When you perform audience analysis before preparing a speech, you hope to gain which of the following?

If you consider the interests of your audience and how they might want to hear the information you are offering, you are taking a(n) __________ approach.

One’s general evaluation of teaching art and music in schools as either good or bad is determined by one’s __________.

Whether one supports the theory of evolution depends on one’s __________.

A speech about whether a governing body has the right to determine the life or death of a convicted criminal addresses the listeners’ core __________.

When your audience knows little or nothing about your topic, you should __________.

If you are faced with a listener who expresses negative attitudes toward your topic, you should __________.

You can create a sense of identification between yourself and the audience by __________.

When a speaker carefully considers the audience’s expectations and emotions toward a speech event, the speaker is analyzing the __________.

The individuals whom the speaker is most likely to influence in the direction that he or she seeks are known as __________.

Age, gender, religion, ethnicity, education, and socioeconomic status are examples of audience __________.

Cultures that do not emphasize the needs of the group are known as __________.

A(n) __________ culture values the opinions of the family over those of the individual.

Which cultures generally accept the most variation in individual behavior?

Techniques for learning about your audience include all of the following except __________.