Multiple Definition Pattern

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Chapter 17: Style and Delivery in Public Speaking. Skeletal Outlines. Multiple Definition Pattern. The multiple definition pattern is useful in informative speeches ...
Chapter 17: Style and Delivery in Public Speaking Skeletal Outlines

Multiple Definition Pattern The multiple definition pattern is useful in informative speeches when you want to explain a concept or theory, say. Here you’d look at the concept from a variety of perspectives, offering several definitions that each provide a somewhat different insight or clarification of the concept. And so, if you were informing your audience about what is communication, you might use a multiple definition pattern. Here you might begin by offering first a typical dictionary definition where you’d also define any terms within that definition that needed clarification. Then you might follow this by defining the term by etymology where you’d explain how the term developed from the Latin. Then, as your third definition you might present a visual illustration of the communication process.

Title General Purpose Specific Purpose Thesis

Introduction Gain audience attention

I.

Establish S-A-T connection

II.

Orient the audience

III.

Orientation to 1st definition

A.

Orientation to 2nd definition

B.

Orientation to 3rd definition

C.

Transition from introduction to body

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Body Definition One

I.

Support for I

A.

Support for I

B.

Transition from 1st definition to 2nd definition

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Definition Two

II.

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Support for II

A.

Support for II

B.

Transition from 2nd definition to 3rd definition

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Definition Three

III.

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Support for III

A.

Support for III

B.

Transition from body to conclusion

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Conclusion General summary statement

I.

Summary of 1st definition

A.

Summary of 2nd definition

B.

Summary of 3rd definition

C.

Motivation

II.

Closure

III.

References

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