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What is the focal point of every step in the speech making process? |
Considering the audience |
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What characteristics of your audience should influence and every step of the speech making process? |
The needs, attitudes, beliefs, values of your audience. |
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What are the three questions you should ask yourself When selecting and narrowing your topic? |
Who was the audience? What is the occasion? What are my interests, talents, and experiences? |
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What are the three general purposes for giving a speech? |
To inform, to persuade, to entertain. |
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What is a specific purpose? |
A concise statement indicating what you want your listeners to be able to do when you finish your speech |
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What is your central idea? |
The essence of your message or a one-sentence summary of your speech. |
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What did ancient Romans refer to as invention? |
The ability to develop or discover ideas that result in new insights and new approaches to Old problems |
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What are the three questions you should ask yourself to determine if a central idea can be subdivided? |
Does it have a logical division? Are there several reasons why it is true? Can it be supported with a series of steps? |
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What three strategies should be considered when choosing a verbal supporting material? |
Personal stories and vivid descriptions, sensory appeal, and clarification through analogy |
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What are the resources for Gathering verbal and visual supporting material listed in chapter 2? |
The libraries computerized card catalog, the social Sciences index, the directory of American Scholars, Bartlett's familiar quotations, government document Holdings, your library's periodical indexes, and an assortment of CD-ROM indexes. |
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What three major divisions is held within every well prepared speech? |
The introduction helps catch your attention, serves as an overview of the speech, and provides the audience with reasons to listen to you. The body presents the main content of you speed. The conclusion summarizes the key ideas. |
