STUDENT RESPONSE
Action Step 3.a Identifying Main Points
General goal: I want to inform my audience.
Specific goal: I want my audience to understand the disease of leukemia.
1. List all of the ideas you have found that relate to the specific goal of your speech.
causes of leukemia
chronic mylogeneous leukemia
acute mylogeneous leukemia
bone marrow
bone marrow biopsy
components of blood (red & white cells & platelets)
chronic lymphatic leukemia
acute lymphatic leukemia
lymphoma
prognosis
diagnosis
myloproliferative disorders
types of blood tests
2. If there are more than five:
a. Eliminate each of the ideas that you believe the audience already understands, or that you
have no supporting information for, or that just seem too complicated for the time
allowed. Record your remaining ideas.
causes of leukemia
chronic mylogeneous leukemia
acute mylogeneous leukemia
bone marrow
bone marrow biopsy
components of blood (red & white cells & platelets)
chronic lymphatic leukemia
acute lymphatic leukemia
lymphoma
prognosis
diagnosis
myloproliferative disorders
types of blood tests
3
Combine ideas that can be grouped together under a single heading. Record your
remaining ideas.
types of leukemia
chronic mylogeneous leukemia
acute mylogeneous leukemia
chronic lymphatic leukemia
acute lymphatic leukemia
prognosis
diagnosis
bone marrow biopsy
types of blood tests
4. From those ideas that remain, choose the two to five that you think will make the best main
points for your audience.
1. There are four types of leukemia.
2. The prognosis depends on the type of leukemia.
3. Leukemia is diagnosed by using blood and bone marrow tests.