Test 1 (Chapter 9)

Question 1

Importance of “organization for “audience”

Answer 1

Audience is more likely to understand, remember, and be influenced.

Question 2

Importance of “organization for “speaker”

Answer 2

Helps you number and order your ideas, what to call them, how to group them, and complete it.

Question 3

What are the 2 “criteria” for selecting the main ideas?

Answer 3

1. Is the idea ESSENTIAL to the speech?

2. Can several ideas be COMBINED?

Question 4

Characteristics of strong main points

Answer 4

• Simplicity
• Discreteness
• Parallel structure
• Balance
• Coherence
• Completeness

Question 5

Logically independent ideas

Answer 5

They do not require the truth of any other claim or statement as a condition for its own truth.
(ARE/IS)

Question 6

Logically dependent ideas

Answer 6

Cannot stand on its own but requires that another claim or statement be true.
(IF, THAN)

Question 7

What are the 7 patterns for arranging main ideas?

Answer 7

1. Chronological
2. Spatial
3. Categorical
4. Cause and effect
5. Problem and solution
6. Compare and contrast
7. Residues

Question 8

Resides

Answer 8

Process of elimination when there’s an infinite number of possibilities and you want to argue that one of them represents the least of the evils.

Question 9

Determining how much supporting material to use

Answer 9

Need to offer enough evidence to establish you claims, but not so much that the speech becomes repetitive and boring.

Question 10

Determining what kind of supporting material to use

Answer 10

The general goal is to aim for variety.

Question 11

Determine how to arrange supporting material

Answer 11

Purpose and strategy govern the arrangement of supporting material.