Question

chapter 1: your standpoint and strengths
1.3. adapting and analyzing your speaking situation
when you are analyzing a speaking situation, you want to make sure to consider all the elements: speaker, audience, context, and purpose. imagine that you are planning a speech about voting. match each of the questions below with the part of the speaking situation it best addresses.
drag each item on the left to its matching item on the right.
why am i trying to encourage people to register to vote?
how did i get interested in registering people to vote?
when was the most recent election?
who are the eligible voters here?
context
speaker
audience
purpose

Explanation:

• For the question "Why am I trying to encourage people to register to vote?", it's about the reason for the speech, so it matches "purpose".
• The question "How did I get interested in registering people to vote?" is about the speaker's own interest, so it matches "speaker".
• "When was the most recent election?" is about the situation or background of the speech, so it matches "context".
• "Who are the eligible voters here?" is about the people the speech is aimed at, so it matches "audience".

Answer:

• Why am I trying to encourage people to register to vote? → purpose
• How did I get interested in registering people to vote? → speaker
• When was the most recent election? → context
• Who are the eligible voters here? → audience