ORGANIZING YOUR SPEECH 1 CAPTUREINTRODUCTION Your very first

ORGANIZING YOUR SPEECH #1 CAPTURE/INTRODUCTION: Your very first sentence must pack a punch!!! You have to HOOK the audience • You WILL NOT start your speech by saying “I am going to talk to you today about…” • You can use a number of different ways to capture an audience’s attention: Startling Statement: an unexpected fact Quotation: a famous person’s words that relate to your subject. EX: “Genius, ” said Tom Edison, “is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration. ” (This quote might begin a speech on the secret of success) Rhetorical Question: a question the audience will SILENTLY answer in their own minds. EX: “If you were rewarded an expense free trip to any place in the world, where would you go? Would you choose a tropical island? Or a land of ice and snow? Would you seek the noisy life of a city or the pastoral scene of the country? ” (You might use these questions to begin a speech on how to choose vacation spots) Illustration: a short anecdote or story, which may true or fictional and that applies to your speech.

#2 - MOTIVATEING STATEMENT MOTIVATE: “What’s that to me? ” • Speaker must motivate the audience or make them interested by showing why the subject is important to them (the audience) • Tell the audience why you bring up the subject, how it affects them, how it touches their lives • You can motivate or interest your audience by using one or a combination of three approaches: • PENALTY: Through the use of fear you describe what will happen if they don’t listen. - EXAMPLE: -You will lose money -You will endanger your health -You will flunk the class • REWARD: This is the preferred process because people respond more eagerly to promises than to threats. - EXAMPLE: - You will win a prize -You will save your life - You will make more money • CURIOSITY: You appeal to your listener’s desire to learn for the sake of learning EXAMPLE: How hot is the sun? How heavy is it? How old is it? These are questions that people have asked through the years.

#3. ASSERTION/THESIS A single sentence Captures the main idea of the speech Is a statement A statement of the topic # 4 PREVIEW / MAPPING • A sneak preview of your three main points that will help the audience follow easily the rest of your speech • Let your audience know what three areas you will be speaking on. EX. : THESIS: “There is a correct way to hit a golf ball” PREVIEW: “In order to help you understand the correct way to hit a golf ball, I will first explain the proper stance, then I will discuss the grip, and finally I will cover the correct swing to use when hitting a golf ball. ” “In order to help you understand _(your topic), I will first explain ___________ then I’ll discuss _____________, and finally I will cover ________________.

BODY & CONCLUSION � BODY: Elaborate on your three main points �Cite sources �Back up with research/facts �Utilize transitions. �CONCLUSION �Sum up your three main points �End with a final thought – NOT “That’s my speech” or “Yeah. . that’s it”