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Stating "we need to be concerned about tuition increases" rather than "students needs to be concerned about tuition increases" demonstrates the use of __________________to link the speaker to members of the audience.

A) relevance
B) timeliness
C) personal impact statements
D) personal pronouns

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Anthony believes his speech about the raise in student housing fees demonstrates _______________ believe the topic is pertinent to the personal life space of the students on campus.

A) relevance
B) timeliness
C) audience needs
D) proximity

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The knowledge of an opinions about a speech topic that listeners have before they hear a speaker is known as ___________.

A speaker can appear more knowledgeable by using complex words that are unfamiliar to his/her audience.

There are four distinct styles of learning according to Kolb: divergers, assimilators, accomodators, and commoners.

Carlos began his speech with, "how much would you give to spend one more day with someone you have lost." was an effective way to begin his speech because the audience members could think about their response rather than actually state it out loud during the presentation.  This would be an example of a ___________.

What is one of the ways to be understood when speaking in your second language?

As a speaker one of your goals should be to use as many personal pronouns as possible.

Joel was giving a speech about how much the state was going to cut his university's budget by.  The speech was furthered when he continued to explain what this meant for student employment on campus.  This would be an example of ___________.

Because human experience is universal, identifying culturally sensitive materials is relatively easy

The extent to which one projects a pleasing personality is known as ________________.

As you are planning your informative speech on the prevalence of Internet memes in pop culture and you wonder if your audience would know what Internet memes are.  You are concerned with this aspect of information comprehension and retention.

Demonstrating how information is useful now, or will be in the future, is known as _______________.

What helps audiences understand and remember complex, abstract, and novel material?

One vivid example can help us understand a complicated concept.

Drawing from common experiences such as learning how to drive is a means of establishing common ground with an audience.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways for a speaker to establish common ground with an audience?

The background, knowledge, attitudes, experiences, and philosophies shared by the speaker and audience is called ______________.

If your audience believes that you are concerned with their interests, you will establish trustworthiness with them.

A strategy for determining how you will use information to adapt to your audience is called _______________.