ChaPTer 18 STudy guide 433Think about These Questions
• A friend asks your advice about how to prepare for her first speech to
her colleagues in a new job. Explain how she can apply to her workplace
speaking task some of the principles and skills you have learned from
this text.
• You have been asked to introduce at your school a Pulitzer Prize–winning
poet who will be reading from her work. What will you do to ensure that
you follow the two cardinal rules of introductory speeches?
• You were a member of the jury during a highly publicized and controver-
sial murder trial. After the verdict has been delivered, several local organi-
zations offer to pay you well to speak to their members. Is it ethical to cash
in on your experience this way? Why or why not?