Study Questions

  1. Identify two reasons why organizing a speech is important.
     
  2. Compare and contrast organizing a speech and organizing an essay.
     
  3. What is the principle of redundancy? What role does it serve in the speechmaking process?
     
  4. What is a speaker-responsible culture?  How does it compare or contrast with a listener-responsible culture?
     
  5. What is the relationship between culture and organizational preference?
     
  6. Define linear organizational.  Give three examples of linear organizational patterns.
     
  7. Define configural organization. Give three examples of configural organizational patterns.