Exam 8: Organizing the Main Points of Your Speech

Define redundancy in the context of public speaking.

A mnemonic is a device that is used to trigger memory.

Which of the following is a traditional or linear approach to ordering material?

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you explain to your audience members the order in which events happened.

According to intercultural communication theorists, English is primarily "speaker-responsible" language.

When you use ______ organization for your speech, you may arrange your material into a series of appropriate topics.

It is said that organization can empower a speech.

Chronological ordering can be especially useful in ______ speaking.

In the ______ pattern, the speaker tells a story or series of stories without stating a thesis or developing it with main points.

A speaker who organized his or her speech by discussing health issues related to traditional 5-day school weeks before presenting the notion of a 4-day school week would be using a/an ______ organizational pattern.

______ formats are less explicit than linear formats in offering hard evidence in defense of a position.

A ______ is a device that is used to trigger memory.

Organization and content are equal partners in speech development.

In both the East and West, speakers will summarize and offer a set conclusion.

We begin by introducing the topic, offering a preview of what's to come. This done, we go on to discuss the topic, developing it fully. Then, we wrap up with a concluding statement that summarizes the main points and ties the presentation together. This formula is called ______.

In the ______ pattern, the main points of a speech gradually build up to the speaker's thesis, which the speaker does not reveal until the speech is nearly over.

Which of the following speeches would likely be organized spatially?

Creating a speech is just like writing an essay.

Speakers who use ______ patterns devise a series of "stepping stones" that circle their topic instead of hitting it head on.

What does "geography of thought" refer to?