Chapter 8 Supporting Your Speech This multimedia product

Purposes of Supporting Materials • Clarity • Vividness • Credibility Copyright © Allyn &

Types of Supporting Materials Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Examples • • Brief Extended Actual Hypothetical Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Definition • • Synonym Etymology Example Operation Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Narration • Personal • Third-person Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Comparison and Contrast • Literal • Figurative Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Statistics • • • Don’t rely exclusively on statistics. Round off. Use familiar measures.

Testimony • Direct quotation • Paraphrase Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Tests of Evidence • • Is Is the the evidence quoted in context? source

Evaluating Electronic Information • • • Purpose Expertise Objectivity Accuracy Timeliness This checklist was

Citing Your Sources “Oral footnotes”. . . • Enhance the credibility of what you

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Tests of Evidence • • Is Is the the evidence quoted in context? source of the evidence an expert? source of the evidence unbiased? evidence relevant to the point? evidence specific? evidence sufficient to prove the point? evidence timely? Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004

Evaluating Electronic Information • • • Purpose Expertise Objectivity Accuracy Timeliness This checklist was adapted from Serena Fenton and Grace Reposa, “Evaluating the Goods, ” Technology & Learning Sept. 1998: 28 -32; Caroline L. Gilson, “Evaluating Information Resources, ” 3 June 1999, Mc. Connell Library, Radford Univ. , 2 July 1999 <http: //lib. runet. edu/hguide/Evaluating. html>; Esther Grassian, “Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources, ” 10 Oct. 1997, UCLA College Library, 10 March 1999 <http: //www. accd. edu/SAC/LRC/gis/critical. htm>; Stephanie Michel, “Evaluating Information on the World Wide Web, ” 9 June 1999, Mc. Connell Library, Radford Univ. , 2 July 1999 <http: //lib. runet. edu/libserv/handout/evaluation. html>; Keith Stranger, “Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources, ” 30 Nov. 1998, University Library, Eastern Michigan Univ. , 4 March 1999 <http: //online. emich. edu/~lib_stanger/ineteval. htm>. Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2004