Exam 7: Organizing the Speech Body

Matt's speech on robotics contains the main points: military use of robotics, medical use of robotics and industrial use of robotics.  Clearly, Matt has organized his speech using _______________.

Narrative order organizes the main points of your speech based upon aspects of a story or series of stories.

Which organizational pattern should Sally use for his informative speech explaining how to make a pinata?

Previewing main points in the thesis statement, stating each main point clearly, and providing transitions will _________________.

Dylan was giving a speech about weight loss because two years ago he lost 110 pounds.  Dylan was probably using the __________ organization pattern.

A speech about the sequential steps involved in assembling a personal computer would likely be organized using the time order pattern.

Signposts are usually one word references such as "essentially."

Using "first," or "second," or "third" to highlight your main points is an example of ______________.

Main points, subpoints, and sub-subpoints should be written in complete sentences because only complete sentences can _______________.

Main points are always easy to identify.

A sentence representation of the hierarchical and sequential relationships between ideas presented in a speech is called a _______________.

A one or two sentence summary of your speech that incorporates your general and specific goals as well as previews the main points of the speech is ______________.

Organizing the main points of a persuasive speech by the reasons that support the speech goal is known as _________________.

"Impressionistic painting is characterized by unique subject matter, use of color, and technique" is an example of a _________________.

Main points are __________________.

Supporting material may include all of the following except ____________________.

Words, phrases, or sentences that show a relationship between, or bridge, two ideas are ____________________________.

Personal experiences, examples, illustrations, statistics, and quotations are examples __________.

Unlike main points, subpoints should not be in complete sentences.

Thesis statements should be used to transition from the body of the speech to the conclusion.