Support, Style, Organization, and Presentation

Thesis: a statement stating what is going to be said later in the speech/paper/ect.
Narrative: a story
Analogies: a comparison of two or more things
Testimony: evidence, proof
Presentation aids: helps the presenter in a presentation to make it more interesting and exciting.
Models: used to represent something
Motivated Sequence: a way to outline a persuasive speech that motivates people.
Orientation: an introduction that points a speech or paper in a certain direction.
Closure: the end

3 examples of presentation aids:
1)people
2)chart
3)graphs

6 Patterns that are involved with Public Speaking:
1) Structure-function
2) comparison-and-contrast
3) pro-and-con also called advantages-disadvantages
4) claim-and-proof
5) multiple-definition
6) fiction-fact pattern

The difference between conclusion and closure?
Conclusion is important  because it is often the part of speech that the audience remembers most clearly.  It is a summary of what you presented in the body of your presentation.  Closure, on-the-otherhand, is generally the final idea in a presentation.  It can be a quotation, a question, a thank you to the audience, or a reference back to the introduction. 

1)Visual effects Oscar race down to 10 movies
2) The Oscar races for visual effects has come down to 10 movies.  These include The Avengers, The Dark Night Roses, Skyfall, John Carter, The Amazing Spiderman, Cloud Atlas, The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi, Prometheus, and Snow White and the Huntsman.  The 85th nominations will be officially announced on Jan. 10th.  The Oscar's will take place on Feb. 24th.  Seth MacFarlene is the host of the Oscar's.