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Chapter 8: Organizing and Outlining
Learning Objectives
- Select a topic appropriate to the audience and occasion.
- Formulate a specific purpose statement that identifies precisely what you will do in your speech.
- Craft a thesis statement (central idea) that clearly and succinctly summarizes the argument you will make in your speech.
- Identify and arrange the main points of your speech according to one of many organizational styles discussed in this chapter.
- Connect the points of your speech to one another.
- Create a preparation and speaking outline for your speech.
Key Terms
- Causal Pattern
- Chronological Pattern
- Coordination
- Division
- Main Points
- Parallelism
- Preparation Outline
- Preview Statement
- Purpose Statement
- Sign Post
- Spatial Pattern
- Speaking Outline
- Specific Purpose Statement
- Subordination
- Thesis
- Topical Pattern
- Transitional Statements
Annotate
Presenting and Public Speaking