As Part of Planning for Her Class Speech on the Patriot

question 22

Multiple Choice

As part of planning for her class speech on the Patriot Act,Brenda passed around a brief questionnaire asking whether her classmates were for or against the Act,whether they thought parts or the entire Act should change,etc.Was this a good idea,according to your text?

• A)No;by doing the questionnaire,she revealed to the class what her speech topic was going to be.
• B)Yes;this is a smart technique of analyzing the audience known as demographic audience analysis.
• C)No;the class is a captive audience,so finding out their views ahead of time wasn't necessary.
• D)Yes;this form of psychological audience analysis is a good thing to do for any kind of audience.

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Definitions:

Elaboration

The process of adding more information to existing, often simpler, information to create a more complex understanding.

Reverberation

The persistence of a sound in a particular space after the original sound is produced, often used metaphorically to describe a lasting effect or influence.

Self-efficacy

The belief in one's own ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.

Self-references

An individual's practice of relating information or situations back to oneself, often a cognitive process related to memory and identity.