Speech
- 1. Building Your Speech Yes, You Can!
- 2. The Speech to Inform—Your First Speech Your demonstration speech topic is your choice. The demonstration speech is still an informative speech. This is not you!
- 3. How Do I Choose A Topic For My Speech? What do you already know about? What are you interested in? What do you have an opinion about? What have you been wanting to investigate? What would your friends want to hear? What have you or are you working on for another course?
- 4. How Do I Know That My Topic Will Work? Is it appropriate? Is it overdone? Will it enrich the lives of my listeners? Do I CARE about the topic? Does the topic fit into the time limit? Can I develop responsible knowledge for this topic? Your instructor is always here to help!!!!
- 5. So How Do I Inform The People? Don’t overload them with too much information—ONE aspect of ONE topic! Organize, organize, organize. Did I forget to mention organize? Begin with familiarities. Be VIVID with your language.
- 6. Step 1: Consider Your General Purpose Are you informing or persuading? When the general purpose is to inform, speakers act as teachers. Their goal is to communicate information clearly, accurately, and interestingly. They seek to enhance the knowledge and understanding of their listeners.
- 7. Step 1: Consider Your General Purpose When the general purpose is to persuade, speakers act as advocates. Their goal is to change the attitudes or actions of their audience. They seek to get their listeners to believe something or to do something.
- 8. Step 2: Develop Your Thesis Statement Your Thesis Statement: Should be an infinitive phrase, not a fragment. Should be phrased as a statement only. Should avoid figurative language. Should not contain two or more unrelated ideas. Should not be too vague or general.
- 9. Step 2: Develop Your Thesis Statement Does the thesis statement meet the assignment? Can this thesis statement be accomplished effectively in the time allotted? Is the thesis statement relevant to the audience? Is the thesis statement too technical or trivial?
- 10. What’s Wrong With These Thesis Statements? To inform my audience how to make perfect popcorn every time. To inform my audience about the growth of credit card fraud and methods of sound financial planning. What is obsessive/compulsive disorder? To inform my audience why square grooves are superior to U-shaped grooves on golf clubs. Donate blood.
- 11. Remember… After you deliver your attention-grabbing introduction, your next statement always is… “ Today, I’m going to inform/tell/share…” I’ll be listening for the thesis statement in every one of your speeches! Don’t forget!
- 12. Step 3: Your Mapping Statement Your mapping statement is an “internal preview” of your speech—a brief summary of your main points. Your mapping statement must be a full sentence or sentences. The mapping statement refines and sharpens the thesis statement.
- 13. Step 3: Your Mapping Statement Once you’ve secured your thesis statement, then think about three very specific main points which will support this topic. For instance: Thesis statement: “Today I’m going to share information about the endangered spotted owl.” Mapping Statement: “ First, I’m going to tell you about the owl’s heritage, then I’ll share vital statistics about this creature. Finally, I’ll tell you the endangerment status of this species.”
- 14. Design a mapping statement for the following thesis statements… Thesis statement: “Today I’m going to inform you about how to register for college.” Thesis statement: “Today, I’m going to tell you about athletic programs at Darton college.” Thesis statement: “Today, I’m going to share information about steak houses in Albany.
- 15. Consider this… Once you’ve written your thesis statement… Then your mapping statement, The body of your speech is basically outlined! You as a speaker—with or without the muscles!
- 16. Step 4: Build The Body of Your Speech—Your Preparation Outline Your preparation outline must include the following labeled items: An introduction. A thesis statement. A mapping statement. 3-4 main points, including subpoints, all written in full sentences.