Flashcards
Oral Comm
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1OrganizationA structure or form that enables an audience to follow along easily.
- 2IntroductionThe action of introducing something
- 3Rhetorical QuestionA question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
- 4QuotationIs when you repeat the exact words that someone else has used.
- 5NarrativeA spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
- 6LinkA section of the introduction that students most often over look when preparing their speeches.
- 7Thesis StatementThird part of the introduction that will tell the audience exactly what you will be speaking about.
- 8Preview StatementOne sentence at the end that gives the audience an overview of the major areas that will be discussed in the speech.
- 9BodyThe place where you exhibit in an organized manner your powers of persuasion and reasoning.
- 10OutlineIt allows you to know not only where you are going but also where you are.
- 11Purpose StatementIs the place near the top of your paper and states both the topic and the specific purpose of your speech.
- 12SubordinationYour purpose statement.
- 13Main HeadingIt represents the main ideas that you wish to analyze.
- 14Supporting MaterialsInformation that supports the main heading of the speech.
- 15TransitionA word or phrase in a speech that connects one part of the speech to the next.
- 16Chronological PatternA pattern of organzation that arranges elements in time sequence, or in the order which it happened.
- 17Climatic PatternA pattern of organization that arranges elements in order of importance.
- 18Spatial PatternA pattern of organization that arranges the elements on the basis of spatial or situational relationships.
- 19Cause-effect PatternA pattern of organization that arranges elements of an argument in a "this caused this" sequence.
- 20Problem-solution PatternA pattern of organization that presents a problem and then provides possible solutions.
