Most speakers and audience members would agree that an organized speech is both easier to present as well as more persuasive. Public speaking teachers especially believe in the power of organizing your speech, which is why they encourage (and often require) that you create an outline for your speech. Outlines<span>, or textual arrangements of all the various elements of a speech, are a very common way of organizing a speech before it is delivered. </span>
The correct answer is B. was. Dollars are considered a singular unit here in the U.S. and thus follow the was/is rule.
I’m unable to answer without seeing a passage.
