COMM212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thesis Statement
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Outlining: good speeches are planned and prepared, outlining lets you: See full scope and content of a speech at a glance. Gives idea of how long it is and what is being covered. 1 pg= 30 sec- 1min typically judge whether ea part of a speech is fully developed. Create a coherent structure for a speech. Helps remember content of info; helps to present better as well. Process of creating a hierarchy of ideas in which most gen. ideas appear first, followed by more specific ideas. Could organize by articles or topics, etc. this provides: A clear visual framework of relationship among ideas: coordination insures that all needed info is included. Preparation outline: a prep outline is a detailed outline used to plan a speech diff from speaking outline, which is more fragmented, creating a prep outline is a vital step in putting a speech together.