Speaking Center
Supporting Statements
- Compare and Contrast
- Actual Incident
- Repetition
- Definition (connotative and denotative)
- Illustration (visual aids?)
- Facts and Figures
- Say it three ways to reinforce the meaning
- Change to fraction or percent
- Round it off
- Repeat it
- Relate it to something we already know
- Description (colorful adjectives and active verbs)
- Quotes
Email: speakingctr@coe.edu
Location: Eby Academic Annex, Struve Communication Center




