The first step in the speechmaking process is ____________________; the last step is __________________________.

The demographic characteristics of an audience include

The five canons of rhetoric are invention, adaptation, arrangement, timing, and delivery.

There is only one organizational pattern that is appropriate for an informative speech.

The goal of informative speaking is to increase the audience’s knowledge and deepen their understanding of the subject/phenomenon.

According to our textbook, what is the minimum number of times a person should practice a speech before delivering it?

Encoding is the audience’s response to a message.

Which of the following are common causes of public-speaking anxiety?

Name three types of supporting material.

Indicate if the statement below is TRUE or FALSE (In accordance with the class materials):  – Operation and maintenance manuals is part of the closeout documents