Human Communication Test

Examples

Specific instances

Illustrations
Anecdote

Testimony

3 Categories of Supporting Materials

Facts

Definitions

Statistics

Supporting Material

Accurate?

Specific?

Clear?

Relevant?

Organize Speech

Identify main ideas/points

Make an outline

Strongest idea should go at the begginning or end of speech

3 Common Ways of Organizing a Speech

Chronological Organization

Topical Organization

Cause/Effect or Effect/Cause

Attention Getters

Identification with the audience (what you have in common with the audience)

Reference the situation

Statement of purpose

Startling statistic or claim

Anecdote

Comparison

Rhetorical question

Quotation

Round off

4 types of Speech Delivery

Manuscript

Memorization

Extemporaneous !!!

Impromptu

Propostition of Fact

Argues whether something is true or false

Proposition of Value

Argues whether something is good or bad

Proposition of Policy

Argues for a specific course of action that should or should not happen

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

Attention

Need → Problems

Satisfaction → Solution/Answer

Visualization → Benefits

Action