect of mora’s shift between two different modes of expression? she can reach a large audience with her speech; she cannot reach a large audience with her essay. she is present with her audience when she delivers her speech; she is not with her readers when they read her essay. she can spend a significant amount of time revising her speech; she does not have as much time to revise her writing.