The fragmentation of the audience that results from focusing on demographic information makes it difficult to make good choices about how to engage with your audience

If a speech to inform leaves the audience confused largely due to the effect of poor organization and imprecise language, the speaker likely devoted too little attention to the feature of

a. coherence. b. motivation. c. associating new ideas with familiar ones. d. clarity.

In a speech introduction, proximity is

a. how close the speaker is to the audience. b. when the speaker uses the most current information. c. when the speaker presents the thesis statement first. d. the degree to which the information affects the audience directly.