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Describe the test the authors suggest for ensuring that your main points are on the right
track.
2.
What organizational pattern do the following main points utilize?
Single-family homes offer homeowners privacy and a great investment opportunity
but require maintenance work and are too expensive for some first-time buyers.
Condos and townhomes offer homeowners an affordable, low-maintenance
housing option but are less private and appreciate in value at a slower rate than do
single-family homes.
3.
For which of the three general purposes discussed in the text would the
problem-solution pattern be best suited?
4.
List the five steps in the motivated sequence pattern.
5.
In your own words, define a transition.
6.
Provide an example of a signpost.
7.
What are the purposes of internal previews and summaries?
8.
What is allusion, and why would a speaker use it in a speech?
9.
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
10.
Provide an example of a simile.
11.
List four strategies for grabbing an audience’s attention at the beginning of a speech.
12.
Besides grabbing attention, what else should a speaker accomplish during the
introduction of a speech?
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13.
What is wrong with the following excerpt from a phrase outline describing how to make
stained glass?
I. Select and cut out design
A. Use the right kind of scissors
II. Trace paper pieces onto glass
A. Use waterproof marker
14.
A __________is the final speech plan, complete with details, delivery tips, and notes
about presentational aids.
15.
Describe the following organizational patterns and the types of speeches each would
work well to organize: chronological pattern, topical pattern, spatial pattern,
problem-solution pattern, cause-effect pattern, and motivated sequence pattern.
16.
Compare and contrast the working and speaking outlines. How does the speaker
transition from a working outline to a speaking outline? Among the sentence, phrase,
and key word styles of outlines, which ones work best for working outlines and which
ones work best for speaking outlines? *Note: If testing is done after coverage of
Chapter 14, this question can be adapted to synthesize information about delivery by
adding: How might the style of outline used impact the effectiveness of the speaker’s
delivery?
17.
There are some essential guidelines for writing a good outline, regardless of whether it
is a working or speaking outline, or whether it is a sentence, phrase, or key-word
outline. Describe, in detail, what you understand those guidelines to be.
18.
What are the three crucial tasks the introduction of a speech must accomplish? Explain
how a speaker can accomplish those tasks.
19.
Describe how transitions, signposts, internal previews, and internal summaries are used
in the body of the speech.
20.
What are the three functions of a well-written conclusion? Describe some of the options
a speaker has for accomplishing those functions.
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21.
Explain why the language a speaker uses is critical to his or her success as a speaker.
Based on what you have learned in this chapter, what advice do you have for how a
speaker can use language effectively and avoid some common pitfalls that can get in the
way of the speech’s success? *This question can be used to synthesize information from
Chapter 13 by specifically referencing the idea of ethics by adding: Why is it an ethical
obligation of the speaker to use language appropriately in his or her speech? or How can
the use of inappropriate language undermine the dignity of the audience, and how can a
speaker demonstrate his or her integrity through the use of appropriate language? or
How can appropriate language usage help a speaker demonstrate to an audience that he
or she is trustworthy, respectful, responsible, and fair?
22.
Explain how you can avoid your speech “sinking on its own weight”?
23.
What are some useful techniques that are used for the introduction of a speech that can
also be used for a conclusion the audience will remember?
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