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Being audience-centered means a speaker must sacrifice what she or he really believes to get a favorable response from the audience.

Here are the main points for an informative speech about the civil rights movement.The 1954, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education helped spark the modern civil rights movement.In 1963, nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama, dramatically increased support for the civil rights movement.In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, marking the major legislative achievement of the civil rights movement. These main points are arranged in__________ order.

Speeches arranged in spatial order follow a time sequence.

When preparing an introduction for a speech to a hostile audience, you should be especially careful to

The process of audience analysis and adaptation affects every aspect of speech preparation from choosing a topic to delivering the speech.

Public speakers who seek to avoid being ethnocentric need to show respect for the cultures of the people they address.

A public speaker can safely assume that all members of a religious denomination share the same beliefs and values.

Gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, and group membership are all factors to consider when conducting a demographic audience analysis.

One of the ways speakers analyze audiences is by looking at traits such as age; religion; racial, ethnic, and cultural background; gender identity and sexual orientation; and group membership. According to your textbook, what is this called?

Active listening means focusing on the speaker’s appearance and delivery rather than on her or his message.