Tina is a counselor at St. Martin High School. She is responsible for implementing the drug awareness campaign initiated by the
school district. While giving an anti-drug speech to a group of students and teachers, she attempted to use what she believes is common teen slang. Rather than connecting with the audience, she appeared insincere because she did not consider _____________.
The answer is actuate. The speech to convince or actuate is a persuasive speech aimed to alter the audience attention about an issue and or call them to some sort of action. This is the capstone speech of the issue.
