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Organizing Your Speech

Organizing Your Speech. Chapter 9. Organization. Speech structure The systematic arrangement of ideas into a coherent whole Makes speeches listenable. Main points. Give speech focus Most important, comprehensive ideas Help decide information to include & leave out

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Organizing Your Speech

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  1. Organizing YourSpeech Chapter 9

  2. Organization • Speech structure • The systematic arrangement of ideas into a coherent whole • Makes speeches listenable

  3. Main points • Give speech focus • Most important, comprehensive ideas • Help decide information to include & leave out • Overarching themes or subjects

  4. Organizing Process • Identify main points • Limit number of points (2-4) • Order main points Practice identifying main points in Interactive Activity 9.1: Choosing Main Points at the Invitation to Public Speaking website.

  5. Organizational Patterns • Chronological • Spatial • Problem-and-solution • Causal • Topical

  6. Preparing Main Points • Separate main points • Word main points consistently • Balance main points Reword main points parallel in Web Link 9.1: Parallel Form at the Invitation to Public Speaking website.

  7. Connectives • Words & phrases used to link ideas in a speech From the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eihd/2bluewb.htm

  8. Transitions • Phrases that indicate one point is finished & speaker is moving on List of connectives at Web Link 9.2: Transition Words and Phrases at the Invitation to Public Speaking website.

  9. Internal Preview • Statement in body of speech that details what discussed next

  10. Internal Summary • Opposite of internal preview • Statement in body of speech that summarizes a point already discussed

  11. Signpost • Simple word or statement • Lets audience know where you are in speech • Indicates important idea Visual Advantage Signs by Design http://avisualadvantage.com/images/portfolio/Street%20Signs.jpg

  12. Citing Sources • Adds credibility to ideas • Enhances speaker credibility • Is ethical

  13. Rules for Citing Sources • Give credit to others • Give specific information about source • Deliver all information accurately

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