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Chapter 7: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments
Learning Objectives
- Define the term “support” and describe three reasons we use support in speeches.
- Explain four criteria used to evaluate support options.
- Describe how speakers can use statistics to support their speeches.
- Differentiate among the four types of definitions and among the four types of examples.
- Explain how narratives can be used to support informative, persuasive, and entertaining speeches.
- Differentiate between the two forms of testimony and between the two types of analogies that can be used for support.
- Explain how to distinguish between useful and unreliable forms of support.
- Describe the five ways support is used within a speech.
- Describe the purpose of a reverse outline.
- Explain why it is important to use support for every claim made within a speech.
- Evaluate the three-step process for using support within a speech.
Key Terms
- Analysis
- Argument
- Best Example
- Bias
- CRAAP Method
- Conclusion
- Direct Quotation
- Entertaining Narratives
- Execution
- Expertise
- Expert Testimony
- Eyewitness Testimony
- Fact
- Figurative Analogies
- Informative Narratives
- Lexical Definition
- Literal Analogies
- Narratives
- Negative Example
- Nonexample
- Numerical Support
- Paraphrase
- Persuasive Definitions
- Persuasive Narratives
- Pictographic Support
- Positive Example
- Premise
- Reverse Outline
- Setup
- Statistics
- Stipulative Definition
- Summary of Support
- Support
- Support-Manipulation
- Theoretical Definitions
- Vividness
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