During a speech, it is considered a best practice to use only one type of supporting material for consistency.

There are three basic categories, or types, of supporting materials. They are:

Examples (brief, extended, and hypothetical)

Statistics

Testimony (expert or peer)

Explanation:

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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