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| a method of generating ideas for speech topics by free association of words and ideas. |
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| the broad goal of a speech. |
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| the single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in speech. |
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| a one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech. |
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| what a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech. |
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| a listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library. |
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| a number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves. |
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| a work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers. |
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| newspaper and periodical database |
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| a research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers. |
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| a summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author. |
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| a database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals. |
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| a search engine that combines Internet technology with traditional library methods of cataloguing and assessing data. |
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| an organization that, in the absence of a clearly identified author, is responsible for the content of a document on the Internet. |
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| an interview conducted to gather information for a speech. |
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| a list compiled early in the research process of works that look as if they might contain helpful information about a speech topic. |
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| the materials used to support a speaker's ideas. the three major kinds of supporting materials are examples, statistics, and testimony. |
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| a specific case used to illustrate or represent a group of people, ideas, conditions, experiences, or the like. |
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| a specific case referred to in passing to illustrate a point. |
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| a story, narrative, or anecdote developed at some length to illustrate a point. |
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| an example that describes an imaginary or fictitious situation. |
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| quotations or paraphrases used to support a point. |
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| the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase. |
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| the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase. |
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| words that refer to tangible objects. |
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| words that refer to ideas or concepts. |
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| discourse that takes many more words than are necessary to express an idea. |
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| the similar arrangement of a pair or series of related words, phrases, or sentences. |
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| the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structure. |
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| language that does not stereotype, demean, or patronize people on the basis of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or other factors. |
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| the use of "he" to refer to both women and men. |
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| communication based on a person's use of voice and body, rather than the use of words. |
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| presenting a speech so it sounds spontaneous no matter how many times it has been rehearsed. |
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| the study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication. |
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