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Chapter 17: Choosing Points That Work
Key Concepts
17-1 Determine which main points work best to convey your ideas.
Suggested Activities and Exercises
Planning a Party
This exercise works well in either a class discussion or small group format. Tell your students
that you want them to plan an end of the semester class party. They may have any kind of party
Mutually Exclusive Points
Using the lists students developed in the Brainstorming activity for the previous chapter, have
Developing Points
Have students take the concept map that they have developed from the previous chapter and
Tests
Correct answers are marked with an asterisk. The places in the Compact Handbook where the
information was presented are shown in brackets.
True/False Questions
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Multiple Choice Questions
5. Ideas of equal importance or of parallel logical function are called _____.
6. Suppose that a speech had these three main points:
I. Good nutrition will help you resist disease.
II. Good nutrition will help you in all your physical activities.
III. Good nutrition will improve your sports performance.
Which criterion for the selection of main points is most clearly violated?
Essay and Short Answer Questions
7. Rewrite the main points and/or thesis statement so that the following main points
correspond to the thesis statement.