Chapters 7 and 8

Question 1

speech purpose

Answer 1

what the speech is to accomplish

Question 2

thesis statement

Answer 2

what you actually say to the audience about your topic/[purpose

Question 3

main points

Answer 3

the three to five main points that support your thesis

Question 4

historical arrangement

Answer 4

refers to how a given object or event occurred in documented fact

Question 5

narrative arrangement

Answer 5

sequences a speech like a story, moving from the beginning to the end

Question 6

extemporaneous speech

Answer 6

refers to a speech that is delivered with few notes or tat seems to be delivered with little or no preparation

Question 7

enumeration

Answer 7

concerns composing transitions for oral delivery and the creation of mental signposts, which are verbal indications of the direction the speech will take (first, second, one, two, finally, next, etc.)

Question 8

internal previews and summaries

Answer 8

are more detailed forms of transition that review major points to come or that summarize points that have been said