04:192:380 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Groupthink
19 Apr 2016
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Chapter 8 using supporting materials for your speech. Supporting materials: different types of material you use to support and develop your main. Example: sample or instance that supports or illustrates a general claim. Dictionary definition: provides the meaning of a term as present in a dictionary. Expert definition: comes from a person with a credible source of information for your topic. Etymological definition: explains the linguistics origin of the term. Functional definition: how something is used or what it does. Testimony: consists of information provided by other people. Statistics: piece of data presented in numerical form. points. research. field. the senses. members. Jargon: specialized or technical words or phrases familiar to only people in a specific group or. Hypothetical example: imagined example or scenario you invite your audience to consider to help them follow a complicated point presented immediately after. Vivid language: grabs the attention of your audience with words and phrases that appeal to all.
