"To inform" is an example of this type of purpose.
What is the general purpose?
100
Your thesis should be limited to this number of ideas.
What is one idea?
100
Each main point should be limited to this number of points.
What is one point?
100
This type of supporting material are stories.
What is narration?
100
This is the third purpose of your introduction?
What is previewing the three main points?
200
"To inform my audience about . . ." should be the first five words for this type of purpose.
What is the specific purpose?
200
Your thesis is argued with these.
What are main points?
200
Your main points should be strengthened with these.
What are supporting materials?
200
This type of supporting material are opinions of experts or accounts of witnesses.
What is testimony?
200
This is the first purpose of your conclusion.
What is reviewing your three main points?
300
The general and specific purposes of your speech shold be expressed with this type of phrase that always begins with the word "To . . ."
What is an infinitive phrase?
300
In our class, this is the number of main points your speech should contain.
What is three?
300
This type of supporting material are specific instances that illustrate your main point.
What are examples?
300
This type of supporting material are summary figures that help you communicate the important characteristics of a complex set of numbers.
What are statistics?
300
This is the second purpose of your conclusion.
What is motivating your audience to take the desired action?
400
This is the central idea of your speech.
What is the thesis?
400
Each main point should be expressed in this way.
What is a complete sentence?
400
This type of supporting material are figurative or literal comparisons.
What are analogies?
400
This is the first purpose of your introduction.
What is gaining the audience's attention?
400
This is the third purpose of your conclusion.
What is providing a memorable closure for your speech?
500
Your thesis should be expressed in this way.
What is a complete declarative sentence?
500
The sentences that express your three main points should have this type of structure.
What is parallel structure?
500
This type of supporting material are statements of the meaning of a term of concept.
What are definitions?
500
This is the second purpose of your introduction.
What is establishing a speaker-audience-topic (SAT) connection (or clearly stating your thesis in a way that established why your topic is important to the audience)?