In her speech about friendship, becky opened her speech by stating, "as vanessa smith has written, 'many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.'" becky began her introduction by using:

Becky began her introduction by using a quotation.

Explanation:

A quotation is a group of words or phrase taken from a source such as a text, book, etc. and repeated. It generally appears within quotation marks: " ". The text should be the same, without any changes.

In this case, Becky begins her introduction with a quotation about friendship by Vanessa Smith. She is using quotation marks and cites the author. This will give the introduction an impulse in order for Becky to begin and then settle on her own ideas.

can you explain it better

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.