What is the main focus of audience analysis?

• Identifying the audience and adapting a speech to their interests

• Creating a presentation without considering the audience

• Using excessive imagination

• Ignoring the audience's expectations

Why is audience-centered approach important for a speaker?

• To make the speech boring

• To ignore the audience's interests

• To improve effectiveness of the presentation

• To avoid adapting to the audience

What does audience adaptation involve?

• Guiding stylistic and content choices for a presentation

• Being overly formal in speech

• Ignoring the audience completely

• Telling the audience what they want to hear

Why is it important to know the audience's expectations?

• Violating expectations can impact the effectiveness of the speech

• It doesn't matter what the audience expects

• To make the speech more boring

• To confuse the audience

What should a speaker do if the audience's knowledge of a topic is limited?

• Avoid explaining any concepts

• Use technical jargon extensively

• Assume the audience knows everything

• Give a brief review of important terms and concepts

Why is it important to know the audience's attitude toward a topic?

• To make the speech less persuasive

• To determine the best way to reach the speaker's goals

• To focus on irrelevant topics

• To ignore the audience's concerns

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does audience size affect speech-making?

• Formality is not important in speech-making

• The larger the audience, the more formal the presentation should be

• The smaller the audience, the more formal the presentation should be

• Audience size has no impact on speech-making

What are some demographic factors that can influence an audience?

• Demographics have no impact on the audience

• Only occupation and education matter

• Only age and gender matter

• Age, gender, religion, ethnic background, class

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

How can the setting of a presentation influence the speech?

• The setting has no impact on the speech

• The speaker should ignore the setting

• Factors like room set-up, time of day, and noise levels can affect the speech

• Only the content matters in a speech

Why is it important to consider the voluntariness of the audience?

• To determine how hard a speaker needs to work to spark interest

• To avoid adapting to the audience

• It doesn't matter if the audience is voluntary or involuntary

• To make the speech less engaging