Chapter 9 Review

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“Good organization makes the message clear.”

In this chapter, we focused on the importance of a well-organized speech and presented strategies for organizing the body of your speech. Good organization helps your audience understand your message and enhances your credibility as a speaker. Remember the following principles when you organize the body of your speech: With your purpose and audience in mind, select an appropriate number of main points. Organize your supporting materials to back up each main point. Arrange your main points in a pattern that will best convey your ideas to the audience. Finally, use organizing words and sentences to help the audience keep track of where you are in a speech.

LaunchPad for Speak Up offers videos and encourages self-assessment through adaptive quizzing. Look for the check icon and play icon throughout the chapter for adaptive quizzing and online video activities.

Key Terms

body 255

main point 255

supporting point 255

subordination 259

subpoint 259

sub-subpoint 259

coordination 259

spatial pattern 263

chronological (temporal) pattern 264

causal pattern 264

comparison pattern 266

categorical (topical) pattern 266

transition 269

signpost 271

internal preview 274

internal summary 274

Review Questions

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Critical Thinking Questions

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  3. Question

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    Select a speech from a Web site such as AmericanRhetoric.com or Gifts of Speech (gos.sbc.edu). How could you revise the main points or add organizing language to make the speech’s structure more apparent to the audience?

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    In the illustration on page 269, the speaker dons a large hat whenever he makes a main point. Although this is clearly an exaggeration, might a speaker use nonverbal cues or presentation aids to help the audience navigate his or her speech? Would such tools work if the speech itself did not make proper use of organizing language?

Activities

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    Chapter 9 - Activity Question 1

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    Chapter 9 - Activity Question 2

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    Chapter 9 - Activity Question 3

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    Chapter 9 - Activity Question 4

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    Chapter 9 - Activity Question 5