CHAPTER 7
The Speech Body
7.1 Main Points and Thesis
Statement
7.2 Outline the Speech Body
7.3 Transitions and Supporting
Materials
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Lesson 7.1
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Main Points and Thesis
Statement
GOALS
Explain how to identify main points.
Describe how to write a thesis statement.
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Main Points
Central ideas of the speech
Limit number of main points
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Lesson 7.2
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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.
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The Speech Body Outline
Road map
Organizational plan
Parts of the speech body
Thesis statement
Main points
Subpoints
Other important supporting details and
materials
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How to Outline Your Main Points
Main points
Subpoints
Supporting details
Supporting material
Roman numerals
Capital letters
Numbers
Small letters
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I, II, III
A, B, C
1, 2, 3
a, b, c
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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
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Organizational Patterns
for Main Points
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Time order
Narrative order
Topic order
Logical reasons order
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Subpoints
Identify subpoints
Outline subpoints
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Lesson 7.3
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Transitions and Supporting
Materials
7
GOALS
Discuss transitions.
Define supporting materials.
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Transitions in Speeches
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Words, phrases, or sentences that move
you from one idea to the next
Examples
“First”
“Once”
“In conclusion”
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Supporting Materials
 Types of information that add interest and depth
to your speech
 Examples
 Definitions
 Examples
 Statistics
 Personal experiences
 Stories
 Quotations
 Illustrations
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