Janie Is Contemplating the Best Way to Gain the Attention

question 87

Multiple Choice

Janie is contemplating the best way to gain the attention of her audience. Janie should:

• A) use "shock tactics."
• B) tell a risqué joke to break the ice.
• C) relate her purpose to audience interests and needs.
• D) preview her key ideas in detail.
• E) say "My speech is about…"

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Definitions:

Proportional

Relating to or corresponding in size, degree, or intensity relative to something else.

Memorized

The process of committing information to memory where it can be recalled later.

Semantic Priming

A phenomenon in which the understanding of one word helps in the faster recognition of a subsequent word with related meaning.

Spreading Activation

A cognitive process where activating one concept in the memory network triggers the activation of related concepts, facilitating information retrieval.