COM 1000 Chapter 12: ch 12 textbook notes
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Introduction: the first part of your presentation, lets audiences assess you as a speaker. The body: largest portion of the presentation, in which you place arguments, evidence, and ideas, your evidence and examples, your proofs and illustrations, and your stories and testimonies. Increase what an audience already knows about a topic. Change an audience"s perspective on a topic. Present a limited number of arguments and stories. Provide support for your argument and ideas. Indicate the sources of your information, arguments, and supporting data. The outline: the written plan that uses symbols, margins, and context to reveal the order, importance, and substance of your speech. Principles of outlining: link outline to purpose, outline is an abstract of the message of which you will deliver, each outline is a part of a single idea, your outline symbols signal importance. Main points: the most important points in a presentation, indicated by roman numerals in an outline.
