Recognizing that some of your listeners may have racial, ethnic, cultural, gender or sexual orientations and identities that bear upon your topic is part of demographic audience analysis.

According to your textbook, reviewing mentally what a speaker has said is a good way to avoid becoming distracted in a speech.

You are most likely to be successful in your classroom speeches if you think of your classmates as a real audience.

The need to adapt to the audience means that speechmakers must usually compromise their own beliefs or values.

A soccer player herself, Jenine is very concerned about the growing number of serious injuries at all levels of the sport. When the time came for her persuasive speech, she presented a speech with the following main points:In the past ten years serious soccer injuries have risen dramatically among players of all ages and skill levels.The best way to control this problem is through changes in rules and training. Jenine’s main points were arranged in__________ order.

According to your textbook, an internal summary must be used after every main point in a speech.

Which method of organization is used in the following main points?The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, is about as thick as a sheet of paper.The middle layer of the skin, the dermis, is 15 to 40 times thicker than the epidermis.The innermost layer of the skin, the subcutaneous tissue, is by far the thickest layer.

Here are the main points for an informative speech about the major categories of dog breeds:The working dogs do rescue, police, herding, and guide jobs.The hound dogs are hunters that specialize in small animals.The terrier dogs make good watchdogs.The toy dogs are primarily house pets. These points are organized in__________ order.

Here are the main points for an informative speech about the civil rights movement.The 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education helped spark the modern civil rights movement.In 1963, nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, dramatically increased support for the civil rights movement.In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, marking the major legislative achievement of the civil rights movement. These main points are arranged in__________ order.

Being audience-centered means a speaker must sacrifice what she or he really believes to get a favorable response from the audience.