CHAPTER 14: REVIEW

CHAPTER14REVIEW

CHAPTER RECAP

  • Your speech thesis will guide the structure of your speech. Evolving from your specific purpose statement, it will inform your audience of your position on the topic and provide insight into your main points.
  • The body of your speech contains your main points, which are backed up by your supporting materials.
  • The organizational pattern you choose (topical, chronological, spatial, cause-effect, or problem-solution) will help your audience understand and follow your speech’s main points.
  • Both the introduction and the conclusion serve important purposes in a speech. These are moments when you have the opportunity to gain listeners’ attention, disclose your thesis, establish credibility, connect to your audience, preview and summarize your main points, prepare listeners for the end of your speech, and make a final impression.
  • Developing preparation and delivery outlines helps you plan the flow and logic of your speech and keep you on task during the actual presentation, making you a more successful speaker.

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KEY TERMS

Composing, p. 342

Speech thesis, p. 342

Main points, p. 344

Subpoints, p. 345

Statistic, p. 347

Examples, p. 347

Analogy, p. 348

Testimony, p. 348

Direct quotation, p. 349

Paraphrasing, p. 349

Topical pattern, p. 351

Chronological pattern, p. 352

Spatial pattern, p. 352

Cause-effect pattern, p. 352

Problem-solution pattern, p. 353

Connectives, p. 353

Internal previews, p. 353

Internal summaries, p. 353

Transitional phrases, p. 354

Signposts, p. 354

Preparation outline, p. 362

Delivery outline, p. 362

Principle of subordination, p. 363

ACTIVITIES

Speech Analysis

Find a professional speech that interests you. Try a TED talk (available at www.ted.com/talks), or search databases like Gifts of Speech (http://gos.sbc.edu) or American Rhetoric (www.americanrhetoric.com). In a brief paper, identify the speech thesis, its main points, and the organizational pattern. Additionally, analyze how well the speaker engages listeners through novelty, humor, stories, and presentation media.

Question

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Find a professional speech that interests you. Try a TED talk (available at www.ted.com/talks), or search databases like Gifts of Speech (http://gos.sbc.edu) or American Rhetoric (www.americanrhetoric.com). In a brief paper, identify the speech thesis, its main points, and the organizational pattern. Additionally, analyze how well the speaker engages listeners through novelty, humor, stories, and presentation media.

Introduction Redo

Review the attention-getter used in the speech outline for “Protect the Largest Organ in Your Life” by Jessica Bordonaro on page 364. Working with a group of classmates, brainstorm additional ways to gain the listeners’ attention if you were giving this speech. Choose one of the alternatives and present it to the class, explaining why you selected that one over other ideas.

Question

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Review the attention-getter used in the speech outline for “Protect the Largest Organ in Your Life” by Jessica Bordonaro on page 364. Working with a group of classmates, brainstorm additional ways to gain the listeners’ attention if you were giving this speech. Choose one of the alternatives and present it to the class, explaining why you selected that one over other ideas.