Yolanda Was Looking Forward to Giving Her Informative Speech Because

question 52

Multiple Choice

Yolanda was looking forward to giving her informative speech because she liked her topic-her hometown. However, when she gave the speech the audience seemed disinterested; she couldn't understand why she got such negative audience feedback. Given this information about the situation, what was Yolanda's mistake?

• A) She violated several ethical principles of public speaking.
• B) She didn't have enough research and statistics in the speech to make it interesting.
• C) She confused the roles of speaker and listener.
• D) She was speaker-centered rather than audience-centered in her topic selection.

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