Comm Chaper 9

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Organizing

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Arranging ideas and elements into a systematic and meaningful whole

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Body

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The main content of a speech that develops the speakers general and specific purposes

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Main points

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The principal subdivisions of a speech

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Time sequence (chronological pattern)

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An order or presentation that begins at a particular point in time and continues either forward or backward

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spatial pattern

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An order of presentation in which the content of a speech is organized according to relationships in space

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topical pattern

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An order of presentation in which the main topic is divided into a series of related subtopics

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mind mapping

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A visual organizational strategy that uses words or symbols to identify the concepts and their connections to each other

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narrative or storytelling

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An organizational strategy using a reporting of ideas and situations, as in a "story," but without the traditional components of a story

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transition

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A phrase or word used to link ideas

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signpost

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A word, phrase, or short statement that indicates to an audience the direction a speaker will take next

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internal preview

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Short statements that give advance warning, or a preview, of the point(s) to be covered

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Introduction

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Opening statements that orient the audience to the subject and motivate them to listen

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Credibility

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a speakers believability, based on the audiences evaluation of the speakers competence, experience, character, and charisma

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Conclusion

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closing statements that focus the audiences thoughts on the specific purpose of the speech and bring the most important points together in a condensed and uniform way

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Outlining

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arranging materials in a logical sequence often refereed to as a the blue print or skeleton of a speech and writing out the sequence in a standardized form

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Subordination

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clearly identifies the hierarchy of ideas; the most important points are main points and are supported by sub points (that is, they are subordinate to the main points); the outline uses specific rules for format

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Corrdination

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suggests that ideas with the same level of importance use the same kind of numbers (roman and Arabic) and letters (capitalized and non capitalized) to visually indicate the relationships between ideas

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Parallelism

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style in which all ideas, main points, sub points, and sub-sub points, use similar grammatical forms and language patterns

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Preliminary outline

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a list of all the main points that may be used in a speech

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Full-sentence outline

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an outline that expands on the ideas you have decided to include in your speech. It identifies the main points and sub points you will cover, written as full sentences

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Presentational outline

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A concise, condensed outline with notations, usually a combination of full sentences and key words and phrases