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Essay Questions

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You are giving your speech on your favorite holiday. Your general purpose is to inform. Using visual brainstorming, focus this topic. Afterwards, formulate a specific purpose statement, making sure to address the three components of a specific purpose statement. Finally, construct an effective thesis statement for this speech. Discuss why you feel your thesis statement is effective.

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Describe and provide examples of three patterns for dividing a speech into key ideas.

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List and explain the four characteristics of need-plan division. Provide an example that illustrates these characteristics.

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A speaker is attempting to persuade the audience that the dog that he or she owns is the best automobile and that the audience members should strive to own one as well. Use Monroe's motivated sequence to construct a persuasive argument for this speech topic.

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A micro-structure speech organization pattern includes relationships built between ideas by the use of structuring words. What are the seven types of micro-structure patterns? Explain the appropriate topics to which to apply each microstructure pattern.

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