Locating Supporting Materials Assignment
5
Locating Supporting Materials Assignment 5
Identifying Types of Supporting Materials
Purpose: To increase your familiarity with different types of
supporting materials.
Instructions: Go to the American Rhetoric website
(americanrhetoric.com) and choose a speech from the Speech
Bank. After checking out the speech, answer the following
questions.
Questions:
What speech did you choose? List the speaker, title, location, and
date of the speech.
List each type of supporting material—narratives, examples,
definitions, testimony, facts and statistics—and indicate whether
or not the speaker used that time. Give an example of each type
of supporting material the speaker used.
How effective were the supporting materials the speaker uses?
Explain your answer.
How did the supporting materials help the speaker achieve her or
his specific purpose?
What have you learned about supporting materials that you’ll
apply to your speeches in the future?

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Assignment 5: Locating Supporting Materials
Assignment 5: Locating Supporting Materials

Identifying the Different Types of Supporting Materials

The goal of this exercise is to familiarize you with various sorts of

supplementary materials

Instructions: Visit the website of American Rhetoric.

(americanrhetoric.com) then select a speech from the Speeches section.

Bank. After reviewing the speech, please respond to the following questions.

questions.

Questions:

Which speech did you select? Include the speaker’s name, title, and location.

The date of the speech

Make a list of each form of supporting material—narratives, examples, and so on.

definitions, testimony, facts, and statistics—and indicate whether they are correct or not

whether or not the speaker used that time Give a specific example of each type.

of the speaker’s supporting materials

How effective were the speaker’s supporting materials?

Explain your response.

How did the supporting materials Help the speaker in achieving his or her goals?

his particular