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Exorde, narration, confirmation, péroraison: map a French speech
Sort four movements of an original French speech by function: exorde, narration, confirmation and péroraison. Distinguish recounting facts from defending a thesis.
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In short
Identify what the paragraph does: establish attention, present relevant facts, defend the claim or gather the ending. In the classical model, these functions are exorde, narration, confirmation and péroraison. Real speeches can combine or reorder functions; the labels describe work, not an inflexible four-paragraph law.
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The original speech concerns maintaining an offline application route. The fact paragraph gives the situation. The proof paragraph connects it to an access criterion. Keeping those distinct prevents narration from becoming a vague synonym for every kind of argument.
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A function can occupy more than one paragraph
A speech may interweave facts and proof or return to an opening image at the end. The dominant function helps you explain the structure without pretending every sentence performs only one task. Give evidence for the label you choose.
| Passage role | Question |
|---|---|
| Narration | What happened or what is the situation? |
| Confirmation | Why does that support the claim? |
An effective closing appeal should draw on the argument already developed. Introducing an unsupported new statistic at the final line creates a new burden of proof just as the speech is ending.