Speech Organization

The first sentence in a speech is called a(n):

• Attention Getter

• Thesis

• Transition Sentence

• Concluding Sentence

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

This sentence should tell your listeners what the speech is about and also help guide your writing and keep your speech focused.

• Hook

• Thesis

• Transition

• Conclusion

What are the three parts of a speech?

• Introduction

• Body

• Conclusion

• all of the above

(Three answers) The last paragraph is the conclusion, the three parts are:

• Zinger

• Summary

• Restatement of Thesis

• Hook

The order of a typical body paragraph is..

• evidence, explanations

• topic sentence, evidence/explanations, concluding sentence

• topic sentence, evidence & citation, explanations, concluding sentence

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the purpose of the body paragraphs?

• to restate the thesis

• to give support for the thesis

• to offer an introduction

• to provide a conclusion

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CCSS.RI.7.5

Below is the second paragraph from a five paragraph essay about sloths. Read the paragraph and choose the best topic sentence for it.

Sloths have long claws that let them easily grip tree branches and hang upside down. In fact, sloths' claws make walking on the ground very difficult for them, and they're clumsy on land. Sloths can sleep upside-down for up to 18 hours at a time. Algae grows on sloths' fur, which camouflages the sloths and allows them to blend into the trees. Their diets include tree leaves, shoots and fruit.

• Sloths are very humorous creatures.

• Sloths use camouflage to avoid predators.

• Sloths are well-suited for their lives in the rainforest trees.

• Sloths can give birth to their young upside down.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

Where does the speaker restate the thesis in past tense?

• in the introduction

• in the first body paragraph

• in the third body paragraph

• in the conclusion