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Contents ix

Notes 125
Considering Diversity Listening in High- and Low-Context Cultures 115
Self-Assessment How Well Do You Listen? 117
Speaking of . . . Listening to Feedback from the Audience 122

Chapter 6 Adapting to Your Audience 129

The Rhetorical Situation 132
Goals and Specifi c Purpose 133
The Audience 134
Audience Choice 134
Audience Diversity 135
Discovering Cultural Diversity 137
Adapting to Cultural Diversity 143
Demographic Diversity 143
Individual Diversity 149
Learning About Your Audience 156
Observation 156
Ask Someone Familiar With the Audience 156
Survey Your Audience 156
Web Pages 157
Confronting Constraints 158
Facts Pertaining to the Situation 158
Legal Constraints 158
Ethical Constraints 159
Nature of the Occasion 159
Traditions 159
Time 160
Resources 160
Summary 161
Check Your Understanding: Exercises and Activities 162
Notes 162
In Their Own Words Mary Fisher Speaks Out on AIDS 130
In Their Own Words Carolyn McCarthy’s Journey 131
In Their Own Words Patrick Murphy Speaks on House Floor
to Oppose Escalation in Iraq 132
Considering Diversity Between Two Cultures: Tomoko Mukawa 139
Self-Assessment How Collectivistic or Individualistic Are You? 140
Speaking of. . . Madam President by Nichola D. Gutgold 142
Speaking of. . . Connecting with “Generation Me” 144
Speaking of. . . Surveying Your Audience 157