Categorical:
Main ideas of a speech are arranged by natural or customary division.
Three causes of global warming would be arranged by ----- design.
Comparative:
Explores the similarities and differences among things, events, and ideas.
Healthcare reform and deficit spending.
Spatial:
Often take listeners on a imaginary tour.
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Provide verbal map.
Sequential:
Explain the steps of a process
How to brew your own beer
It makes it easy for audience member to follow your speech.
Chronological:
Events or historic developments in which they occurred
Finical history of the GEL program to suggest social activities shouldn’t occur in the future
Causation:
Consequence of a situation or even, Proceeding from cause to effect or effect to cause
Use to explain current development and forecasting future events.
Problem-solution:
Focuses attention on a problem and then provides an answer to it
It is most frequently used speech design
Refutative:
Confronting opposing views with reasoning and evidence
Opposing a specific type of immigration reform
Narrative:
It tells a story
It is commonly used in introduction and ceremonial speech
It is not a linear design like chorological but more dramatic.
Thesis statement:
It is central idea of you whole speech
It is the message you want to deliver to your listener
Specific purpose:
It is what you want your audience to remember, appreciate, or do after listening to your speech.
Main Ideas:
They are what make your central ideas come to live.
Supporting ideas:
They support your main idea by being more specific.
Sub-sub points:
They support your ideas by using example, statistics, charts, and quotes.
Introduction:
It is usually the second longest part of your speech.
It should capture the listener’s attention
Conclusion:
It is summarizing the main point of your speech
It is the transition between the body of your speech and your final remark
It is a repetition of your main points but a chance to reflect and reinfornce the central message
of your speech