8. Supporting Your Speech

Question 1

Types of supporting materials for a speech

Answer 1

ILLUSTRATIONS - relevant stories

EXPLANATIONS - statements that make clear how sth is done or why it exists in its present of past form

DESCRIPTIONS - word pictures

DEFINITIONS - concise explications of a word or concept

ANALOGIES - comparisons of one thing to another

STATISTICS - nbs. that summarize data or examples

OPINIONS - testimony or quotations from someone else