Statistics used correctly give validation and credibility to a speech

Self-enhancement (efforts to boost your own image) and other-enhancement (efforts to boost a target

person's image) are forms of A) self-fulfilling prophecy. B) impression management. C) communication masking. D) perception management. E) rhetorical markers.

Once the outline is completed, the next step in speech preparation is

a. researching. b. writing the specific purpose statement. c. narrowing the topic. d. practicing the speech.