Before planning his class speech on gun control legislation, Brad passed around a brief questionnaire asking whether his classmates were for or against gun control, did they agree with the current laws, etc
Was this a good idea, according to your text?
A) Yes; performing this form of psychological audience analysis isa good idea for any kind of audience.
B) Yes; this is a useful technique foranalyzing the audience, known as demographic audience analysis.
C) No; by usingthe questionnaire, he is revealinghis speech topic to the class.
D) No; the class isa captive audience, so finding out their views ahead of time isn't necessary.
A
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