Exam 4: Selecting Your Topic

Audience ____________ examines the social, economic, and ethnic characteristics of your audience.

"To motivate my audience to run a mile a day" is a specific purpose statement that is informational in nature.

The first task in brainstorming is to

Audience ____________ examines the opinions of the audience toward your speech topic.

You should analyze your audience before you construct your speech.

The second task in brainstorming is to

Brainstorming is a method of generating ideas without evaluation.

Audience demographics deals with the knowledge of the audience.

You will be most successful in your speaking when your topic is chosen for you.

The third task in brainstorming is to

Discuss the four ways you can gather information about your audience?

Explain the four areas of audience analysis.

Explain the importance of the specific purpose statement.