SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Information used to explain, develop, or support the main idea of a speech
What are supporting materials?
A speaker should consider this group when choosing supporting materials.
Who is the Audience?
This type of example describes an imagined situation that could happen.
What is a hypothetical example?
Testimony from a trained professional is a specific field
What is expert testimony?
Information about an actual event, date, person, or place that can be independently verified.
What is a fact?
These help make a speech more interesting, understandable, and believable
What are supporting materials?
Background, education, beliefs, and interests are four things you should consider when learning about this.
What is your audience?
This type of example gives a short illustration of a point
What is a brief example?
Testimony from a nonexpert or eyewitness?
What is a lay testimony?
Numerical information is used to summarize, compare, or demonstrate relationships.
What is a statistic?
These are the five main types of supporting materials used in a speech.
What are examples, stories, testimony, facts, and statistics?
The three basic parts of a story are character, conflict, and this.
What is resolution?
Choosing only statistics that support your argument while ignoring relevant information that doesn’t.
What is cherry-picking?