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| a speech in which ideas are arranged and emphasized to maximize audience understanding |
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| a written text in which Roman numerals, capital letters, and Arabic numbers structure the ideas. Provides a clearly arranged plan for your speech |
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| a speech structure in which a series of main ideas clearly relate to and support a thesis or topic sentence |
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| a limited number of major ideas to be emphasized in a speech |
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| the beginning of a speech, which gains audience attention and orients the members |
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| the main part of a speech, where the main points are developed and supported. |
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| the final part of a speech; it summarizes main ideas and provides a memorable ending. |
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| a speech structure in which main points are organized in a time sequence from beginning to end. |
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| a speech structure in which each main point covers a physical or geographic part of the topic. |
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| a speech structure in which main points explain a cause-and-effect relationship |
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| a speech structure in which each main point analyzes similarities or differences among two or more subjects |
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| problem-cause solution pattern |
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| a speech structure in which the first main point argues that a problem exists, the second indicates its cause, and the third provides a plan to remedy the problem. |
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| criteria-application pattern |
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| a speech structure in which the main points advocate standards for making a value judgment and apply those standards to the topic |
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| an evaluation or label (such as good or bad) applied to the topic of a speech. |
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| the standards for making a value judgment |
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| a speech structure in which each main point covers a different aspect of the topic |
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| and idea that supports a main point |
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| an idea that supports a subpoint |
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| making each unit of supporting information relevant to the main point or subpoint that is is intended to support. |
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