Chapter 12 Flashcards
Analogy
Extended comparison that can be used as supporting material in a speech.
Anecdote
A brief personal story used to illustrate or support a point in a speech.
Basic Speech Structure
The division of a speech into introduction, body, and conclusion.
Cause-Effect Pattern
Organizing plan for a speech that demonstrates how one or more events result in another event or events.
Citation
Brief statement of supporting material in a speech.
Climax Pattern
Organizing plan for a speech that builds ideas to the point of maximum interest or tension.
Conclusion
The final structural unit of a speech, in which the main points are reviewed and final remarks are made to motivated the audience to act or help listeners remember key ideas.
Example
A specific case that is used to demonstrate a general idea.
Formal Outline
A consistent format and set of symbols used to identify the structure of ideas.
Hypothetical Example
Example that asks an audience to imagine an object or event.
Introduction
The first structural unit of a speech, in which the speaker captures the audience’s attention and previews the main points to be covered.
Narration
Presentation of speech supporting material as a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
Problem-Solution Pattern
Organizing pattern for a speech that describes an unsatisfactory state of affairs and then proposes a plan to remedy the problem.
Space Pattern
Organizing plan in a speech that arranges points according to their physical location.
Statistic
Numbers arranged or organized to show how a fact or principle is true for a large percentage of cases.
