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      • Differentiate among the common speech organizational patterns: categorical/topical, comparison/contrast, spatial, chronological, biographical, causal, problem-cause-solution, and psychological.
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  2. Differentiate among the common speech organizational patterns: categorical/topical, comparison/contrast, spatial, chronological, biographical, causal, problem-cause-solution, and psychological. Understand how to choose the best organizational pattern, or combination of patterns, for a specific speech.

    • Chronological Pattern
    • Topical Pattern
    • Spatial Pattern
    • Causal Pattern

    When you speak about events that are linked together by time, it is sensible to engage the chronological organization pattern. In a chronological speech, the main points are delivered according to when they happened and could be traced on a calendar or clock. Some professors use the term temporal to reflect any speech pattern dealing with taking th...

    When the main points of your speech center on ideas that are more distinct from one another, a topical organization pattern may be used. In a topical speech, main points are developed according to the different aspects, subtopics, or topics within an overall topic. Although they are all part of the overall topic, the order in which they are present...

    Another way to organize the points of a speech is through a spatial speech, which arranges the main points according to their physical and geographic relationships. The spatial style is an especially useful organization pattern when the main point’s importance is derived from its location or directional focus. Things can be described from top to bo...

    A causal speech informs audience members about causes and effects that have already happened with respect to some condition, event, etc. One approach can be to share what caused something to happen, and what the effects were. Or, the reverse approach can be taken where a speaker can begin by sharing the effects of something that occurred, and then ...

  3. Organization is like the placement of rooms within the house, arranged for a logical and easy flow. This chapter will teach you about creating a speech through an outlining process that involves structure and organization.

  4. Understand how to choose the best organizational pattern, or combination of patterns, for a specific speech. Understand how to use a variety of strategies to help audience members keep up with a speech’s content: internal previews, internal summaries, and signposts.

    • Josh Miller, Marnie Lawler-Mcdonough, Megan Orcholski, Kristin Woodward, Lisa Roth, Emily Mueller
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    • 2017
  5. In this section we provide organizational patterns to help you create a logically organized speech. Keep in mind that some patterns are best for informative speeches, while other patterns better fit persuasive speeches.

  6. An organizational pattern is a concrete way to structure your speech. Choose the pattern that best fits your topic and that your audience can easily follow. Causal/Cause-Effect arranges speech points to demonstrate that a particular set of circumstances (causes) leads to a specific result (effects) or,

  7. Understand three common organizational patterns for persuasive speeches. Explain the steps utilized in Monroe’s motivated sequence. Explain the parts of a problem-cause-solution speech.

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