Types of Supporting Material
Sources for Support
The Main Ideas
Organization
Introductions, Conclusions, Transitions
100
Which type of support relies on values and beliefs that listeners typically share?
What is Common Knowledge
100
Danny supported his argument against gun control with the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights. This type of supporting material is an example of...
What is a document?
100
A 5-7 minute speech should have how many main ideas?
What is 2-5 main ideas?
100
In this organizational pattern, each main idea that you identified in analyzing your topic becomes a major division of the speech.
What is Categorical (Topical)?
100
What bridges the gap between elements of the speech?
What are transitions?
200
Using a detailed story as support is called an...
What is anecdote?
200
Which reference work would you need to find the origin of a word?
What is a dictionary?
200
Each main idea in an outline should address a separate idea so that the information under the main headings does not overlap. This is known as...
What is discreteness?
200
The two basic components of organization are...
What are selection and arrangement?
200
Referring to values, experiences, or goals that the speaker shares with the audience is a type of introduction called...
What is identifying with the audience?
300
Case studies are a type of...
What is example?
300
A computer program which locates websites that are likely to have information in which you are interested is called...
What is a search engine?
300
The claims that address the issues in the thesis statement of a speech are...
What are main ideas?
300
Which effect puts the speaker's strongest ideas first?
What is primacy?
300
A complete transition follows what order?
What is internal summary, link, internal preview?
400
Ray gave a speech about hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast. To get his audience to identify with them, he said, "Think for a moment about what it would be like to be driven from your home, with only the belongings your could carry, knowing that everything else you own would probably be wiped out." What type of support is this?
What is hypothetical example?
400
Supporting materials drawn from people are typically gathered through...
What are interviews?
400
If you have too many ideas for your speech, you can select the main ideas by choosing only those that are...
What is essential?
400
Which organizational pattern arranges ideas according to place or position?
What is spatial?
400
What are the three functions of a conclusion?
What are signal the end, summarize the main ideas, and make a final appeal?
500
Which type of supporting material do maxims like, "if you want something done right, do it yourself," represent?
What is Common Knowledge?
500
"Time," "Fortune," "Harper's," and the "Quarterly Journal of Speech," are examples of...
What are periodicals?
500
This characteristic refers to the idea that main points should be stated in single short sentence.
What is simplicity?
500
Seth wants to give an informative speech about ginseng. He wants to describe how/where it grows and what it can be used for. What organizational pattern is best suited for this speech.
What is Cause-Effect?
500
One of the best ways to give unity and enhance the sense of form to your speech is to conclude by...
What is returning to your introductory device (bringing the speech full circle)?
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