COM421

"The group I will be speaking to is composed of mostly Euroamerican, middle-class males who have been successful in business. Most are middle aged and college educated." Those statements are typical of statements from

• a specific purpose

• an audience analysis

• a general purpose

• a speaker analysis

A speaker who believes that time should be part of an audience analysis would include which of these considerations?

• How much time has been allotted or assigned?

• What world or local events might be occurring the same day as the speech?

• Whether the speech will be in the morning or after lunch, at the beginning or end of some shared segment of time (semester, retreat), or on a national or religious holiday.

• All of these are valid time considerations

Which is an effective purpose statement?

• The purpose of my speech is to inform.

• After my speech, the audience will be able to list four reasons why young people join gangs.

• My purpose is to inform you about crime and to persuade you to stay out of gangs.

• The purpose is to inform the audience about crime.

Hamidah noted that most of her audience members were employed in the medical field. This is an example of paying attention to

• Psychological traits.

• Cultural traits.

• social traits.

• Personal traits.

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for constructing an effective survey?

• Make no assumptions about your respondents

• Use a clean, consistent structure for the overall questionnaire​

• Use more open-ended questions than closed-ended question

• Avoid biased or leading questions

Adam paid attention to the characteristics of his audience members and took care to keep them in mind during the whole speech-making process.  This is an example of 

• negotiation skill.

• Selective attention.

• Identity knowledge.

• Mindfulness.

A good specific purpose statement will be oriented toward the listeners.

• True

• False

Impromptu speeches require a lot of practice.

• True

• False

If your speech is very good, there is no need to consider what other speakers may say before you or what recent events may concern the audience.

• True

• False

In preparing a speech, the speaker should analyze the ___________and the occasion.