Before planning his class speech on gun control legislation, brad passed around a brief questionnaire asking whether his classmates were for or against gun control, did they agree with the current laws, etc. was this a good idea, according to your text?

Yes; this is a form of psychological audience analysis a good thing to do for any kind of audience. The purpose of background audience analysis is to learn how the speaking occasion it may affect your spectators’ national of mind. In some habits, this analysis receipts who they are (demographic) and what they trust (psychological), and jots it to a sure period and location where you'll be talking.