Multiple choice

1. Because occasions create constraints, speakers must limit their strategic choices to what the audience expects. 

True 

False 

2. Informing and persuading are distinctly separate goals and activities. 

True 

False 

3. Norm was asked to speak at the retirement dinner for his boss and he really wanted to make a good impression. He spoke about every good quality his boss had and embellished it until his praise was so lavish that his boss was thoroughly embarrassed. What aspect of decorum did Norm violate? 

length 

formality 

intensity 

resonance 

identification 

4. Problem-solution speeches typically follow a four-stage structure. Which of the following is NOT one of those four stages? 

propose a solution. 

argue for the solution. 

describe the situation. 

evaluate the situation as a problem. 

set the agenda