organizing and outlining a...
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Organizing and outlining a presentation
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Organizing main ideas
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Strategies for organizing main ideas of speech
chronological
topical
spatial
cause and effect
problem and solution
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Sequential order according to when each step or event occurred or should occur
Chronological
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Topical
organized by sub-topics equal in importance
recency, primacy, complexity
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Spatial
arranging items according to their location and direction
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Cause and effect
identifying situation and then discussing resulting effects (cause/effect)
presenting situation and then exploring its cause (effect/cause)
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Problem and solution
exploring how best to solve a problem or advocating a particular solution
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Organizing support material
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same five organizational patterns you considered as you organized your
main ideas can also help you organize your supporting materials
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Specificity
group your specific information followed by general explanation OR
give general explanation first and then support with specific information
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soft evidence
supporting materials based primarily on opinion or inference
includes hypothetical illustrations, descriptions, explanations, definitions, analogies, and opinions
hard evidence
factual examples and statistics
Arrange from “soft” to “hard” evidence
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Organize presentation for ears of others
Organizational cues
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Signposts
verbal or nonverbal organizational signal
Previews
statements of what is to come
initial previews
internal previews
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Transitions
nonverbal
verbal
Summaries
internal summaries
final summaries
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Introduction
Get the audience’s attention
an illustration
a rhetorical question
a startling fact or statistic
quote an expert or literary text
tell humorous story
Introducing your presentation
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Introduce the topic17
Give audiencea reason to listen
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Establish your credibility19
Preview your main points20
Concluding your presentation
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Conclusion
Summarize your presentation
Reemphasize main idea in memorable way
Motivate audience to respond
Provide closure
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Outlining your presentation
Preparation outline
fairly detailed outline of central idea, main ideas, and supporting material
standard outline format
references/citations page
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Delivery outline
provides all the notes you need to present your information
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Use single words or short phrases
Include abbreviated introduction and conclusion
Include supporting material and signposts
Omit your purpose statement
Use standard outline form
Use delivery cues
Delivery outline tips
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