You Have Determined That Your Audience Will Be Hostile to the Idea

Multiple Choice

You have determined that your audience will be hostile to the idea of raising fees, yet you believe that a rise in fees is necessary.Under these circumstances, you should:

A) begin the speech with a challenge to audience fairness.
B) avoid any speech topic that involves raising fees.
C) not worry about what the audience thinks.
D) begin by getting the audience to agree that existing needs are not being met, then suggest how a rise in fees would meet those needs.
E) end the speech with a warning that standards will fall unless fees go up.