Choosing Supporting Information for Your Speech

Gathering Supporting Material for Our Speeches

 Copy this into a Google Doc and answer the questions.  You will need to choose one of each type of supporting material from your sources to include in your final speech.  (This means that you need to have already finished your notes on your sources.  These were due when you got back from break.)  You may need to refer back to the class handouts on each type of supporting material to help you to answer the questions.

1.       Facts and Statistics

a.       What is the fact/stat?

b.      Do you need it to be general or precise for your audience?

c.       Does it meet the 4 Rs (relevant, representative, recent, reliable)?

d.      What citation information do you need for this source (look back at what you typed in your notes)?

2.      Testimony

a.       What information is stated in the testimony?

b.      Which type of testimony is it?

c.       Will you provide a direct quote, or will you paraphrase?

d.      What citation information do you need for this source (look back at what you typed in your notes)?

3.      Example

a.       What information is stated in the example?

b.      Which type of example is it?  Why does this type suit your needs?

c.       What colorful/vivid details can you include?

d.      Do you include concrete details (names, times, places, etc.)

e.       What citation information do you need for this source (look back at what you typed in your notes)?

4.      Narrative (Remember, that unlike an example, this is set up as a story)

a.       What information is being told through the narrative?

b.      What are your prologue, plot, and epilogue?

c.       Is there dialogue you can include?

d.      Does this narrative fit with the purpose of your whole speech?

e.       What citation information do you need for this source (look back at what you typed in your notes)?