Researching Your Topic
Supporting Your Speech
100
What is reseach?
The process of gathering evidence and arguments you will need to understand, develop, and explain your subject.
100
What is the goal of your speech?
To present a clear, memorable, and believable message to your audience.
200
What are the 5-steps in the research sequence?
1. Assess your personal knowledge of the topic. 2. Develop your research plan. 3. Collect your information 4. Record you information. 5. Conclude your search.
200
What does supporting materials in a speech do?
They help give your ideas clarity, vividness, and credibility.
300
What can help you determine your research plan?
A clearly worded thesis statement.
300
What does clarity mean in your speech?
Clarity refers to the exactness of the message.
400
Online and library sources are used to do what, in the research process?
Collect information
400
What is vividness in a speech?
Supporting materials which are striking, graphic, intense, and memorable.
500
What is plagiarism?
Taking another person's work and presenting it as your won.
500
What is credibility in a speech?
Credibility refers to the dependability or believabilty of a speaker or that speaker's sources.