Topic & Purpose
A statement that concisely identifies what the speech is about.
What is the thesis statement?
True or False: Works that have been copyrighted but have been in circulation for more than 50 years fall into the public domain.
Enthusiasm is key to achieving this in your speech.
Stating your qualifications in the introduction builds what?
What is your credibility?
True or False: Within the body itself, internal previews can be used to alert audience members to a shift from one main point or idea to another.
What is True?
Topic mapping is part of this
What is brainstorming?
The study of moral conduct.
What is ethics?
Speeches, more than written communication, make much more frequent use of this...
What is repetition?
This part of the conclusion brings the speech full circle and gives the audience a sense of completion.
What is restating/reviewing the main points
Questions that do not invite actual responses.
What are rhetorical questions?
What are trivial or common topics?
Repeating someone else's ideas verbatim.
What is quoting directly?
A style of speech that lends a poetic, musical rhythm to the speech.
What is alliteration?
A conclusion that leaves the audience with a sense of logical and emotional closure.
What is a good conclusion?
A quality thesis statement should be restricted to...
What is one sentence?
To inform, persuade, or mark a special occasion.
What are 3 general speech purposes?
A Greek word that means ethics.
What is ethos?
a brief story of a meaningful or entertaining incident based on real life.
What is an anecdote?
The part of the speech that grabs the audience's attention and should be prepared after the body is complete.
What is the introduction?
Assigning at least two sub-points to each main point is an aspect of this...
What is balance
The brainstorming technique that involves writing down a topic and then jotting down the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about that topic.
What is word association?
The right to be free from unreasonable constraints on expression.
What is Free Speech?
The mixing in of casual language, dialects, a second language, or slang in a speech is called...
What is code switching?
Introduces your audience to your main points.
What is previewing the main points.
What are transitions?