Introductions & Conclusions
Connectives
Introductions and Conclusions Pt.2
Organizing your speech
Terms
100
This is always the first step of your introduction.
What is an attention-getter?
100
This is what a speaker uses to tell the audience where they have been and where they are going in a speech.
What is a transition?
100
One of the main purposes of this is to review and restate your main points.
What is the conclusion?
100
Most often your general purpose as a speaker is to one of these two things.
What is to inform or to persuade?
100
Presenting someone else’s ideas or words as though they were your own.
What is Plagiarism?
200
This is normally the last element of your introduction, and it tells your audience the upcoming points in your speech.
What is "preview statement?"
200
"First," "next," "finally," and "above all else" are all examples of this type of connective.
What is a "signpost?"
200
This is where you should always relate the topic to the audience.
What is in the introduction?
200
The two types of outlines mentioned in the text.
What are the preparation outline and the speaking outline?
200
Um, uh, and like are all examples of this.
What are verbal fillers?
300
This involves telling your audience why you are credible to speak about your topic--why we should listen to you in this speech.
What is "credibility material?"
300
"To let the audience know that they are moving from section to section" is another function of this.
What is a transition?
300
This is where a "call to action" would appear in a persuasive speech.
What is in the conclusion?
300
The kind of outline that you write on your notecards.
What is the speaking outline?
300
The belief that one's culture is superior to all others.
What is Ethnocentrism?
400
Where you would draw out the implications of your main points.
What is in the conclusion?
400
A connective in which you are letting the audience know what the upcoming subpoints will be in any given main point.
What is an internal preview?
400
This is often the best way to "grab" your audience's attention?
What is through telling a story?
400
"To inform my audience about the three basic steps in preventive medicine" is an example of this.
What is a specific purpose statement?
400
The process by which speakers seek to create a bond with audiences by emphasizing common values, goals, and experiences.
What is Identification?
500
The four essential elements of an introduction.
What is 1) attention getter, 2) credibility material/establish goodwill, 3) reveal topic, 4) preview statement?
500
A statement in the body of the speech that summarizes the speaker’s preceding point or points.
What is an internal summary?
500
The section of the speech where you should you discuss the importance of your topic.
What is the Introduction?
500
This type of outline enables you to organize your thoughts and show the relationship between your ideas.
What is a preparation outline?
500
The sum of a person's knowledge, experience, goals, values and attitudes.
What is a frame of reference?
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