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Interference can come from either inside or outside your audience.

Interference is anything that impedes the communication of a message.

According to your textbook, the following is an example of which type of audience-analysis question? “Explain why you believe that capital punishment is moral or immoral.”

When you construct an audience-analysis questionnaire, scale questions give respondents the maximum leeway in responding.

According to your textbook, the following question from a student audience-analysis questionnaire is an example of what type of question? The percent of the U.S. population who speak Spanish in their homes is closest to ___5%___10%___20%___30%

In many aspects of public speaking, you will employ the skills of critical thinking.

When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do every day in conversation.

As your textbook explains, the best way to approach public speaking is to view it as an act of communication, rather than as a performance.

Knowing how the physical setting might affect your listeners’ receptivity to your ideas is an important factor in situational audience analysis.

Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.