📋 Organizational patterns & Outlining functions — 10 questions. Fill in the blanks (clue in Chinese).
1. You are giving a presentation about your university's history. Your main points are: I. The founding in 1950, II. The expansion in the 1990s, III. The international growth today. This is a ______________ pattern.
🔤 clue: 时间顺序的
2. You want to persuade classmates to join the school's running club. You first argue that students need more exercise and stress relief (Need). Then, you explain that the running club offers a fun way to meet this need (Plan). What pattern is this?
3. You are informing your class about the pros and cons of living in a dormitory versus an apartment. You list the benefits of both. Since you are not trying to persuade, this is a good use of the Pro-Con pattern.
4. To help your audience remember your points about the benefits of learning English, you organize them as:
O – Overseas study opportunities
P – Passport to better jobs
E – Enjoy international media
This speech uses the ______________ pattern.
O – Overseas study opportunities
P – Passport to better jobs
E – Enjoy international media
This speech uses the ______________ pattern.
🧠 clue: 记忆技巧 / 巧妙助记
5. For a travel talk, you describe the layout of the Summer Palace by moving from the front gate, through the Long Corridor, and finally up to the top of Longevity Hill. This is a:
6. You are outlining a speech about "My Favorite Apps." Your main points are: I. WeChat, II. Douyin, III. Bilibili. Your outline helps you see if your speech is ______________. If one point has many subpoints and another has none, your speech may feel uneven.
⚖️ clue: 均衡的
7. You are outlining a speech about "How to Choose a Major." Your main points are: I. Consider your interests, II. Think about job prospects, III. The importance of good study habits. The outline helps you see that point III is not relevant to the topic. This shows which function of an outline?
8. For your speaking outline, you should write full sentences for every point so you do not forget anything during your presentation.
9. In an outline, main ideas (I, II, III) and subpoints (A, B, C) must follow a clear relationship. Points that are equally important, like "Battery life" and "Camera quality" under a main point, are called ______________ points.
🤝 clue: 同等的 / 并列的
10. You are creating an outline about "How to Stay Healthy in College." Which version follows the rule of parallelism (using the same grammar for equal points)?
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