Speech terminology Ch. 03

thesis

A one-sentence statement that clearly explains what you are going to talk about in your speech.

quotation

Potential source material for a speech; is the exact words of someone (usually someone of authority or well-known)

statistic

Potential source material for a speech; can be in the form of numbers, charts or graph.

example or anecdote

Potential source material for a speech; usually in the form of brief stories that personalize your topic for the audience

visual aid

Potential source material for a speech; usually in the form of photographs, videos, computer graphics, assistants/volunteers, or models

other source materials for speeches

definitions; song lyrics; poetry; lines from plays or film

chronological order

Ordering the main ideas of a speech to follow a time sequence pattern, such as steps one might follow in baking a cake.

spatial order

Ordering the main ideas of a speech in a way that each point occupies a specific physical space in relation to the other point, as one might do in a speech about how a disease travels through the body.

problem/solution order

Ordering the main ideas of a speech by first defining a problem then following with information about a possible solution.

cause/effect order

Ordering the main ideas of a speech by first identifying the cause of a problem then following with identifying effects resulting from the problem.

topical order

A way to order the main ideas of a speech when there is no logical relationship between the speech's ideas, as one might do in a speech on dog breeds: hunting, working, and companion breeds.

complete sentence outline

The most in-depth type of outline.

plagiarism

The unethical practice of representing the work or words of others as one's own.

The biggest consideration one must have about finding sources on the Internet

It contains lot of information but it is unregulated (not fact-checked). This means anyone can list information there whether it is true or not.