Deck 4: Selecting Your Topic

Question 1

Brainstorming is a method of generating ideas without evaluation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

You will be most successful in your speaking when your topic is chosen for you.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

"To motivate my audience to run a mile a day" is a specific purpose statement that is informational in nature.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

You should analyze your audience before you construct your speech.

Question 5

Audience demographics deals with the knowledge of the audience.

Question 6

Audience ____________ examines the social, economic, and ethnic characteristics of your audience.

A) interest
B) attitude
C) knowledge
D) demographics

Question 7

Audience ____________ examines the opinions of the audience toward your speech topic.

A) interest
B) attitude
C) knowledge
D) demographics

Question 8

The first task in brainstorming is to

A) get away to a quiet place.
B) generate a list of ideas or topics.
C) evaluate your ideas or topics.
D) order out for Chinese food.

Question 9

The second task in brainstorming is to

A) get away to a quiet place.
B) generate a list of ideas or topics.
C) evaluate your ideas or topics.
D) order out for pizza.

Question 10

The third task in brainstorming is to

A) get away to a quiet place.
B) generate a list of ideas or topics.
C) evaluate your ideas or topics.
D) go out to dinner.

Question 11

Explain the four areas of audience analysis.

Question 12

Explain the importance of the specific purpose statement.

Question 13

Discuss the four ways you can gather information about your audience?