Ashley was preparing her speech about the 16-year cicada. When she finished her initial research, she listed the ideas she discovered, eliminated the ideas she felt that her audience would already be familiar with, and then combined the ideas she thought overlapped with each other. Finally, she decided that a couple of the ideas she listed were too complex to be explained in her 6-minute speech, so she eliminated those. When she was done, she was left with what?

What is one way to organize main points of the speech by sequencing ideas or events, and focusing on what comes first, second, third, and so on?

Complete sentences that link major sections of speech are _______________.

A startling statement is one example of a(n) _____________.

Allison decided to organize her speech about tomatoes by talking about the different kinds of tomatoes. She most likely used a ______________.

If you want to evoke a mental response rather than a vocal response, you will want to use _________________.

A conclusion should be approximately ______________.

A statement that personalizes the topic to motivate audience interest is which of the following?

Barbara begins her speech by wording her attention-getter in a way that generates uncertainty or mystery to excite her audience. Which attention-getting device is she employing?

Roberto began his speech about France by explaining to the audience that his mother is French and that he spent his junior year in high school as a foreign exchange student in France. What is Roberto trying to accomplish by incorporating this into his speech?

An effective speech conclusion includes an abbreviated restatement of your goal and ______.

An effective introduction should include a clincher.

Vivid imagery is a clincher commonly used in persuasive speeches.

The following is an example of the APA style of citing a book: Thebarge, S. (2013). The invisible girls: A memoir. New York: Jericho Books.

Blog posts do not need to be cited in a reference list.

Formal outlines require main points to be written as complete sentences.

A full sentence outline requires both internal references and a complete reference list.

One of the recommended methods of clinching a speech is to incorporate a joke into your conclusion.

When Sarah asked the audience to do five push-ups at the beginning of her speech about Cross Fit, she did so in order to gain the attention of the audience.

A thesis statement should review the main points presented in the speech.