Question | Answer |
3 Ways of Choosing a Topic | Personal Experiences/ Personal Inventory, Brainstorming, and Exploring the Internet |
3 Types of General Purpose | To inform, persuade or entertain |
General Purpose | The broad objective of speech |
Specific Purpose | The precise goal that a speaker wants to achieve |
6 Guidelines of Specific Purpose | Begin w/ infinitive, include reference, limit to one major idea, be precise, time limit, and don't be too technical |
Central Idea | Key concept of a speech |
Brainstorming | Generating many ideas quickly and uncritically |
Infinitive | A verb preceded by "to" |
Purpose Statement | Your objectives as the speaker, can be turn into a question |
Interlibrary Loan | Sharing of materials and services among libraries, often at no cost |
Blog | Frequently updated online log |
Vlog | Frequently updated video log |
2 Ways to Conduct an Interviews | Email or face-to-face |
7 Criteria of High-quality Information | Factual, Reliable, Well supported, Current, Verifiable, Fair, and Comprehesive |
2 major ways to cite sources | MLA and APA |
Public Domain | Anything published or created before 1923 is no longer protected by copyright |
Definition | A statement of the meaning of a word or phrase |
Vivid Image | A description that evokes a lifelike picture within the mind of the listener |
To use vivid image | Must use specific details |
Example | An instance that serves to illustrate |
Narrative | A story that illustrates a point |
Hypothetical Narrative | Imaginary story used to visualize a situation |
Comparison | Showing how two or more things are alike |
Contrast | Showing how two or more things are different |
Analogy | Resemblance in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar |
Testimony | Statement by a knowledgeable person, used to explain or bolster a point |
Statistics | Numerical facts assembled to present significant info about a subject |
Back-Row Comprehension | Design every visual aid for the back row |
Guidelines for Back-Row Comprehension | Make info larger than normal, use thick, bold strokes, make enlargements, test visual |
5 Senses | Hearing, Taste, Smell, Touch, Sight |
Best time to circulate visual aid | After the speech |
Progressive Revelation | Reveal only one part or item at a time |