CHAPTER 7 The Speech Body 7.1 Main Points and Thesis Statement 7.2 Outline the Speech Body 7.3 Transitions and Supporting Materials © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. ESSENTIAL SPEECH Lesson 7.1 CHAPTER 7 Main Points and Thesis Statement GOALS Explain how to identify main points. Describe how to write a thesis statement. © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 2 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Main Points Central ideas of the speech Limit number of main points © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 3 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Identify Your Main Points 1. Make a list of all the ideas you have found in your research that relate to your specific goal 2. Eliminate the ideas from the list that your audience analysis suggests the audience already understands 3. Check to see if some of the ideas can be grouped together under a broader concept Continued on next slide © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 4 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Identify Your Main Points 4. Eliminate ideas for which you do not have strong support in the sources you found 5. Eliminate any ideas that are too complicated for your audience to understand in the time assigned for your speech 6. From the ideas that remain, choose two to five ideas that are the most important for your audience to understand and that allow you to accomplish your specific speech goal © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 5 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 From Ideas to Main Points What is a credit card? Interest rates Credit rating Convenience Discounts Annual fees Incentives Rebates Credit card companies’ reputation Frequent flyer points © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 6 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Write the Thesis Statement 1. 2. 3. 4. Write your general goal Write your specific goal Make a list of ideas related to your topic Eliminate or combine ideas until you have two to five main ideas 5. Turn your main ideas and specific goal statement into your thesis statement © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 7 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER Lesson 7.2 7 Outline the Speech Body GOALS Discuss how to outline the speech body. Explain how to outline main points. Explain how to identify and outline subpoints. © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 8 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 The Speech Body Outline Road map Organizational plan Parts of the speech body Thesis statement Main points Subpoints Other important supporting details and materials © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 9 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 How to Outline Your Main Points Main points Subpoints Supporting details Supporting material Roman numerals Capital letters Numbers Small letters © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. I, II, III A, B, C 1, 2, 3 a, b, c SLIDE 10 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Main Point Statements Use complete sentences Revise to make the relationships are clear Main points relate to speech goal statement Main points relate to each other Use parallel structure © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 11 ESSENTIAL SPEECH Organizational Patterns for Main Points CHAPTER 7 Time order Narrative order Topic order Logical reasons order © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 12 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Subpoints Identify subpoints Outline subpoints © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 13 ESSENTIAL SPEECH Lesson 7.3 CHAPTER Transitions and Supporting Materials 7 GOALS Discuss transitions. Define supporting materials. © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 14 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER Transitions in Speeches 7 Words, phrases, or sentences that move you from one idea to the next Examples “First” “Once” “In conclusion” © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 15 ESSENTIAL SPEECH CHAPTER 7 Supporting Materials Types of information that add interest and depth to your speech Examples Definitions Examples Statistics Personal experiences Stories Quotations Illustrations © 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. SLIDE 16