Exam 9: Organizing and Outlining Your Speech

Writing down your main ideas,subpoints,and supporting material,then using geometric shapes and arrows to indicate logical relationships is a technique known as

For your persuasive speech endorsing assisted suicide,you decide to first provide a definition of the term and talk generally about the current status of the problem.You then plan to bring up individual incidents in which assisted suicides have prevented needless suffering.Which strategy of support material organization does this plan reflect?

Soft evidence rests on opinion or inference.

______ organization is by time or sequence.

Three types of signposts can serve as glue to hold your speech together: transitions, previews,and summaries.

A signpost is a verbal but NOT a nonverbal)signal that a speaker is moving from one idea to the next.

List and explain the specific organizational strategies for organizing supporting evidence.

Bianca began her speech with a vivid description of a typical waiting area in an emergency room of a public hospital.She described the different areas of the emergency room and where each part of the emergency room was located in relationship to the other parts.What Organizational pattern can you identify in Bianca's speech?

In her speech on name recall,April says: "You should now understand the three most recommended methods for improving your ability to recall people's names: the repetition method,the word-association method,and the visual imagery method.I hope you will put these methods into practice and you will remember my name the next time you see me in the hall." What device is April making use of in her speech?

In her presentation to the school board about plans for the new physical fitness facility,Ms.Anderson described the location of the various workout areas,gyms,locker rooms,and physical therapy facilities.Which organizational pattern was Ms.Anderson using in her presentation?

Organizing ideas within a speech according to the order in which they occurred or should occur is considered a

When you present the most important or convincing idea first in your speech,you are using the principle of

List and provide an example for the six types of signposts.

Mandy's "save the whales" speech was very effective because she started off with stories about her personal experience with whales,then she moved into facts,statistics,and sources.Which principle of support material organization did Mandy effectively use in her speech?

Telling your audience your main ideas before you begin to develop your speech is an example of a

A speech organizational pattern which goes one step beyond cause-and-effect to discuss ways to solve an effect is called

______ organization focuses on a situation and its causes or a situation and its effects.

You should write you preparation outline in phrases like those you will use when delivering your speech.

List the three rules for correct outlining and provide an example for each rule.

If a speaker identifies a situation and then discusses the impact of that situation,the speaker has used a