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Get Ready, Get Set, GO!

Selecting a Topic and Organizing your Speech

The Speech to Inform

The Speech to Persuade

The Speech to Entertain

General Purposes for Speaking

Includes the following:

Your general purpose

Your intended audience

Your precise goal

Specific Purposes

A one sentence summary of your speech, a topic sentence or central idea

Your Thesis Statement

Listing Topics

Monitor your Behavior

Brainstorming

Current Topics

Cluster Topics

Selecting a Topic

Speak about:

Topics you already know

Topics that interest you

Topics that are uniquely your own

Topics your audience finds interesting

Guidelines to Consider when Choosing a Topic

Is the topic important to you?

Is it important to your audience?

Will the topic hold your audiences’ attention?

Is it manageable in the time allotted?

Is it appropriate for an oral presentation?

Is it clear?

Guidelines (con’t)

Does the topic have logical divisions? Can you support your topic? Narrow your topic:

Education Computers in Education

Computers in the classroom Filters on computers for student use

Getting Started

Divide the body into 2-3 main points

Determine the order of your main points – organizational pattern

Organizing your Speech

Organizational Pattern

Chronological

Spatial

Topical

Cause-Effect

Problem-Solution

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

Transitions

Signposts

Internal Previews

Internal Reviews

Consider the Connections

Initial conception of the Speech

Your ‘Game Plan’ of what you want to say

Identify main points and sub-points your want to make

The Preparation Outline

Complete sentence form Includes the following:

The title The specific purpose The thesis statement The introduction, written out completely The body in outline form The conclusion written out completely A bibliography

The Formal Outline

AKA – The key word outline

Generally outlines your speech

Allows the speaker to speak extemporaneously

Only writes complete sentences for quotes

The Speaking Outline