As your textbook states, "There are two major stages in the process of audience adaptation. The first occurs before the speech, as part of your preparation and rehearsal. The second occurs during the presentation of the speech itself." In a well-developed essay, discuss the steps a speaker might take in adapting her or his speech to the audience in each of these stages.

What will be an ideal response?


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1.Experimental settings are not a threat to external validity because they reflect external reality. 2.The Hawthorne Effect refers to increases in worker productivity explained by workers apparently interpreting research by management as management taking an interest in them. 3.Manipulation checks provide a check on whether research participants interpreted experimental conditions as the researcher intended. 4.The goal of experimental design is to determine correlations. 5.To determine causation, the dependent variable must be caused by the independent variable.

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Explain how using descriptive language and nonverbal cues can either enhance or undermine your informative purpose

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_______ occurs when people speak and audiences act

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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A sentence or two that lets the audience know that a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another is called a

A. bridge. B. transition. C. conclusion. D. corollary. E. summary.

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