Organize your Speech Chapter 7 Why Organize Guide

Organize your Speech Chapter 7

Why Organize? • • Guide your preparation Guide your listeners Help your listeners remember Establish/Maintain credibility

Develop Your Main Points (Step 5) • Use Brainstorming to question your thesis ▫ Ask Why? ▫ Free-write without thinking or questioning • Thinking of your audience, find 2 -5 main points • Word your main points

Organize Your Main Points (Step 6) • Topical Pattern ▫ Divides into sub-categories ▫ Useful when each main point is of equal importance • Temporal Pattern ▫ Uses chronological order ▫ Useful when discussing events or a process over time

Organize, Cont. • Spatial Pattern ▫ Uses space: structure of a place or object ▫ Useful when describing a place or object • Problem-Solution Pattern ▫ States problem, then gives solution ▫ Useful for persuasive speeches • Cause-Effect Pattern ▫ Divides speech into cause and effect as main points ▫ Useful for showing causal connection between two elements

Organize, Cont. • Monroe’s Motivated Sequence ▫ Used in many persuasive presentations ▫ Five steps �Gain Attention �Establish Need �Satisfy the Need �Visualize the Need in Action �Ask for Action

Construct Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Transitions (Step 7) • Introduction ▫ ▫ ▫ Gain Attention WIIFT (Relate) Internal Preview Establish Credibility/Introduce Yourself Thesis Statement

Intro, Conclusion, Transitions, Cont. • Conclusion ▫ Internal Summary ▫ Provide Closure/Memorable ▫ Remember your Bookends • Transitions ▫ Connectives between Intro, Body, Conclusion ▫ Previews and Reviews ▫ Signposts

Constructing Your Outline • Preface with Identifying Data (Purpose Statements) • Outline the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion • Insert Transitions • Add References • Use consistent set of symbols (Follow APA) • Examples in text starting on page 157