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Preparing and Delivering Your First Speech
Gathering Information About Your Audience
The Classical Approach to Speech Preparation
Demographics
100

These are used to go to the next point, step, or idea in a flow chart.

a. lines 

b. arrows 

What are arrows? 

100

The subject you will address in your speech. It should also interest you as well. 

a. topic

b. purpose 

What is topic? 

100

A type of audience that opposes the speaker's message, or a speaker personally, and so will resist listening to the speech.


a. hostile audience 

b. bias 

What is hostile audience ? 

100

The process of preparing and practicing a speech to ensure confident and effective delivery 

a. topic 

b. memory 

What is memory (presentation)? 

100

Audience members' characteristics, including but not limited to age, gender composition, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religious orientation, socioeconomic background, and political affiliation.

a. demographics 

b. background information 

What is demographics?

200
In a presentation about competing in the Ironman triathlon in Hawaii a speaker could use a ___ to show the route traveled for the race.  


a. map 

b. pictures 

What is map? 

200

You should use these when you are moving from one point to another to connect your ideas together. 

a. subpoints 

b. transitions 

What is transitions? 

200

A type of audience that has neither negative nor positive opinions about a speaker or message.


a. survey 

b. neutral audience

What is neutral audience? 

200

The choice of language that will best express a speaker's ideas to the audience. 

a. style  

b. delivery 

What is style? 

200

Cultural background that is usually associated with shared religion, national origin, and language.

a. race 

b. ethnicity 

b. ethnicity 

300

Uses words arranged in a certain format to explain ideas, concepts, or general information. 

a. verbal chart

b. pie chart 

What is verbal chart? 

300

States that each main point must relate to your purpose, and each sub-point must relate to the main points that it supports. 

a. sub-points 

b. subordination 

What is subordination?

300

A type of audience that already agrees with a speaker's message or holds the speaker in high esteem and thus will respond favorably to the speech.


a. sympathetic audience 

b. survey 

What is sympathetic audience?

300

The effective organization of ideas to present them to an audience

a. arrangement 

b. thesis statement 

What is an arrangement? 

300

Oversimplified, often distorted views of what it means to be male or female.

a. gender stereotype

b. gender composition



What is gender stereotype?

400

The setting where a speaker delivers, and an audience listens, to a speech.

a. forum

b. background 

What is forum?

400

Anything, in addition from your speech, that your audience members can see or hear that helps them understand and remember your message. 

a. relaxation strategies 

b. audiovisual aids 

What is audiovisual aids? 

400

A survey question that gives a respondent a set of specific answers to choose from. (True/False, Multiple choice, select all that apply, etc.)


a. fixed response questions 

b. open-ended questions 

What is fixed response questions?

400

The generation of ideas for use in a speech, including the speaker's own thoughts on the topic and ideas from other sources. 

a. main points 

b. invention

What is invention? 

400

A demographic consideration that affects and audience's response to and understanding of a speaker's message.


a. sexist language 

b. age 


What is age? 

500

Anything beyond spoken words that a speaker uses to help the audience understand and remember his or her message; includes presentation materials that can be seen, heard, or touched.

a. presentation aid 

b. visual aid 

What is presentation aid? 
500
The primary goal of your presentation. 


a. thesis statement 

b. rhetorical purpose

What is rhetorical purpose? 

500

Quick audience analysis just before or during a speech, to be conducted if the makeup of an audience is different from what the speaker expected or if the audience appears confused, lost, or hostile.


a. situational audience analysis 

b. interview 

What is situational audience analysis? 

500

The speaker's use of his or her voice. 

a. tone

b. delivery 

What is delivery? 

500

A measure of where individuals stand in terms of financial resources, education, and occupation in relation to other individuals.

a. political affliction 

b. socioeconomic status 


What is socioeconomic status? 

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