Liberty University COMS 101 ch. 11-
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1. A single phrase that defines precisely what is to be accomplished in
a speech: Specific purpose
2. A sentence that identifies the topic of your speech and the main ideas
you will present: Thesis statement
3. 1. Select your main points
2. Support your main points
3. choose the best pattern for organizing your main points
4. create unity through connections: Four steps in organizing the speech's
body
4. involves giving equal time to each point. this means that you will spend
ap- proximately the same time on each point as you deliver your speech:
Equality pattern
5. involves using your least important point first and your most
important point last.: Progressive pattern
6. involves using your most important point first and your least
important point last: Strongest point pattern
7. information is focused on relationships in time. Events are presented in
the order in which they occur.: Chronological organization
8. type of chronological order that is used to explain something in the
past, then the present, then in the future: Past-present-future
organization
9. Chronological patterns are used to describe the steps in a process: -
Step-by-step organization
10.the sequence of ideas moves from one physical point to another:
Spatial organization
11.to arrange your main points into causes and effects.: Cause-and-
effect organization
12.A common strategy, especially in persuasive speeches, is to present an
audience with a problem and then examine one or more likely solutions:
Prob- lem-solution organization
13.Organization determined by the speaker's discretion or by recency,
prima- cy, or complexity.: Topical organization
14.the verbal bridges between ideas. they are words, phrases, or sentences
that tell your audience how ideas relate. they are critical because they
clarify the direction of your speech by giving your audience a means to
follow your organization: Transitions
15.are extended transitions that tell the audience, in general terms, what
you will say next. these are frequently used in the body of the speech to
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, Liberty University COMS 101 ch. 11-
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outline in advance the details of a main point.: Internal previews
16.follow a main point and act as reminders. are especially useful if you
are trying to clarify or emphasize what you have just said,: Internal
summaries
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1. A single phrase that defines precisely what is to be accomplished in
a speech: Specific purpose
2. A sentence that identifies the topic of your speech and the main ideas
you will present: Thesis statement
3. 1. Select your main points
2. Support your main points
3. choose the best pattern for organizing your main points
4. create unity through connections: Four steps in organizing the speech's
body
4. involves giving equal time to each point. this means that you will spend
ap- proximately the same time on each point as you deliver your speech:
Equality pattern
5. involves using your least important point first and your most
important point last.: Progressive pattern
6. involves using your most important point first and your least
important point last: Strongest point pattern
7. information is focused on relationships in time. Events are presented in
the order in which they occur.: Chronological organization
8. type of chronological order that is used to explain something in the
past, then the present, then in the future: Past-present-future
organization
9. Chronological patterns are used to describe the steps in a process: -
Step-by-step organization
10.the sequence of ideas moves from one physical point to another:
Spatial organization
11.to arrange your main points into causes and effects.: Cause-and-
effect organization
12.A common strategy, especially in persuasive speeches, is to present an
audience with a problem and then examine one or more likely solutions:
Prob- lem-solution organization
13.Organization determined by the speaker's discretion or by recency,
prima- cy, or complexity.: Topical organization
14.the verbal bridges between ideas. they are words, phrases, or sentences
that tell your audience how ideas relate. they are critical because they
clarify the direction of your speech by giving your audience a means to
follow your organization: Transitions
15.are extended transitions that tell the audience, in general terms, what
you will say next. these are frequently used in the body of the speech to
1/6
, Liberty University COMS 101 ch. 11-
14
outline in advance the details of a main point.: Internal previews
16.follow a main point and act as reminders. are especially useful if you
are trying to clarify or emphasize what you have just said,: Internal
summaries
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