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Chapter
9

Organizing Messages

Objectives www.mhhe.com/brydon6 Key Concepts

After reading this chapter and reviewing the online learning resources at alphabetical refutational
http://www.mhhe.com/brydon6, you should be able to: pattern pattern
categorical rhetorical question
• Develop an organizational strategy geared to your audience and
pattern
purpose. spatial pattern
causal pattern
• Refi ne the specifi c purpose of your speech. speaker’s notes
comparative
• Develop a clear thesis statement for your speech. spiral pattern
advantage
star pattern
• Organize the body of your speech. extended narrative
stock issues
• Recognize organizational patterns used across diverse cultures. formal outline
pattern
• Utilize appropriate transitions from one point to the next in your speech. Monroe’s
subpoint
motivated-
• Construct an effective introduction and conclusion for your speech. supporting point
sequence
• Prepare a formal outline for a speech to your class. time pattern
problem–solution
• Prepare and utilize speaker’s notes for a speech to your class. pattern wave pattern
• Handle audience questions after a speech.

“ Every discourse, like a living creature, should be so put together that it has its
own body and lacks neither head nor feet, middle nor extremities, all composed
in such a way that they suit both each other and the whole. ”

—PLATO