Fred had to give a 4–6 minute speech in his public speaking class. He chose to speak on basketball, because he knew a lot about it and would nothave to do any research

Before delivering his speech, he wrote down five words on index cards to jog his memory. During his speech, Fred said everything he wanted to say in 3 minutes, and then began rambling in hopes of meeting the time requirements. Where did Fred go wrong?
a. Nothing, Fred did a good job.
b. Fred did not properly prepare his speech.
c. Fred did not know his audience.
d. Fred should have visualized his success.

b

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