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Question 3 • Speech I - B

In which of the following scenarios are audience and context most likely the primary concerns of the speaker?

Answer

Sheree has been asked to speak about social security to a mixed group of college students, business people, and senior citizens.

Erin is giving a motivational speech to a very large group of high school students seated on bleachers in the school’s gymnasium.

Charles has been invited to Mrs. Delaney’s classroom to speak to her elementary school children about fire safety.

Ethan is giving a highly technical presentation on biomedical engineering involving several working models, computerized graphs, and video clips to a group of doctors, scientists, and engineers.

Explanation

Sheree is speaking to a mixed audience of college students, business people, and senior citizens, whose experiences and concerns about social security may differ widely. She will need to consider both who is listening and the situation in which she is discussing the topic. The other scenarios emphasize a particular setting, age group, or technical subject more narrowly.

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