Speech Terms From Section 3

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an opinion or description by a non-expert who has firsthand experience

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lay testimony

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a comparison between 2 similar things

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literal analogy

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an opinion or description by a writer expressed in a memorable and often poetic way

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literary quotation

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a definition that explains how something works or what it does or that describes procedures for observing or measuring the concept being defined

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operational definition

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a detailed example that resembles a story

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extended illustration

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a comparison between 2 essentially dissimilar things that shares some feature on which the comparison depends

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figurative analogy

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an example that describes a situation or event that might happen but has not actually occurred

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hypothetical illustration

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a story that provides an example of an idea, issue, or problem the speaker is discussing

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illustration

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a dictionary definition constructed by first placing a term in a general class to which it belongs and then differentiating it from all others in that class

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definition by classification

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a word picture of something

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description

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an opinion offered by someone who is an authority on the subject under discussion

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expert testimony

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a statement of how something is done or why it exists in its present form or existed in its past form

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explanation

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website that allows access to WWW by offering the user ever more specific categories of information from which to select

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web directory

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a comparison; special type of deductive reasoning that compares on thing, person, place o process w/ another to predict how something will perform and respond

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analogy

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an unelaborated example, often only a sentence or two long

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brief illustration

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a statement of what a term means or how it is applied in a specific instance

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definition

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a one-sentence summary of a speech

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central idea

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the overarching goal of a speech; to inform, to persuade or to entertain

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general purpose

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the key points of a speech; subdivisions of the central idea

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main ideas

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a concise statement of what you want your listeners to know, feel, or be able to do when you finish speaking

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specific purpose

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statement of the specific purpose of a speech, expressed in terms of desired audience behavior at the end of the speech

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behavioral objective

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the central idea of a speech plus a preview of main ideas

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blueprint

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a problem-solving technique used to generate many ideas

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brainstorming

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testimony or a quotation that expresses someone's attitudes, beliefs, or values

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opinion

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the original collector and interpreter of information or data

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primary source

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an individual, organization or publication that reports information or data gathered by another entity

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secondary source

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numerical data that summerizes facts or samples

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statistics