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Read Units 15 &16: “Support, Style, Organization, and Presentation” (pages 326-388).

Define the following terms in your own words. Do not use textbook definitions, but imagine how you would describe these terms to other students.

1. Thesis: Your main point or idea

2. Narratives: A story told by someone

3. Analogies: A way to compare things

4. Testimony: A personal story

5. Presentation aids: Things that help you give a presentation such as power point or poster board

6. Models: Type of presentation aid

7. Motivated Sequence: The way to arrange your speech so your audience likes it

8. Orientation: A way to almost persuade the audience in the direction you are thinking at the beginning of your speech so they can follow your speech better 

9. Closure: To make sure in your conclusion  that your audience knows that your speech is over

Name 3 examples of presentation aids.

1.Map
2.Powerpoint
3.Posterboard

Name 6 patterns that are involved with Public Speaking.
1.Temporal 
2.Spatial
3.Topical
4.Problem-Solution
5.Cause-Effect
6.Motivated

What is the difference between a conclusion and closure? Conclusion is an entire part of your speech in which you summarize, motivate, then provide closure. Closure is making sure that your audience knows that your speech is over.

Find an article in a magazine or newspaper and summarize it in 4 sentences below.
1. Article Title: Surfing: A History
2. Summary: Surfing started in Hawaii but when the westerners came disease killed many natives. In the early 1900's surfing again began to flourish.  After the movies "Endless Summer" and "Gidget" surfing became more mainstream. Now surfing is a huge industry now and is still growing.


Based on your own performance, and your observations of others in class, please describe five ways in which you will make a conscious improvement during your final. 
1. Make sure that my speech is not too long
2. Use music in the background
3. Use the space I have up there better
4. Make sure not to let audience get bored
5. Make sure that my conclusion has closure