symbols
in the head
Cycles
Monroe's
Structure
100

The C stands for how well the speech is understood.  

Coherency

100

The part of your brain that is associated with short term memory

pre-frontal cortex

100

Simon Sinek says you must explain this before you ask your audience to buy what you are selling.

Why?

100

When you're trying to hook your audience in Monroe's sequence, you are at what stage?

Attention

100

Eye contact, Facial expression, Tone of Voice, and kinesthetics

Direct Delivery

200

The U stands for how well all parts of the speech lead from the premise or thesis.

Unity

200

The part of your brain that represents long-term storage of memories-- your biological hard drive

hippocampus

200

In this reflection cycle, the word represents the identification of the problem or situation.

What

200

When you're ready to put your request before the audience, you are at what stage in Monroe's?

Action

200

It is good practice to state the opposing point of view in this part of a persuasive speech.

Refutation

300

The following image represents the B


Balance

300

The word that describes the bio-electrical interactions between short-term and long-term memory

generative

300

When you are ready to propose a solution, you're at this stage of the reflection cycle

What Now?

300

When you are ready to provide a solution, you're at this stage of Monroe's

satisfaction

300

When you are explaining why your solution is better than the competition.

Comparative Advantage

400

The information it provides is mostly reliable but the 10% that is wrong is counted in the tens of millions of pieces of misinformation.

Chatbot.  ChatGPT.  Gemini

400

The word that best describes a speech that is delivered extemporaneously, from the heart.  

elocution

400

In this part of the reflection cycle, you are striving to understand and analyze the problem or situation.

So what?

400

At this point in Monroe's you are ready to describe the benefits of the solution you are offering

Visualization

400

When your phrases and sentences end with an upward inflection, as though you were asking a question, you must overcome this.

Upspeak

500

This activity lights up more areas of your brain associated with creativity, memory, and information.

Writing

500

Keyword cards are helpful only if you have done this enough.

Rehearsed

500

After you've gone through the steps and put into effect the proposed plan or solution, you're at this stage.

What's next?

500

But first you've got to present the problem that needs to be addressed at this stage.

Need

500

To be undertood clearly, you must speak at a good pace and bite off every syllable and consonant through this technique.

Co-Nnec-Ted Speech (Enunciation)