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Credibility

The believability or dependability of speakers and their sources

Example

A sample or illustration of a category of people, places, objects, actions, experiences, or conditions.

Actual example

A true instance of illustration

Hypothetical example

An imaginary or fictitious instance of illustration

Definition

An explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, or concept

Definition of synonym

Substitution of a word having similar meaning for the word being defined

Definition by etymology

Explanation of the origin of the word being defined

Definition by example

Providing an instance or illustration of the word being defined

Testimony

Quotations or paraphrases of an authoritative source to clarify or prove a point

Test of Evidence: Is the evidence...

1) quoted in context?


2) relevant?


3) specific?


4) sufficient?


5) timely?


6)Is the source of the evidence an expert & unbiased?

Organizing questions

A question that, when answered, indicates the ideas and information necessary to develop your topic

Topic division

Organization of a speech according to aspects, or subtopics, of the subject

Chronological division

Organization of a speech according to a time sequence

Spatial division

Organization of a speech according to the geography or physical structure of the subject

Casual division

Organization of a speech from cause to effect, or from effect to cause

Pro-con division

Organization of a speech according to arguments for an agains some policy, position or action.

Mnemonic division

Organization of a speech according to a special memory device, such as alliteration, rhyme or initial letters that spell a word

Problem-solution division

A rigid organizational pattern that establishes a compelling problem and offers one or more convincing solutions

Need-plan division

A variation of problem-solution organization that 1) establishes a need or deficiency, 2) offers a proposal to meet the need 3) shows how the plan satisfies the need, and 4) suggest a plan for implementing the proposal

Signpost

Numbers (one) or words (initially, second, or finally) that signal the listeners of the speakers in the speech

Transition

A statement that connects parts of the speech and indicates the nature of their connection

Applying the 4 S's

Singpost of key idea


Statement of key idea


Support for key idea


Summary of key idea

Complementary transition

Adds one idea to another

Casual transition

Establishes a cause-effect relationship between two ideas

Contrasting transition

Shows how two ideas differ

Chronological transition

Shows how one idea precedes or follows another in time