Exam 9: Outlining Your Speech

If your listeners do not retain your main points, there is little purpose in them listening to the speech.

Where should items that support the subpoints appear on the outline?

If you discuss one main point for 15 minutes, while only focusing for another main point for 3, you do not have ______.

How should main points be organized in a speech? Give an example.

Which type of outline is more detailed than the others?

A speaker's full-sentence outline should be transformed into an ______ or ________ outline.

Coordinate points means that all the main points you discuss are of equal weight or substance.

Which of the following statements is true regarding internal previews?

The most effective outlines clearly label all parts.

In the speechmaking process, the basic structure of an outline begins with references.

An outline helps ______ and clarify your ideas.

What should a speaker use during their presentation?

Effective outlines clearly ______ all parts, which eventually will include the body, together with the introduction, the conclusion, transitional tools, and the works cited list.

According to traditional rules of outlining, that at least ______ subpoint(s) must support every main point.

The ______ ideas of your speech are those ideas that function as support or amplification for your main ideas or subtopics.

An example of ______ transitions are words like because, therefore, and consequently, because they help show the cause-and-effect relationships between the ideas.

A preliminary outline is an outline with brief notes that remind you of the key parts of your speech and references.

What are coordinate points?

A/an ______ outline is an outline with brief notes that remind you of the key parts of your speech and references.

What is the difference between an internal summary and an internal preview?